Administrative Assistant-Psychological Sciences

🇺🇸 West Lafayette, IN

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Other

🗓️ September 29th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Purdue University is hiring an Administrative Support Specialist. The role involves providing comprehensive administrative assistance including managing calendars, scheduling, travel arrangements, preparing reports, and supporting the Director of the Community Success Committee.

Highlights

Perform clerical tasks such as calendar management, meeting coordination, and travel arrangements.
Create agendas, flyers, promotional materials, and maintain websites, databases, and mailing lists.
Assist the Director of the Community Success Committee with administrative support.
Requires proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet usage.
Two years of clerical or administrative support experience required.
High school diploma or GED is necessary.
Strong customer service, verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to multitask, handle interruptions, meet deadlines, and maintain confidentiality.
Typing, drafting, filing, data entry, proofreading, and editing skills are essential.
Position is non-exempt and eligible for overtime; background check required; employment authorization sponsorship not provided.

Administrative Assistant-Psychological Sciences Full Description

Job Summary

Provide administrative support for an individual, group of professionals, department, program or other administrative function. Perform a variety of administrative tasks, including maintaining calendars, scheduling meetings and events, arranging travel, and handling incoming inquiries. Create agendas, flyers, or promotional materials. Update and maintain websites, databases and mailing lists. Assist in preparing reports. This position will also assist the Director of the Community Success Committee.

At Purdue, you’ll join a community where unrivaled pride and unlimited potential are more than just words—they’re the foundation of how we work and grow, together. If you’re ready to help build a better world through research that matters, take the next step and join us on this path.

About Us:

When you join Purdue University, you join a community that keeps moving forward. For more than 150 years, we’ve been known for not only our groundbreaking work in STEM research, but also for our collective imagination, ingenuity and innovation.

What We’re Looking For:

Education and Experience
Qualified candidates will need:

High school diploma/GED.
Two years of experience in a clerical or administrative support role.
Excellent customer service, verbal, and written communication skills.
Ability to handle frequent interruptions, balance multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and maintain confidentiality.
Strong organizational and time management skills and attention to detail.
Computer and related software skills to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet, etc.
Typing, drafting, filing, data entry, proofreading and editing skills.
Ability to identify routine problems and implement or recommend solutions

Additional Information:

Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
A background check will be required for employment in this position
FLSA: Non-Exempt (Eligible For Overtime)
Retirement Eligibility: Non-exempt Defined Contribution Plan

EOE

Purdue University is an EO/EA University

Original Job Description

Job Summary

About Us:

What We’re Looking For:

Education and Experience
Qualified candidates will need:

High school diploma/GED.
Two years of experience in a clerical or administrative support role.
Excellent customer service, verbal, and written communication skills.
Ability to handle frequent interruptions, balance multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and maintain confidentiality.
Strong organizational and time management skills and attention to detail.
Computer and related software skills to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet, etc.
Typing, drafting, filing, data entry, proofreading and editing skills.
Ability to identify routine problems and implement or recommend solutions