Office Support Assistant IV, Honors Program, UMKC, Division of Curriculum and Assessment,82151

UMKC - The Division of Curriculum & Assessment; Honors Program

The primary purpose of this position is to provide administrative assistance to the Honors Program Director, Student Services Director, faculty, and staff of the Honors Program at UMKC. Duties include, but are not limited to:

* Serve as front-facing/first-line customer service in an open-plan office

* Manage, supervise, and delegate office tasks (phone, written communications, visitors, meetings, appointments, purchasing, and receiving)

* Support the Honors Program Director, Student Services Director, faculty, and staff with administrative tasks

* Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate two student office assistants

* Event planning: order food and beverage; determine agendas; manage Graduation Reception, Lucerna Symposium, and new student events; prepare timelines; delegate tasks; run errands related to events

* Co-manage the Roo Honors Academy summer camp for high school students, including, but not limited to, purchasing and setting up field trips

* Make purchases, process invoices, input expense vouchers and travel authorization forms

* Assist the Honors Program leadership team and MCOM to produce, distribute, and update marketing and promotional materials, website, weekly newsletter, and alumni outreach publications

* Generate enrollment and retention reports from Data Dashboard and student engagement reports (headcount, roster, and degrees awarded) from Cognos software

* Oversee administrative management system of all student paperwork and e-files related to the students' participation in Honors Program

* May work from home one day per week

* Attention to detail, friendliness, patience, good organizational and people skills a must

* Other duties as assigned

UMKC Honors is an active, student-serving office. Applicants must be flexible, able to function in a loud, fast-paced office, and to work with different partners across campus and the Kansas City metro area.

Full-time (100% FTE) - approximately 40 hours per week

High school diploma or equivalent and at least 5 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary.

Experience in Higher Education

Up to $18.00 per hour, commensurate with experience, education, and internal equity.

Open until position is filled, for best consideration apply by Sunday, May 25, 2025.