Administrative Assistant - (Fort Valley, GA)

Job description Reporting to the department chairs for Biology and Chemistry, the Administrative Assistant performs a broad range of administrative office and program support activities for the Biology and Chemistry departments within the College of Arts and Sciences. Duties and Responsibilities answer, screen and transfer inbound phone calls document/record minutes of departmental meetings review, distribute and disseminate incoming/outgoing mail receive and direct visitors general clerical duties including photocopying, fax and mailing bookkeeping and recordkeeping maintain electronic and hard copy filing system retrieve documents from filing system handle requests for details and data resolve administrative problems and inquiries prepare written responses to routine enquiries prepare and modify documents including correspondence, reports, drafts, memos and emails schedule and coordinate meetings, appointments and travel arrangements