Senior Staff Specialist-KGCOE Department of Chemical Engineering – Rochester Institute of Technology – Rochester, NY

Senior Staff Specialist-KGCOE Department of Chemical Engineering
6583BR
Kate Gleason College of Engineering

KGCOE Department of Chemical Engineering

Detailed Job Description
The Senior Staff Specialist provides the primary administrative and financial accounting support to the Chemical Engineering Department under the supervision of the Department Head. This individual plays a key role in ensuring a welcoming environment that encourages the development of connections among students, staff, and faculty.

Responsibilities include:

• Self-directed and collaborative
• Interact in a professional and informed manner with individuals both inside and outside the university
• Exercise discretion and judgement in addressing sensitive or protected information pertaining to students, faculty and staff
• Serve as the primary liaison to the administrative and financial support staff in the dean’s office and to the college’s scheduling officer.
• Manage day-to-day operations of the department office; monitoring and analyzing the department’s budget and financial accounts
• Facilitate recruiting, hiring and other human resource processes
• Provide academic program support (e.g., scheduling courses, updating department materials, collecting and analyzing assessment data, helping prepare accreditation reports)
• Organize and coordinating department events
• Hire and supervise student workers;
• Other duties as assigned

Department/College Description
The Chemical engineering program at RIT is a five-year BS degree program that includes 48 weeks of cooperative education, and prepares students for both industrial careers and graduate-level education. We also house a PhD in Biomedical and Chemical Engineering (shared between the Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering departments), and are currently constructing a Masters degree in chemical engineering. Our staff and faculty team thus have the extraordinary opportunity to influence the relatively young undergraduate program and emerging graduate program. We rely on our staff to help create a welcoming learning environment for our students and a collegial atmosphere for our department. We prize our staff as they manage the department logistics and provide the necessary framework to meet the teaching, research, and service mission of the department. The Chemical Engineering Department is housed in Institute Hall, a 86,000 square foot facility with state of the art labs for both faculty research and teaching. For more information visit: http://www.rit.edu/kgcoe/program/chemical-engineering.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of experience required.
• Exceptional communications skills, both written and verbal
• Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
• Computer file organization

Preferred:

• 2 years of Oracle and Kronos experience
• Previous grant accounting experience
• Career Zone/Kenexa Brass Ring

Preferred Qualifications

Professional Area:

Employment Category: Fulltime

Staff Job Function: Wage Band: 115H

Required Application Documents

How to Apply
In order to be considered for this position, you must apply for it at: http://careers.rit.edu/staff. Click the link for search openings and in the keyword search field, enter the title of the position or the BR number.

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Additional Details

Rochester Institute of Technology, the 10th largest private university in the U.S., is among the worlds leading technological universities. Its 18,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries are enrolled in over 200 academic programs, including 7 interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs. A pioneer in experiential education, RIT was the first to offer undergraduate degree programs in biotechnology, information technology, software engineering, and microelectronic engineering. As home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the university offers unparalleled academic opportunities and services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Founded in 1829, RIT has 115,000 alumni throughout the United States and around the world. RIT has been named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the “Great Colleges to Work For.” RIT is a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation site, and is responsive to the needs of dual-career couples through the Upstate NY Higher Education Recruitment Consortium. For more information, visit www.rit.edu/overview/rankings-and-recognition and www.rit.edu.

As a member of the RIT community employees receive a well-balanced benefits package that offers a variety of choices and access to additional employment advantages. These benefits, combined with an employees pay, provide a total compensation package that can be tailored to meet your needs. More on RITs Benefits, Health & Wellness program can be found at: https://www.rit.edu/fa/humanresources/content/benefits-health-and-wellness

RIT does not discriminate. RIT is an equal opportunity employer that promotes and values diversity, pluralism, and inclusion. For more information or inquiries, please visit RIT/TitleIX or the U.S. Department of Education at ED.Govjeid-343f11818a050744b2ebb16750fb5698