Administrative Assistant I (Child Care - Part Time)

We have an opening for an Administrative Assistant I (Child Care) at our Chattanooga State campus!

** This is a part-time, 27 hour/per week position **

Our Purpose - We support and empower everyone in our community to learn without limits.

Our Values:

- We cultivate an inclusive environment.

- We care about the well-being of each other.

- We instill trust through integrity and transparency.

POSITION SUMMARY

A Child Care Admin 1 (CCA) serves as secretarial support in the Child Development Center.  This position has a responsibility in providing support to administration in a non- academic area. The position is under the direction of the Child Development Center Director on the college campus. The CCA assists in providing a welcoming environment, clerical support, provision of schedule/monitor of student workers and observers, while providing support for childcare duties.   

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Fiscal Stewardship

• Child Care Admin 1 ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations as well as policies and reporting requirements related to the areas of the Child Development Center to help minimize any financial costs.
• Child Care Admin 1 serves as part of the benefit to the College student and employee in terms of enhancing growth in student enrollment and employee productivity.

Holistic Student Support

• Child Care Admin 1 creates an inviting, safe, and educational environment for children 6 weeks -5 years.  The center provides care for the children of the college’s students as well as faculty and staff.  

Organizational Culture and Inclusive Practices.

• Child Care Admin 1 role is to help create an environment that values cultural, racial and socioeconomic diversity as well as gender differences and special needs in family backgrounds. 
• Child Care Admin 1 embraces and promotes the college’s goals related to diversity, equity, and inclusion by maintaining and using best practices to provide equity-minded services for college students and their children.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Required High School diploma.
• CPR and First Aid Certification within six months of employment date
• Pass a criminal background check.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND WORK CHARACTERISTICS

• Knowledge of modern office practices, procedures, and equipment.
• Written and Oral communication skills, computer skills ( word processing, spreadsheets, data entry)
• Interpersonal skills consistent with establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Ability to evaluate situations (routine and/or crisis) and make decisions using sound judgment; to maintain confidentiality; to handle multiple, simultaneous work demands; to maintain flexibility and be able to adapt to change

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Provide routine administrative clerical support including compiling and reconciling information for various reports, summarizing documents for supervisor /department staff; establishing and maintaining filing system of various records,
• Assist with coordinating events and appointment schedules
• Maintain work flow of office functions and preform general clerical duties such as typing, copying, filing, answering phones, taking messages, routing calls, greeting visitors,  providing appropriate information
• Schedule/monitor work of student workers, temporary employees, and practicum/observers.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned