Part-Time Secretary I
Job Summary
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is seeking a Part-Time Secretary I to support the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. This position provides administrative and secretarial support including coordinating classroom schedules reserving conference rooms ordering textbooks and serving as a primary point of contact for students faculty staff and visitors.
A successful candidate will be a highly organized detail-oriented and dependable professional who enjoys supporting faculty staff students and visitors. The ideal candidate will be comfortable managing multiple responsibilities meeting deadlines and coordinating tasks across the department while providing timely and courteous service.
This is a part-time 20-hour-per-week 11-month appointment. The work schedule will be 4 hours per day 5 days per week.
Examples of Duties:
- Orders textbooks and coordinates classroom scheduling and course preparation.
- Enters and updates class schedules in Workday.
- Manages end-of-semester course evaluations and maintains course enrollment information.
- Assists faculty with hiring graders and provides department support through Workday roles.
- Collects faculty syllabi and prepares annual faculty evaluation templates.
- Serves as key coordinator and responds to requests from faculty staff students and visitors.
- Serves as department contact for building services and Facilities Planning and Management (FP&M).
- Maintains the departments conference room schedule.
- Manages office and workroom supplies and assists faculty with departmental needs.
- Coordinates visitor paperwork logistics and hotel arrangements as needed.
- Assists with department events seminars and the annual High School Ethics Bowl.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience coordinating schedules meetings events visitors or other administrative logistics.
- Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy when maintaining records entering information and managing confidential or sensitive materials.
- Experience using Workday or similar enterprise systems; ability to learn new systems and processes quickly.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office or similar productivity tools including email calendars word processing spreadsheets and shared documents.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.
Application Instructions:
To apply for this position please click on Apply and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following:
- Resume/Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of Application/Cover Letter
Why Choose Iowa State University
Iowa State Employees enjoy comprehensive health and work-life benefits including medical and dental as well as:
- Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans
- Generous vacation holiday and sick time and leave plans
- Onsite childcare (Ames Iowa)
- Life insurance and long-term disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Various voluntary benefits and discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellbeing program
- Iowa State offers WorkFlex options for some positions. WorkFlex offers flexibility on when where and how you do your work. For more information please speak with the Hiring Manager.
If you have questions regarding this application process please email or call or Toll Free: 1-.
Iowa State University does not discriminate on the basis of race color age ethnicity religion national origin pregnancy sexual orientation genetic information sex marital status disability or status as a U.S. Veteran. Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies may be directed to Office of Equal Opportunity 2680 Beardshear Hall 515 Morrill Road Ames Iowa 50011 Tel. email .
General ISU compensation information can be found on the University Human Resources website. Please note that this is only a list of ranges and individuals will be paid commensurate with qualifications.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
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