Posting Summary
Rutgers University-Newark (RU-N) an urban public research university and anchor institution located in Newark New Jersey a city of promise is seeking a Department Administrator SPVR in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences School of Arts and Sciences-Newark. Reporting to the Department Chair this Department Administrator serves as the chief non-academic officer of the Department. Provides administrative leadership and support for academic and non-academic functions oversees staff accounting and budgeting purchasing personnel facilities student support events and all administrative operational and financial functions overseeing a team and ensuring an inviting professional responsive atmosphere for students faculty staff and other stakeholders. This position is responsible for and not limited to the following: Coordinates administrative functions and daily operations. Oversees support for and/or assists Chair and other department leadership with academic programs. Responsible for departmental accounts including grants and faculty research funds. Reviews and approves purchase orders cash transmittals journal entries and cost transfers travel and business expense reports payroll and other financial transactions and documents. Assists faculty and Deans Office personnel with developing grants budget proposals and proposal submissions and managing post awards. Supervises administrative employees.
Overview
Our department brings together an array of talented faculty with diverse skills and research specialties who collectively contribute to our understanding of the natural world and whose work helps address the complex environmental issues we face today at both local and global levels. A fundamental difference between our work and those in more traditional STEM disciplines such as chemistry biology or physics - is that our work has local and global environmental implications and often involves working in natural settings in addition to laboratories. We prepare undergraduate and graduate students for exciting and rewarding careers in the private sector public sector or in academia. See our individual research areas for further information: Qualifications
Supervisory experience strongly preferred.
Required Experience:
Manager