at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50244
Department: WCAS Spanish & Portuguese
Salary/Grade: NEX/11
Job Summary:
The Graduate Program Assistant acts as the main point of contact for all graduate students in the Department’s graduate program and works closely with the Business Administrator and the Director of Graduate Studies. The GPA enters and updates PhD funding, creates and maintains associated documents, spreadsheets, and databases, organizes meetings, special events, etc. and alerts supervisor of critical issues and upcoming events. The GPA coordinates administrative processes and prioritizes, directs, and responds to business matters associated with education, research, and/or operations, including financial matters.
This position is a full-time position at 40 hours per week and works on-site four days per week and one remotely during the academic quarters, with the opportunity for more remote work during the summer and breaks between quarters.
Specific Responsibilities:
Documents & Databases
- Independently responds to and composes correspondence.
- Creates and maintains standard spreadsheets and/or databases.
- Prepares queries, reports, statistics, tables, charts, etc. based on information compiled from various sources.
- Determines format, elements, trends, etc.
Website
- Maintains websites and/or blogs.
- Creates new web pages and/or updates standard information/data within the application’s content management program.
Accounting
- Assists with appropriate expenses, purchases, and reimbursements per budget.
- Creates and maintains financial records.
