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Administrative Assistants provide administrative support for one or more of the following: general management, a research environment or a specific program.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides administrative support for one or more of the following: general management, a research environment or a specific program.
• Ensures office activities comply with Emory policies and procedures.
• Responds to incoming telephone calls.
• Maintains calendars and prioritizes meeting requests for management. 
• Reviews incoming correspondence and identifies items of special interest to management; handles routine correspondence and prepares appropriate responses.
• May complete forms, grant applications, and/or correspondence associated with programs.
• Prepares charts and graphs for reports and presentations.
• Creates and edits scientific, programmatic or other reports associated with department's primary business.
• Schedules meetings and handles logistics for meetings and special events.
• Prepares materials for meetings and special events.
• Initiates, processes, and maintains records and invoices.
• Keeps management apprised of account status, identifies cost-effective solutions and may authorize expenditures.
• May monitor or maintain budgets and grants, assist with budget development, and prepare related expense reports and reimbursements.
• Plans and coordinates travel arrangements.
• Maintains databases and spreadsheets; may also analyze data and design/generate associated reports.
• Establishes and organizes files and documents. 
• Oversees ordering and maintenance of office supplies.
• May supervise or direct the work of support staff and/or students.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES:

• Calendar, expense, and travel management for the Chief and Associate Chief at Grady General Internal Medicine
• Coordinate Faculty Interviews
• Manage the Career Conference Review process for Grady and Primary Care VA
• Planning and managing 1-2 conferences annually (working with a committee)

Research Duties:

• Assist the Associate Division Director of Research with calendar management
• Prepares charts and presentations
• Create and edit reports as needed
• Set up meetings with GIM (General Internal Medicine) partners and clinical sites
• Minutes of all research monthly meetings
• Set up annual agenda for monthly GIM meetings
• Prepare announcements for GIM monthly meetings
• Update list of manuscripts – search for GIM manuscripts
• Update list of funded projects and then update on website
• Coordinate GIM combined events – e.g. luncheon with faculty with funded projects

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree or equivalency of a high school diploma and five years of administrative experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Experience with collaborations tools (OneDrive, Zoom, Teams, and/or others).

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee. 

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