This week weāre highlighting an Administrative Assistant III/S position in the Integrative Toxicology Center Ā (Posting #6923). Some of the job duties for this position include managing the fiscal and administrative activities of the unit; serving as unit research administrator, overseeing grant submissions, monitoring awards/budgets and preparing financial reports; administering large, multi-investigator, million-dollar Program Project consortium grant awards, which requires managing multi-institutional subcontract awards and attending annual scientific meetings; administering unit’s general fund budget; and approving expenditures for the unit. For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Category: Employment
This category is for spotlighting certain MSU job postings and for employment news.
Job of the Week 10/19/12
This week weāre highlighting an Office Assistant III position in Advancement Marketing and Communication (Posting #6898). Some of the job duties for this position include determining propriety of gifts to be acknowledged; performing daily download reports of gifts in order to prepare gift acknowledgment letters on behalf of the MSU president; providing critical analysis and research in the examination of donors’ giving history with downloaded gifts and with gifts appearing in giving history but not in the download; researching gift batch detail to determine if correction batches or gift modifications must be made; and determining proper use of donor salutation based on both the salutation options in Advance and prior letters.

For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Job of the Week 10/12/12
This week weāre highlighting an Executive Staff Assistant position in MSU AgBioResearch Ā (Posting #6867). Some of the job duties for this position include providing administrative and secretarial support to the director/assistant VP and associate director of AgBioResearch, as well as administrative support to the fiscal officer; maintaining and coordinating directors’ calendars to ensure time prioritized/utilized effectively; scheduling meetings; arranging international and domestic travel; sorting, reviewing and directing mail, including drafting responses when appropriate; reconciling budgets/ledgers as first line review to keep fiscal officer informed of expenditures; composing/editing documents/correspondence using word processing, database management, spreadsheets and presentation software; and processing memberships, reimbursements, professional services invoices using EBS. For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Job of the Week 10/5/12
This week weāre highlighting an Administrative Associate I/S position in Agriculture, Food & Resource Economics (Posting #6825). Some of the job duties for this position include serving as the fiscal officer for the department; planning, recommending and administering the operational budgets that consist of research, teaching, extension, agency, gifts, grants and revolving accounts; participating in the development of administrative goals and objectives; generating monthly and annual financial reports and forecasting expenditures; handling grant activities that include reconciling accounts, generating reports, monitoring deliverables, resolving problems and communicating with external agencies, Contract and Grant Administration and Office of Sponsored Research; setting up budgets; and overseeing the reconciliation of accounting ledgers for multiple accounts and subāaccounts.

For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Job of the Week 9/27/12
This week weāre highlighting a Human Resources Analyst position in Central Human Resources Staffing Services (Posting #6798). Some of the job duties for this position include developing and implementing HR programs and initiatives; coordinating special HR projects; providing generalist and specialist support in the administration of compensation and employment; maintaining the University classification system by conducting position audits, researching documentation and making formal classification recommendations; developing new and revising existing classifications; conducting classification reviews of major job groups, employee groups and/or University units; and supporting the compensation function of the University by designing and conducting salary surveys, analyzing survey results, preparing statistical and narrative reports, and recommending individual pay levels and overall pay structures. For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Job of the Week 9/20/12
This week weāre highlighting an Informational and Statistical Analyst position in the College of Human Medicine (Posting #6768).Ā Some of the job duties for this position include assisting with the management and maintenance of informational databases and computer-based testing; and collecting, preparing, editing and evaluating data in order to develop reports based on that data for various departments and/or units.

For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Job of the Week 9/14/12
This week weāre highlighting an Administrative Associate I/S position in the Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health (Posting #6743). Some of the job duties for this position include managing the fiscal and administrative activities of a large and complex veterinary diagnostic laboratory, including participation in the development of business and administrative goals, objectives, policies and procedures; planning, directing and managing the financial reporting process as it relates to the business of the laboratory; establishing standards, procedures and priorities for laboratory systems that impact cash flow and client services; and interacting with laboratory leadership team and advising on strategic initiatives. For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Job of the Week 9/7/12
This week weāre highlighting an Educational Program Coordinator II position in the Womenās Resource Center (Posting #6694).Ā The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) operates from several core themes which include social justice, leadership development and work life engagement; the WRC provides a forum to examine structures of power and privilege across all aspects of identity; the Center is responsible for providing resources, programming, mentoring and opportunities for collaboration with other units across campus and in the broader community as they pertain to gender and the WRC’s three core themes.

For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Job of the Week 8/31/12
This week weāre highlighting a Secretary III position in the Supportive Services Program (Posting #6672). Some of the job duties for this position include providing secretarial support for the director and associate director; creating and maintaining records for all unit financial accounts; providing accurate and timely information to the unit fiscal officer; monitoring post-award grant budget compliance; providing reports to the principal investigator; assisting with grant pre-award budget proposals; and researching and collecting data to assist in the preparation of grants, proposals and departmental reports. For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
Job of the Week 8/23/12
This week weāre highlighting a Financial Analyst I position in Campus Living Services (Posting #6640). Some of the job duties for this position include collecting, preparing, and analyzing a variety of financial reports; assisting departments with accounting procedures and concerns and maintaining the financial reporting system; preparing year-end accrual adjustments and year-end closing entries for the preparation of audited financial statements; reviewing and auditing departmental financial reports for accuracy and validity; preparing and analyzing data for completing surveys with other schools and institutions; and compiling, verifying and analyzing data in order to assist in the preparation, publication and review of audited financial statements and reports.

For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.