Job Description

The World’s Most Dedicated Never Give Up

Think of what satisfaction you could gain from supporting research to improve the quality of life for children with cancer, sickle cell and other life-threatening diseases. As an administrative professional at St. Jude, you'll be part of an infrastructure team that supports making long-term positive impact on the lives of patients with the rarest conditions. This is also a time of exciting growth and change including a move to a state-of-the-art facility.

The Sr. Administrative Specialist provides administrative support to assigned faculty and staff. Key tasks include managing schedules, arranging travel, planning meetings, expense reporting, and arranging purchasing. This role maintains important documents for faculty including CVs, biosketches and other grant materials. Candidates should have excellent customer service skills, keen attention to detail, proactive problem-solving skills, and effective verbal and oral communication skills.

If you are an administrative professional who wants to make an impact on cancer survivorship by supporting researchers, consider joining us in the Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control. We seek a team player with a demonstrated history of great customer service and advanced organizational skills. The Sr. Administrative Specialist supports multiple faculty and their staff to manage the business behind the research.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• High school diploma/GED required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum Requirement: 4+ years experience in administration or related areas.
• Experience Exception: Bachelor's degree with no experience required.
• Some experience with activities involving planning, organizing and coordinating is important.
• Experience with tasks that involve managing routine or repetitive activities, high attention to detail and clear communication are critical.
• Demonstrated experience working with office technologies including Microsoft Office (Word/ Excel/ Power point etc.).

Compensation

In recognition of certain U.S. state and municipal pay transparency laws, St. Jude is including a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This is an estimate offered in good faith and a specific salary offer takes into account factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $22.00 - $38.50 per hour for the role of Sr Administrative Specialist.

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