Senior Assistant to the Director, Indigenous Resilience Center

Posting Number: req16700

Department: AZ Inst for Resilience

Location: Main Campus

Address: Tucson, AZ USA

Position Highlights

The Indigenous Resilience Center in Arizona Institute for Resilience at the University of Arizona is in search of a Senior Assistant to the Director, Indigenous Resilience Center (Admin Support Assistant III). The Senior Assistant to Indigenous Resilience Center Director will provide general administrative support and assistance in a dynamic and critical role within the Center. This position will support the Director through Federal, Tribal, private, and foundation funding opportunities. This role will provide general administrative functions, including, communication on behalf of the Director and serving as primary contact for inquiries, scheduling meetings and travel, preparing documents.

The Arizona Institute for Resilience (AIR) turns science into actionable, community-oriented solutions. Our focus is resilience, the practice of designing environmental and social systems to anticipate and integrate with ecological, social, and economic change.

Grounded in the sciences, we bring together researchers, educators, problem-solvers, and innovators from diverse disciplines across campus – engineering, humanities, economics, public policy, law, the arts, and beyond – to develop innovative and practical solutions to the many environmental and resilience challenges we face today.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

Duties & responsibilities:

• Performs
  a variety of administrative duties on behalf of the IRes Director,
  including document preparation, scheduling, meeting and event
  coordination, travel arrangements, website updates, record keeping, data
  entry, and budget reconciliation.
• Assist
  the IRes Director in coordinating grant proposals, annual reports,
  faculty searches, scheduling, budget monitoring and reconciliation.
  Provide guidance and assistance to students, faculty, researchers, and
  other staff on policies, practices, and procedures related to
  Indigenous/Tribal communities.
• With
  the IRes Director, monitors, reviews, and approves standard
  expenditures to ensure the activities of the Center are conducted within
  established federal, state, private, and foundation budgets.
• Provide
  guidance and assistance to students, faculty, researchers, and other
  staff on policies, practices, and procedures related to
  Indigenous/Tribal communities.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Familiarity with Indigenous languages, cultures, TEK, and Tribal Sovereignty.
• Ability to independently exchange information with other departments or external contacts to perform role.
• Good writing skills, detailed-oriented, can meet timelines and prioritize and handle several things at the same time.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Knowledge and background while working with Indigenous/Tribal communities.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent, or equivalent learning attained through experience required and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with project management and event coordination.
• BA in any related field.

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week: 40

Job FTE: 1.0

Work Calendar: Fiscal

Job Category: Organizational Administration

Benefits Eligible: Yes – Full Benefits

Rate of Pay: $20.33 – $21.63

Compensation Type: hourly rate

Grade

5

Career Stream and Level

OC3

Job Family

Administrative Support

Job Function

Organizational Administration

Type of criminal background check required: Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)

Number of Vacancies: 1

Contact Information for Candidates

Katarina Sajovec Altshul, ninasajovec@arizona.edu

Open Until Filled: Yes

Documents Needed to Apply: Resume, Cover Letter, and One Additional Document

Special Instructions to Applicant

Please be prepared to submit a sample professional communication created by you.

Diversity Statement

At the University of Arizona, we value our inclusive climate because we know that diversity in experiences and perspectives is vital to advancing innovation, critical thinking, solving complex problems, and creating an inclusive academic community. As a Hispanic-serving institution, we translate these values into action by seeking individuals who have experience and expertise working with diverse students, colleagues, and constituencies. Because we seek a workforce with a wide range of perspectives and experiences, we provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. As an Employer of National Service, we also welcome alumni of AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service programs and others who will help us advance our Inclusive Excellence initiative aimed at creating a university that values student, staff and faculty engagement in addressing issues of diversity and inclusiveness.