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Job Requisition ID:R00051110Job Category:Clerical and Customer ServiceOrganization:OAVCR-Admin & FinanceLocation/s:Main Campus JacksonJob Title:Executive Assistant _ OAVCR ResearchJob Summary:To provide high-level administrative support for Senior Management, Assistant Vice Chancellors, Associate Vice Chancellors and Executives. To work collaboratively with other members of the department to proactively address organizational needs. To communicate with high-level management.Education & ExperienceDegree (Associate or Bachelor) with four (4) years of administrative support experience.
Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required: N/A
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities- Reads and analyzes incoming correspondence and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution. Responds to incoming correspondence.
- Compiles and analyzes various types of complex information for inclusion in reports and/or presentations using graphical software, spreadsheets, and/or presentation software.
- Answers telephones and resolves complex caller needs within broadly-defined guidelines and without managerial oversight.
- Supervises departmental clerical staff and ensures completion of assigned tasks.
- Works directly with senior management on special projects.
- Prepares agendas and make arrangements to include food service, room scheduling and materials preparation.
- The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.
Requires occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, constant sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking.
Time Type:Full timeFLSA Designation/Job Exempt:YesPay Class:SalaryFTE %:100Work Shift:DayBenefits Eligibility:Grant Funded:NoJob Posting Date:07/9/2026Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):Skills Required
- Associate or Bachelor degree with four years of administrative support experience
- Ability to read, analyze, and respond to incoming correspondence and reports
- Proficiency with graphical software, spreadsheets, and presentation software
- Experience answering phones and resolving complex caller needs independently
- Supervisory experience overseeing departmental clerical staff
- Experience preparing agendas and coordinating meetings, room scheduling, and food service
- Ability to compile and analyze complex information for reports and presentations
- Ability to perform occasional physical tasks including lifting up to 50 pounds and occasional driving
What We Do
The University of Mississippi Medical Center, located in Jackson, is the state's only academic health science center. Its mission is to improve the lives of Mississippians by educating tomorrow's health care professionals, conducting health sciences research, and providing cutting-edge patient care. UMMC houses seven health science schools and provides wide-ranging patient care programs, including the state's only children's hospital.
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