Bentley University · 6 days ago
Senior Administrative Assistant, Information Technology
Bentley University is seeking a Senior Administrative Assistant to support the IT Management Team and various IT departments. The role involves providing administrative support, managing communications, and overseeing day-to-day operations within the IT division, which focuses on enhancing the digital landscape of the University.
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Responsibilities
Provide administrative support to all the IT Management Team members across five departments
Perform meeting and event planning with responsibility for all related logistics (sometimes large in scale), and calendaring
Lead/primary website and SharePoint/Teams site updates including drafting of content and departmental communications
Drupal super user for the division, as well as other departments/divisions in need of assistance with the my.bentley page
Maintain the annual communications roadmap/timeline
Maintain IT social media presence
Maintain the University event calendar as it pertains to IT (administrative rights for the University event calendar – approvals)
Manage confidential information (budget, personnel, new hire)
Act as contract approver in the Workday Strategic Sourcing software as needed
Contact for Procurement WSS updates/uploads and enter contracts as needed for the IT management team
Support the IT recruiting process
Assist with the maintenance of department budgets through financial reporting, expense entry and reconciliation, AP and procurement requests
Point of contact for IT management team questions regarding status of payments, requisitions, purchase orders
Act as administrative liaison between IT departments and other University departments such as Procurement, Facilities, Accounts Payable, and Academic Affairs
Maintain records in different systems and oversee day-to-day office operations for two or more of the IT departments
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma/GED required, Bachelor's preferred
4+ years of related work experience
Advanced Microsoft Office skills
Strong Drupal skillset (or equivalent website creation software)
2+ years AP and procurement experience
Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and follow through skills
Strong attention to detail
Ability to follow university processes and procedures
Strong oral and written communication skills
Ability to manage confidential information
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in an environment with multiple stakeholders, priorities, and deadlines
Preferred
A team player who will strive to live the Bentley IT Values of Accountability, User Focus, Collaboration, Innovation, and Openness
Experience with Workday Finance and Workday Strategic Sourcing
A positive, helpful attitude
Aptitude for learning new technologies and systems
Prior experience with enterprise-wide systems
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Robust benefits
Career development and opportunities
Generous paid time off
Workplace flexibility
Positive, engaging employee experience
Company
Bentley University
A private co-educational university in Waltham, Massachusetts, 10 miles west of Boston, focused on business.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2022-03-02Grant
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