Administrative Associate, Kidney Cancer Program

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Kidney Cancer Program (KCP) at UT Southwestern Medical Center is seeking an exceptional Administrative Associate to join their high-performing team. This role supports the program director across patient care, research, and education missions. The ideal candidate will be capable, detail-oriented, and thrive in a dynamic, mission-driven, fast-paced environment, contributing to world-class patient care, groundbreaking research, and leading-edge education.

Requirements

• High School Diploma
• 4 years related work experience
• Work requires knowledge of computers, office equipment, and other administrative tasks.
• Work requires ability to monitor and maintain budget.
• Work requires ability to ensure adherence to all policies and procedures of university, such as FLSA, salary guidelines, accounting regulations, and internal controls policy.
• Work requires ability to coordinate and work independently on projects.
• Work requires ability to work with confidential information on daily basis.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree

Responsibilities

• Support program director across the program missions of patient care, research and education including calendar management and travel logistics.
• Coordinate and support faculty and staff recruitment efforts.
• Plan and execute multiple monthly faculty and trainee conferences as well as larger less frequent events including patient facing and educational events.
• Assist with efficient, well-coordinated patient visits supporting an exceptional care experience and a patient advocacy program.
• Process expense reports, invoices, and requisitions while monitoring expenditures to support sound financial management.
• Support core programmatic administrative functions.
• Perform additional duties in support of program goals as needed.
• Relieves supervisor of various internal administrative duties, which require thorough understanding of, and adherence to functions, programs, and policies of unit and university.
• Reviews department policy manuals periodically to update and institute changes as necessary.
• May provide comprehensive administrative support to Chairman, Vice Chairman, Director, Department Manager, or other upper level administrator.
• Monitors and maintains unit's budget; provides input to supervisor; prepares and submits various budgetary reports; assists supervisor with annual budget process.
• May have delegated approval authority for all dollar level expenditures for designated entity; coordinates process for items requiring Chair level approval, and/or has delegated approval authority for these items.
• Coordinates supervisor's schedule; makes travel arrangements, plans meeting itineraries, etc. for supervisor or outside visitors.
• Coordinates details of faculty and staff recruitment for division.
• As directed by supervisor or unit head, initiates personnel action documents, including appointment, termination, and/or salary/title changes.
• Coordinates appointment process for foreign nationals.
• Pre screens staff applicants; coordinates interview process for supervisor and/or unit head.
• Conducts department/division orientation for administrative and technical staff and training of administrative staff.
• Coordinates scheduling and use of department/division facilities and assets, including making arrangements for moves and/or renovations, maintaining accurate space records, recommending and/or approving purchase of equipment and furniture, and maintaining inventory files.
• Approves vacation and sick leave transactions; interprets V/SL policies for unit's personnel.
• Prepares or coordinates preparation of complex reports requiring significant contact with other departments and outside organizations.
• Provides professional support for special projects, which may include editorial and administrative support for manuscripts and abstracts for publication; prepares materials for oral and/or written presentations; coordinates and prepares materials for courses, meetings, and conferences; performs Library and Internet research.
• May provide assistance in preparing grants and contracts, which may include assistance with budget preparation and/or oversight.
• Maintains sub-ledgers and ledgers for various accounts, including reviewing expenditures and encumbrances, reconciling accounts, and ensuring appropriate use of funds.
• May provide working supervision for staff of lower rank.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED