Office Administrator Full-time Job

Purpose & Responsibilities

This position will provide support to the Student Life Department in the Office of Student Affairs. The support provided by the Office Coordinator is administrative and clerical utilizing both oral and written communication skills on a daily basis and includes program coordination. Daily tasks will include preparing materials for presentations, writing letters, and organizing meetings and activities that central to the mission of the department. In support of the Manager of Student Life, Senior Student Life Coordinator and all activities generated by the unit. The position will assist in all aspects of planning student programs, events, and activities and large campus events such as Commencement, New Student Orientation, Global Day, and other key events. The position works in a cross-functional manner with the administrative support staff for the Office of Student Affairs. The work environment is student-centered, solution-oriented and constantly evolving, with high expectations for accuracy and follow-through with assigned tasks.

Minimum Qualification and Education

Essential: Bachelor's Degree.

Required Knowledge And Skills

Have a customer service background with experience or willingness to be student-centered with services.

Strong office management skills, including excellent skills in organizing information and setting priorities, including scheduling.

Knowledge of event planning, preparing and execution

Excellent administrative skills for an office setting that requires solution-oriented thinking and resource management.

Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) is a must and a willingness to learn and use online office management software with knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet manipulation.

Excellent communication skills in English, both spoken and written, are mandatory.

Must possess good communication, organizational, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

Ability to work in a setting with sensitive and confidential student information.

The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) is a public non-profit, independent, coeducation institution of higher education which delivers an integrated American-style, undergraduate and graduate education with a strong focus on the local indigenous culture.
UAE Institutional Licensure
The American University of Ras Al Khaimah, located at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah Road, Ras al Khaimah, UAE, PO Box: 10021, is officially Licensed from 1 August 2009 to 10 January 2023 by the Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates to award qualifications in higher education.
International Institutional Accreditation
AURAK is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate and masters degrees (Level III). Contact the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of AURAK.
Program Accreditation
AURAK located at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah Road, Ras al Khaimah, UAE, PO Box: 10021, has earned Accreditation through the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the Ministry of Education for all degrees offered at the institution.
All our current Engineering Programs are accredited by the American Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). In addition, our School of Business has received a letter from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accepting its initial self-evaluation report.