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Academic Administrative Assistant

Awesome English Language Center
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RM 1800 - RM 2500

Setapak

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Job Description

The Academic Administrative Assistant is commonly the second administrative support position in an academic and administrative department; they may be the primary administrative support position for an academic department who assume responsibility for some of the administrative support responsibilities or for all academic programs within an academic department. The Academic Administrative Assistant performs administrative support duties common to academic departments as determined by the department head and works with a number of administrative and financial processes.
 
 MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Experience: Degree in Education.

 Skills: 
  • Keyboarding skills are required. 
  • A working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet applications is required. 
  • Must have a working knowledge of or the ability to learn and use database applications, the web content management system, the administrative business system or enterprise resource planning system, and other systems or applications that may be used within the academy or department. 
  • Must know how to operate and troubleshoot electronic office equipment, computers, and peripherals, maintain moderately complex filing systems and records, and make mathematical calculations. 
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills are required.
  • Must be able to train, assign work, and review the work of student workers.
  • The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds is required.

 Effort: Administrative support positions are primarily sedentary. Administrative support positions require extensive keyboarding.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Provides administrative support to an academic department by providing reception services, scheduling appointments, meetings, and travel, filing, researching files and reports, and preparing and proofreading correspondence, reports, and other documents as requested.
  2. Assists department by answering questions and providing information, locating desired information and materials, typing, collating, or otherwise assisting in test preparation, preparing and/or proofreading manuscripts, correspondence, and other material, obtaining desk copies of textbooks, making travel arrangements, and preparing expense reports.
  3. Assists students by determining who can best provide information needed by the student, providing basic and initial assistance to students with questions about classes, registration, permissions, etc. using established guidelines and assigning advisors.
  4. Supports the work of the department by purchasing equipment and supplies, maintaining an inventory of office supplies, and utilizing the appropriate process to pay for goods or services purchased by the department.
  5. Helps to organize and conduct events, as directed, by securing space, equipment, food, preparing invitations, announcements, agendas, brochures, and packets, purchasing awards, making travel arrangements and reservations, and assisting with the event as it occurs.
  6. May assist with the collection of credentials and other required material during searches and/or collect applications and admission applications to competitive admission programs.
  7. Supports the administrative of the department by obtaining and processing textbook adoptions, creating brochures and newsletters, organizing the academy evaluation process, maintaining and updating the departmental website or databases, preparing personnel action forms and position authorizations as directed, verifying and processing student and part-time employee time records, scheduling the use of classrooms, department facilities, or meeting rooms, and maintaining the security of classrooms, labs, equipment, and records.
  8. Contributes to a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.
  9. Remains competent and current by attending professional development courses, software training classes, and courses and/or training sessions as directed by the Department Head or required by the University.
  10. Supports the department by performing all other duties as assigned by the department head.

Job Requirements

REQUIREMENTS
  • Degree in Education/ Degree in English is an advantage
  • Minimum 3 years of administrative experience

Company Benefits

Multiple Celebration

We love celebrations and food. Cultural day is our monthly activitiy. We also celebrate birthday, eid, farewell party, pizza day and many more.

Monthly Trips

We love fun activities, going for a trips and playing tourists with our foreigner friends (staff and students).

Fully Stocked Pantry

We believe the pantry should be placed closer to employees for an easy coffee break and eating together session.


Additional Info

Experience Level

#NoExperienceNeeded

Job Specialisation

Education & Teaching


Company Profile

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Awesome English Language Center

Welcome to the Awesome Academy – our brand encompassing three educational bodies that provide students and our professional clients with everything they need to excel:

·         Awesome Language Center – A state-of-the-art language school, staffed by experienced native British and American teachers with a range of courses designed to meet the needs of every English learner.
·         Awesome Training Center – Access to result oriented professional programs for individuals and corporates in a wide range of key development areas. 
·         Awesome Academy Online – All the support you need to study and succeed remotely. 

Since opening our English Language Center in January 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, we have grown from strength to strength with students joining us from more than 57 countries worldwide. 

Practicing the philosophy of continuous improvement, we started applying a skills-based methodology in all our programs – an approach that has already been proven successful in other educational institutions across the world. To this day Awesome English Center is the only institution which incorporated the skills-based methodology in the curriculum.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors to our vision. In 2018 we launched our training center for professionals, followed by our online platform in 2020. All these elements have been incorporated underneath the Awesome Academy brand, offering more than ever to all those that choose to succeed with us. 

Awesome Academy remain fully committed to offering world class educational programs that meet the needs of both English learners, and those who come to us for professional development opportunities 


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Academic Administrative Assistant

Awesome English Language Center

RM 1800 - RM 2500

Setapak

Internship

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