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Administrative Services Asst Senior

🇺🇸 Lexington, KY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $19 - $31 per Hour

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🗓️ June 2nd, 2025

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University of Kentucky is hiring an Administrative Services Assistant Senior. This role involves managing all purchasing activities and processes for four departments, ensuring sound financial management, supervising staff, and training purchasing personnel. The Assistant must be detail-oriented, possess knowledge of UK procedures and systems, and have excellent communication and social skills. 

Highlights 

  • Manage all purchasing activities and financial processes within departments.
  • Supervise staff and train purchasing personnel in the department.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, especially MS Outlook, Excel & Word.
  • Experience with SAP and Tableau is required.
  • Salary ranges from $19.18 to $30.68 per hour.
  • Requires an Associate's degree (AA) and five years of related experience.
  • Preferred bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting with over six years of experience, including supervision.

Administrative Services Asst Senior Full Description


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Administrative Services Asst Senior
Posting Details
 Posting Details 
Job Title  | Administrative Services Asst Senior
Requisition Number  | RE50484
Working Title  | Purchasing Lead
Department Name  | 7H025:CANCER CENTER-CORE SUPPORT
Work Location  | Lexington, KY
Grade Level  | 43
Salary Range  | $19.18-30.68/hour
Type of Position  | Staff
Position Time Status  | Full-Time
Required Education  | AA
Click here for more information about equivalencies:  | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience  | 5 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification  | None
Physical Requirements  | lifting, pushing, or pulling of objects up to 50 lbs., sitting for long periods of time, repetitive motion
Shift  | Monday through Friday, 8:00AM – 5:00PM (40 hrs/wk)
Job Summary  | The Markey Cancer Center (MCC) seeks an Administrative Services Assistant Senior to manage all purchasing activities and processes for our four (4) departments. This position will ensure sound financial management by managing activities in the University’s purchasing and procurement systems, supervising staff and training purchasing personnel in the department. Successful applicants will be detail-oriented, have knowledge of UK procedures and systems, and possess excellent communication and social skills.

This position has the potential to have a hybrid work arrangement.

IMPORTANT: Resumes and CVs cannot be substituted for a completed application. Incomplete applications could disqualify you from being considered for this position. If the information on your resume is not entered on the application, this will prevent us from being able to assess your education and experience when trying to determine a salary offer. To be considered you must fully complete the online application being sure to only put one (1) job title for each entry (multiple job titles for one employer must have separate entries), the # of hours worked per week and your ending salary. You will also be required to upload a cover letter and resume.

To view our exceptional benefits, please visit https://www.uky.edu/hr/benefits.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities  | Microsoft Office Suite, especially MS Outlook, Excel & Word; professionalism, excellent communication & customer service skills, Tableau, SAP
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?  | Yes
Preferred Education/Experience  | Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting plus 6 or more years experience including supervision
Deadline to Apply  | 06/20/2025
Our University Community  | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.


As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.


Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
  1. * Describe your proficiency in the use of Microsoft Outlook. 
    (Open Ended Question)
  2. * Describe your proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel. 
    (Open Ended Question)
  3. * Describe your experience with UK's internal finance and accounting systems (i.e. SAP, Tableau, Concur, etc). 
    (Open Ended Question)
  4. * Describe your experience with ordering & tracking expenses. 
    (Open Ended Question)
  5. * Describe the most complicated purchasing experience you have had to deal with, what you did to facilitate, & what the outcome was. 
    (Open Ended Question)
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
  1. Resume
  2. Cover Letter
Optional Documents

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