Administrative Assistant 3

Western Washington University • Bellingham, WA

22h

About The Position

The Counseling & Wellness Center (CWC) facilitates student success and psychological well-being through culturally-sensitive clinical services, outreach, and consultation. The CWC works closely with other student support services and office on campus to provide competent and coordinated assistance to students experiencing emotional and psychological distress and consultation to faculty, staff and parents of students. The CWC assists the educational mission of the university through inclusive services supporting student retention and academic achievement.

The Administrative Assistant position will provide direct confidential and administrative support to the Director of the Counseling & Wellness Center by performing a wide spectrum of administrative functions and operations, including assistance in monitoring budgets and expenditures. The position provides support for personnel administration and manages the administrative office day-to-day operations for all of the department’s professional, classified, and student staff.

Requirements

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Demonstrated increasingly responsible full-time experience providing secretarial, administrative, and/or budgetary work.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise excellent professionalism, judgment, and confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to excel in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft applications (e.g. Word, Teams, Outlook, Excel).
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to work collaboratively as a positive team member and foster a cooperative, welcoming, inclusive and affirming work environment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with database and travel systems (such as Banner, Millennium FAST Finance and HR software, PageUP)
• Work experience in setting requiring strict confidentiality and familiarity with FERPA and HIPAA

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED