Provide administrative support to the Department's academic graduate programs.

Participate as a team member of the operations support group focusing on process improvement to improve department administrative processes and to better support the department's strategic initiatives.

Major responsibilities include:

• Provide administrative support to the Department's Graduate Program Coordinator.
• Assist in graduate recruitment and communication with students interested in applying to the program.
• Monitor and maintain graduate application records and database in accordance with department and university records retention procedures.
• Evaluate credentials of applicants seeking admission to graduate degree program.
• Prepare letters of admission and scholarship on behalf of the Department Head.
• Serve as Department's liaison with college and university student support units, facilitate communications to and from these units, and initiate key activities with these units.
• Share programmatic activities, requests and related deadlines with appropriate department members.
• Facilitate revisions to graduate program information and disseminate information and procedures to faculty, staff, and students as well as to potential students and their parents.
• Provide support to faculty, staff and students on graduate policies and procedures.
• Coordinate faculty graduate committee appointments and verify graduate faculty status of all committee members.
• Provide support to the graduate program committee by scheduling meetings, contributing to procedural discussions, and preparing meeting minutes.
• Maintain and provide summary data and information relating to student programs for use by the Department Head, the Graduate Program Committee, and others involved in external program reviews and strategic planning.
• Process graduate assistantship appointments.
• Provide back-up support to the Budget Staff Assistant on an as-needed basis.