This week’s job of the week is an Administrative Associate (#529257) for the College of Social Science. This position is seeking an individual to assist and facilitate operations, build growth in large academic units with diverse research and outreach activities.

The responsibilities for this role include managing administrative personnel, overseeing human resources actives for the department, and developing financial targets. Other responsibilities include serving as a chief fiscal officer for the unit, analyzing data, and establishing operational goals.

The ideal candidate would possess knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related field; five or more years of extensive supervisory and management experience in an academic department or university setting; demonstrated leadership competencies, strong critical thinking, financial and analytical skills; excellent verbal and written communications and interpersonal skills; previous experience in research administration.

For more details on the responsibilities of this position, and to view all our current postings, visit careers.msu.edu. Internal applicants should access postings through the Careers @ MSU tile in the EBS Portal.