Budget Title: Senior Staff Assistant (SL-3)

Salary: $42,064 - $50,000 (10-month; College-year)

The Music Department Administrative Assistant to the chair is the senior staff member in the Department Office.

Duties include:

• Supervising four other staff (1 full-time and 2 part-time office staff; 1 part-time piano technician)
• Assisting the chair with curricular planning, accreditation reporting, and department administration
• Making and recording financial transactions in State and Foundation accounts
• Tracking department budgets
• Processing hiring paperwork for full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, and staff
• Processing payments for extra service by faculty, fees and honoraria for guest artists, etc.
• Preparing and tracking academic and office equipment purchases
• With the chair, coordinating department searches, personnel cases, and staff performance programs
• Supervising staff in managing travel for faculty and guests, concert production, and responding to inquiries from faculty, students, administration, and visitors
• Representing the Music Department at professional staff meetings and other university events

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

• Bachelor's degree; earned by August 15, 2023
• Experience working in a complex office environment
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office software
• Experience working with finances and budgets

Preferred:

• Administrative experience in higher education
• Administrative experience in the arts

Offers of employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and verification of degree(s) and credentials.

Binghamton University is a tobacco-free campus.

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