Program Assistant 2

4 weeks ago


Evanston, United States Northwestern University Full time

This position is a full-time position at 37.5 hours per week and works onsite three/four days per week and two/one day(s) remotely during the academic quarters, with the opportunity for more remote work during the summer and breaks between quarters.

**Specific Responsibilities**:

- Documents & Databases_
- Proof for spelling & grammar.
- Enters information into spreadsheets &/or databases.
- Compiles routine reports, statistics, tables, charts, etc. from readily available information.
- Website_
- Assists with general department website updates.
- Updates paid participant information on website.
- Use Sona, a web-based system to track student and researcher studies for the lab requirement.
- Accounting_
- Processes accounts payables &/or receivables.
- Submits payment requests to compensate research participants.
- Enters, tracks, & maintains documentation & logs of financial transactions.
- Ensures that charges have posted to appropriate accounts.
- Assists with reconciliation of accounts.
- Reviews budget statements.
- Completes routine payroll actions.
- Human Resources_
- Processes a limited variety of routine HR transactions.
- Coordination_
- Coordinates student sign-up and student credits for experiments; determines allotment of credits and students for experiments.
- Coordinates missed appointments acting as point-of-contact between lab personnel and student participants.
- Tracks student progress towards completion of credits to fulfill experiment requirement; submit change of grades for students as necessary.
- Updates experiment and student reference materials, organizes and archives confidential materials for experiments.
- Coordinates continuing review research protocol submission for department participant pool and paid registry to IRB (Institutional Review Board).
- Verifies participating labs have approved research protocol on file with IRB.
- Troubleshoots issues for experiments and student participants. Reports lack of compliance to faculty participant pool coordinator or IRB as appropriate.
- Assists with editing, formatting and electronically distributes the monthly department newsletter.
- Coordinates key inventory& records along with requests for new keys.
- Coordinates dept calendar.
- Coordinates registration & travel.
- Coordinates events which may include scheduling rooms &/or guest speaker & arranging for routine materials, technology & refreshments.
- Contacts_
- Extensive communication with undergraduate students participating in Psych 110, Psych
- 110 faculty, faculty participant pool coordinator, and researchers.
- Represents supervisor in routine/standard situations with various levels of personnel both internally & externally.
- Student Services_
- Guides students through admissions process.
- Advises students of research participation requirements.
- Reviews student files/records for completion of participation. academic progress & referral.
- Applies knowledge of participant pool and IRB guidelines. federal & state regulations.
- Interprets existing policies & procedures; etc.
- Operates wide format printer; maintains inventory and orders supplies.
- Supervision_
- Coordinates work of receptionists, program assts, temporary/work-study students, etc.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

**Minimum Qualifications: (Education, experience, and any other certifications or clearances)**
- A high school diploma or its equivalent along with 2 years of administrative support experience is required. 2.

**Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)**

**Preferred Qualifications: (Education and experience)**
- Research experience at an undergraduate level.
- Bachelors degree.

**Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)**
- Above average competency with Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook.
- Familiar with CASCADE.
- Familiar with CANVAS.

The target hiring range for this position will be between $35,000-$49,221 per year, which is $17.88-$25.15 per hour. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

**Benefits**:
**Work-Life and Wellness**:
**Northwestern offers comprehensive programs and services to help you and your family navigate life’s challenges and opportunities and adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles.**
**Professional Growth & Development**:
Northwestern strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for people who can obtain them as a critical tool for minimizing severe illness. More information can be found on the COVID-19 and Campus Updates webpage.
- The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today._


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