UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN logo

Front Office Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Austin, TXJobSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.

Watch jobs like this.

At a glance

Compensation
No compensation found
Location
Austin, TX
Work Authorization
Not specified

Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.

Job overview

The Front Office Coordinator manages the department’s reception area and provides administrative and logistical support to faculty, students, staff, visitors, and department leadership. The role handles mail, calls, supplies, records, shipping and receiving, inventory, and support for faculty processes and events. It also coordinates student workers and works with vendors and university services to resolve shipping issues and support accurate billing.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Reception ManagementCustomer ServiceShipping and ReceivingInventory ManagementAdministrative Support

Full job description

Front Office Manage the departments front reception area (9am 4pm), sort incoming mail, greet and welcome visitors, answer multi-line telephone, provide information and resources to faculty, students, staff, and guests. Distribute and order parking passes for official visitors, order office supplies for department staff, and manage keys for locked department rooms. Assist with poster printing requests and copy requests. Scanning and archiving of departmental records, photographs, CIS surveys, etc. Manage department kitchen and supplies. Manage the Chairs calendar.Manage the department's shipping and receiving operations, ensuring quality customer service to all departmental constituents. Ensure proper handling of hazardous chemicals or materials. Create receipts within UT Market and keep an accurate inventory of received packages. Develop processes in collaboration with the department's procurement and payments team to ensure accurate billing. Work with vendors, Central Distribution Services, and delivery service companies to resolve shipping errors. Manage student workers supporting receiving.Serve as the department's inventory coordinator, including tagging new equipment, performing the annual inventory audit, completing the annual certification, and ensuring that the department's inventory records are accurate.Assist the Director with faculty reviews, peer teaching observations, promotion and tenure, faculty awards, and faculty recruiting.Assist department faculty, students and staff with outgoing shipments. Including preparing shipping labels, and scheduling pick-ups with carriers.Provide administrative support to the Department Chair and Director for special projects and initiatives. Provide administrative and logistical support for events as needed.Other related functions as assigned.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,609 open Administrative Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$50–66K/yr35 salary ranges
  • Texas median$18–23/hr60 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 403 open Administrative Support jobs in Texas and 3,609 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
Administrative Support postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (1,845 postings).
Education
138 of the 3,609 open Administrative Support jobs (4%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

Similar jobs, posted recently

Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.

You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.