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Job Description
Job Summary: The Executive Assistant to the Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs supports the Provost & VPAA in attending to the larger issues of the University, providing oversight for thirteen schools and colleges, and managing executive communications and faculty-related tasks.
Responsibilities:
- Manage executive correspondence and email to University stakeholders and other constituencies.
- Draft University-wide emails and create presentation materials.
- Administer processes for Sabbatical, Non-Tenure Track Faculty, Senior Professor, and Promotion and Tenure applications.
- Oversee the LIUFF Professional Development Fund and create academic affairs calendars, applications, and forms.
- Manage agendas and meeting minutes for University committees.
- Oversee annual faculty line request process and partner with deans on faculty hiring procedures.
- Handle miscellaneous, confidential high-level projects from inception to completion.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required, Master's preferred.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, with ability to collaborate and work with diverse groups.
- Familiarity with higher education structures, governance practices, and budgeting processes.
- Strong research skills and ability to apply collected information to policy development and revision.
- Sensitivity, discretion, and ability to effectively delegate issues.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Share Point is preferred.
Additional Information: Travel to other campuses will be required. LIU is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to protected characteristics. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States.