ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

The School of Art + Art History + Design (SOA+AH+D) engages and educates students in essential issues of visual history and literacy, the creative process and visual communication, and innovative and socially responsible design. We work closely with leaders in the arts, academic and business communities to ensure that our students understand the role that this education will play in their future success as professionals and global citizens. SOA+AH+D has approximately 40 faculty and 23 staff members serving approximately 600 undergraduate and 60 graduate students plus more than 1,000 non-majors enrolled in our courses.

The School’s commitment to diversity extends to the recruitment of faculty, staff, and students who exhibit a dedication to creative and academic excellence and who demonstrate the ability to work with a diverse spectrum of populations. The University of Washington is committed to building diversity among its faculty, librarian, staff, and student communities, and articulates that commitment in the UW Diversity Blueprint(http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/).

We are seeking highly qualified candidates to fulfill the role of Assistant Administrator.

The Assistant Administrator is responsible for managing HR/Payroll, grant and fiscal services of the School of Art + Art History + Design and furthermore, providing management of the department’s Administrative services team. The position assists the Administrator in ensuring that fiscal operations compliance and oversight are completed effectively, efficiently, and within university/state fiscal policies and guidelines regulations. This includes, Workday/payroll coordination, Grant & Contract pre- and post-award support, endowment and gift budget oversight as well as using financial knowledge to allocate and evaluate overall school operational needs.

Individual initiative, solid judgement, discretion regarding sensitive and confidential matters, and customer service skills are required.  A successful candidate for this position will work independently, be adaptable and flexible with workload and competing priorities. This position requires continual learning and management of UW grant and contract, budget, fiscal, and HR/Payroll related policies and procedures.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
HR/Payroll (50%)