{"id":20534,"date":"2026-10-08T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=20534"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:36:58","slug":"job-of-the-week-secretary-ii-for-the-college-of-natural-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=20534","title":{"rendered":"Job of the Week: Secretary II for the College of Natural Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week\u2019s featured job is a Secretary II for the College of Natural Science in the Physics and Astronomy Department (<a href=\"https:\/\/careers.msu.edu\/jobs\/secretary-ii-east-lansing-michigan-united-states-85f31349-67f9-46e4-92dd-1e44d6116594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posting #1172980<\/a>). If you have experience using key MSU systems \u2013 such as EBS, KFS, Cognos Query Studio, Concur, and SAP \u2013 to support many individuals in a variety of roles, this may be the role for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Secretary II, you will support a large group of faculty, research associates, and graduate students, as well as act as backup support for the Chairperson\u2019s secretary and other staff as needed. Regular duties include managing accounts, reconciling monthly expenses across various account types, ordering research materials and supplies, initiating requisitions for complex equipment, making travel arrangements, and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/careers.msu.edu\/jobs\/secretary-ii-east-lansing-michigan-united-states-85f31349-67f9-46e4-92dd-1e44d6116594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find a complete list of job duties on the posting page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This position requires knowledge normally acquired through a high school education and 1-3 years of experience. The ideal candidate will be well-versed in EBS, KFS, Cognos Query Studio, Concur, SAP, and temp\/on-call and student employee hiring. You should have excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently to learn new procedures and software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pa.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the Department of Physics and Astronomy on their website<\/a>. To learn more or apply for this position, please <a href=\"https:\/\/careers.msu.edu\/jobs\/secretary-ii-east-lansing-michigan-united-states-85f31349-67f9-46e4-92dd-1e44d6116594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit the MSU Careers Website<\/a>. Your application requires a cover letter, resume, and 3 references and should be submitted by <strong>October 20<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s featured job is a Secretary II for the College of Natural Science in the Physics and Astronomy Department (posting #1172980). If you have experience using key MSU systems \u2013 such as EBS, KFS,&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=20534\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Job of the Week: Secretary II for the College of Natural Science<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[271,67],"class_list":["post-20534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employment","tag-job-of-the-week","tag-job-opening"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-5lc","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jotw-wp-oct-8.jpg?fit=1440%2C450&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20536,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20534\/revisions\/20536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}