Department Administrator

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Newark, NJ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $68K - $101K 💻 Finance 🗓️ May 26th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Department Administrator for the School of Nursing. The role involves overseeing and supporting faculty with expense-related requests, including travel and purchases, and collaborating with HR on faculty appointments, promotions, and other personnel matters.

Highlights

Manage faculty expense requests such as travel booking, travel advances, check requests, and purchase requisitions ensuring proper accounting and documentation.
Resolve outstanding issues related to travel and purchases by coordinating with relevant parties.
Review and screen travel approval forms and P-Card requests before senior management approval.
Assist Personnel Manager with dissemination of faculty information and collaboration with Human Resources on faculty-related policies and procedures.
Coordinate faculty appointments, promotions, reappointments, separations, and salary adjustments, including hires of adjuncts and lecturers.
Required skills include effective organizational and communication abilities and the capacity to multitask and work both independently and in teams.
Preferred experience with Canvas, Sakai, ORACLE, Tableau, Concur Travel and Expense, ROCS, and FIS software.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, and Access.
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in finance, management, human resources, or related field plus two years of relevant faculty administration experience.
Salary range from $68,278 to $100,509 with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, retirement plans, and educational benefits.