On your CV, in your covering letter or when
answering appropriate application questions, clearly outline what you have done to further your interest in construction.
• Develop and implement departmental administrative procedures • Manage calendars and schedules • Organize meetings and seminars and handle material acquisition duties • Ensure that university executives are appropriately prepared for meetings and conferences • Provide needed administrative support to student services • Plan the various logistics of university events such as budgets, speakers, promotions and communications) • Provide administrative support to HR by assisting with interviews and providing needed information • Provide administrative support to accounting department by preparing forecasts and reconciling budgets • Write and coordinate grant
applications • Draft correspondence and prepare presentations • Take and record minutes of meetings • Prepare notices, memos and university agendas • Research information and record research summaries for university staff • Assist in designing and implementing university policies and procedures • Coordinate university affairs and events • Serve as a liaison to faculty, staff and alumni • Open, review and distribute incoming mail • Plan and arrange conferences and communicate arrangements to
appropriate individuals • Supervise, monitor and coordinate activities of administrative staff • Take dictation from staff and faculty to prepare manuscripts and correspondence • Proofread and correct documents • Entertain visitors in the absence of supervisors • Maintain inventory of office supplies and equipment • Order supplies and manage paperwork necessary for purchasing • Design office filing systems and handle office records • Compile information provided by staff and faculty and organize it in the form of reports • Resolve routine conflicts • Follow up and track work flow and provide needed support to various projects • Train subordinates and assign
appropriate work duties •
Answer, screen and route incoming calls