Executive Assistant, Kahn School of Law

About the position

High Point University School of Law invites applicants to serve as Executive Assistant to assist the Dean in managing the school's administrative operations and budget. The position presents the exciting opportunity to assist the development of the law school, which welcomed its inaugural J.D. class in August 2024. The anticipated start date for this position is April 2025.

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative support to advance the program development and operations of the law school under the supervision of the Law Dean.
• Assists the Law Dean and the Dean's designees in developing the law school budget.
• Assists the Dean in managing the law school budget.
• Works with University officials to coordinate the purchasing needed for law school operations.
• Assists the Dean with scheduling, promoting, and conducting law school programs and events.
• Assists the Dean with law school communications to internal University constituents and to external stakeholders.
• Works with the Law Dean and Dean's designees to ensure compliance with law school accreditation standards, bar admission requirements, and University policies and procedures.
• Works with the Law Dean and Dean's designees to gather data for periodic reporting to accreditors and other law school surveying organizations.
• Assists the Dean with onboarding new law school hires.
• Helps coordinate law school calendar and the Dean's calendar and schedule.
• Works under the Dean's supervision to procure supplies for law school operations.
• All other duties as assigned by the Dean.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree is preferred.
• Three or more years of experience in office and/or project management, or its substantial equivalent.
• Experience in managing organizational budgets is preferred.
• Outstanding organization and project management skills, including a keen attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills sufficient to work effectively with School of Law faculty, staff, and students.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills that enable candidates to communicate with friendliness, enthusiasm, patience, and respect.
• Strong computer skills and facility with technology, including advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, budgeting software, and the ability to learn new software programs quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality of information.