Since 1962, Franklin Pierce University has empowered thousands of undergraduate and graduate students to achieve academic excellence and lead meaningful, successful lives. Drawing from our strong foundation in liberal education, we offer majors and programs that develop essential, professional skills; promote close connections between students, faculty members, and staff; and position our students to realize their potential through highly personalized, financially accessible academic offerings.

Franklin Pierce encompasses a far-reaching geographic and virtual network educating a diverse population of residential undergraduates, online learners, and full-time graduate students through our main campus in Rindge, NH, and online and graduate centers in Manchester, and Lebanon, (NH) and Goodyear, AZ.  We continue to explore new models and programs that build on our legacy of excellence and help students expand their knowledge, direct their passions, and graduate as qualified, engaged leaders.

At Franklin Pierce University, we believe in establishing a legacy through our unique ability to support and prepare students to thrive as leaders and engaged members of society. To do this, we know that is takes outstanding people from every background imaginable to support our mission. This position is based at our Rindge, NH location.

In the College of Health & Natural Science (CHNS), we need an individual as the Administrative Assistant who will provide administrative and office support to our busy programs.

Job Summary:

As an integral part of the efficient and effective running of the programming for our students, your role will be to provide support for the Dean, faculty, staff, and students of the College based across three campuses. Responsibilities include a wide variety of administrative duties, and serves as the primary contact for the CHNS undergraduate faculty and community.

Other duties include:

• Entering course scheduling and tracking faculty assignments.

• Managing and prioritizing scheduling for the Dean’s calendars.

• Collaborate with College leadership to streamline operations management.

• Manage the College’s communication – both internally and externally.

  Skills and Qualifications:

  In this role, the skills and qualifications that you possess will include:

• An Associate’s degree preferred.

• Three to five (3-5)+ years of previous administrative experience, preferably in higher education.

• Demonstrated experience in customer service work.

• Strong organization skills with an emphasis on detail and follow-up.

• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities and interpersonal skills.

• Self-motivated.

• High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including excel, word and outlook.

• Ability to lift various materials up to 25 pounds on an occasional basis.

  Application Deadline:

  Confidential screening of applications will continue until the position is filled.

As an Equal Opportunity employer, Franklin Pierce recognizes the impact of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, age, disability gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.

Franklin Pierce University (the University) does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the University’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The University’s Title IX Coordinator is the Vice President for Student Affairs. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights contact information is available at https://ocrcas.ed.gov/contact-ocr.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at jobs@franklinpierce.edu or 603-899-4075. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

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