Education Abroad Assistant

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS The Education Abroad office located within Penn State Global at University Park is the primary administrative office facilitating education abroad opportunities at all Penn State campuses. Education Abroad professionals manage semester and yearlong, summer, faculty-led, embedded, and internship programs inclusive of recruitment, advising, record keeping in addition to a wide array of financial and administrative duties.

Job Description and Position Requirements The Education Abroad office is seeking a part-time employee to begin working in our office as soon as possible. The individual for this role will assist our Education Abroad Academic Services team.

Job Duties Primary responsibilities may include:

• Conduct administrative tasks and general office duties like document scanning and filing.
• Assist with course equivalency requests and maintain the historical course list
• Organize and maintain data in spreadsheets.
• Complete additional projects assigned by their supervisor.

Requirements and Qualifications A successful applicant will possess:

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Robust organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365, particularly Excel
• Comfort with using digital modes of communication like Teams or Zoom
• Ability to work and solve problems independently

This is an in-office position based at Innovation Park in State College, PA

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