Administrative Assistant

**Administrative Assistant**

//Student Life

**Position Purpose and Summary**

The Administrative Assistant for Student Life coordinates services that are offered to students, staff and faculty through the Student Life Office and provides administrative support for the staff of Student Life.

**Key Areas of Accountability**
- The Administration Assistant will greet and direct students, parents, visitors, business associates, clients, donors, board members and others who visit staff or take part in meetings and events on campus. The Admin Assistant is responsible to know of events and meetings that are scheduled on campus in order to assist those inquiring or attending
- Coordinate between the event approval process (approving or declining events) booking the rooms or specific areas for events and for student, staff and faculty events and meetings.
- Maintain office supplies needed for functioning of the Student Life Office - including ordering office supplies for the division, driving reimbursements, keys, paper orders, etc.)

**The Person**

**Skills & Abilities**
- Excellent, grammatically correct 45 wpm.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Aqueduct, etc. A high capacity for planning, organizing, prioritizing and implementing a large volume of work that meets required timelines and deadlines. Cheerful and efficient while interacting with a wide variety of staff, faculty, Students and visitors. Superior ability to work under time pressure while handling a multitude of interruptions and tasks.

**Personal**

Driven and inspired by the idea of positively impacting the various marketplaces of life through the development of godly Christian leaders by serving the Trinity Western University community.

A dedicated and mature evangelical Christian with an earnest desire to serve in family, church, work, and community. Affirm and support TWU’s mission, values, Statement of Faith, and Community Covenant. Strength of character and reputation, integrity, focused. A winsome personality with a positive and friendly attitude.

**Servant-Leader Way of Life**: Act in a manner that exemplifies Jesus Christ in all on and off-campus contacts thereby living out the servant leadership mission of the university and contributing effectively towards achieving the institutional and Kingdom goals of the organization.

**Key Internal Interactions**

**Supervision**

Given None

Received Student Life Office Manager

**Standards and Requirements**

Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred. Grade 12 and significant experience will be considered.

Experience: 2 -3 years of related experience required. Experience in a higher educational institution preferred.
- Duties and responsibilities that do not constitute a major change may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of the supervisor either orally or in writing._

Benefits Of Working at TWU:

- A comprehensive benefits package which includes extended health, dental, and insurance and an RRSP matching program.
- Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
- Tuition Benefit for TWU undergraduate and graduate level courses to enhance knowledge and professional competency.
- Torch tuition scholarship for dependents of eligible employees attending TWU.
- Free access to TWU’s fitness/gym facilities and the Norma Marion Alloway Library.
- Discounts and perks for the on-site Trinity Western Outfitters bookstore and cafeterias, as well as shops and restaurants in Fort Langley.
- Wellness benefits (i.e., counselling, sick days, personal days, and reimbursement for annual wellness/recreation related purchases).
- Free recreational equipment rentals (e.g., paddle boards, snowshoes, kayaks, etc.).
- Free employee parking on campus.
- Special community events throughout the year.
- A positive Christian fellowship environment.-
- Trinity Western University is located on the traditional ancestral territory of the Sto:lo people._