Sr Administrative Specialist

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital•Memphis, TN

About The Position

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.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED required
4+ years experience in administration or related areas
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.)
Excellent customer service skills
Keen attention to detail
Proactive problem-solving skills
Effective verbal and oral communication skills
Team player with a demonstrated history of great customer service and advanced organizational skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree preferred
Bachelor's degree with no experience required

Responsibilities

Managing schedules
Arranging travel
Planning meetings
Expense reporting
Arranging purchasing
Maintaining important documents for faculty including CVs, biosketches and other grant materials
Supports multiple faculty and their staff to manage the business behind the research