
Administrative Specialist , HR - #Staff
Baltimore, MDFull-time$63–78K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Administrative Specialist provides standard-to-complex administrative support for the Global Programs and Technical Excellence Department, requiring specialized knowledge, independent discretion, and decision-making. The role supports recurring and ad-hoc projects and coordinates extensively with people inside and outside the unit. It also provides administrative guidance, interprets operating policies, and helps resolve departmental issues.
Skills & qualifications
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Qualifications
Full job description
The Administrative Specialist provides varied administrative support ranging from standard to complex for the Global Programs and Technical Excellence Department, and require high level expertise and independent decision making. Works on administrative assignments that require research, initiative, independent discretion, and specialized knowledge and abilities. Leads or assists with ad-hoc or recurring projects. Responsibilities require significant collaboration and coordination with others within and outside of the unit and extensive knowledge of the organization.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
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Independently manage complex calendars and meeting schedules based on an understanding of shifting priorities.
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Provide preparation for meetings, presentations, and discussions by gathering critical details to facilitate timely responses and task management.
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Support staff management and team meetings, and provide follow-up on action items.
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Anticipate departmental needs by prioritizing incoming work to ensure timely and effective resolution and following up with deadlines, drafts, reminders.
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Lead or significantly contribute to recurring or ad-hoc projects, including providing support or guidance to other staff.
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Assist with planning and conduct of events as needed.
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Perform general office management necessary for efficient operations. e.g. assisting with space issues, room reservation requests, technology needs, etc.
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Ensure timely processing and submission of travel reimbursements, online payments, purchase orders, and non-employee expense reimbursements.
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Locate and compile information to format and produce reports, graphs, tables, records, and other sources of information.
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Responsible for answering questions, providing guidance, and disseminating information.
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Interpret and communicate operating policies.
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Proactively identify and assist with the resolution of administrative problems.
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Maintain high-level knowledge of the informal and formal department goals, standards, policies, and procedures including familiarity with other departments in the Jhpiego.
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Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree.
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Four years of progressively responsible administrative experience, with experience working on special projects and assignments.
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Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond HS diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
Technical Qualifications & Specialized Certifications:
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency:
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Calendar Management: Advanced
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Financial Administration: Advanced
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Interpersonal Skills: Advanced
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Meeting Coordination: Advanced
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Office Procedures: Advanced
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Oral and Written Communications: Advanced
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Organizational Skills: Advanced
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Report Writing: Intermediate
The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.
Classified Title: Administrative Specialist
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Administrative Specialist , HR
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PC
Starting Salary Range: $63,095 - $77,773 Commensurate with Experience
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon - Fri 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Jhpiego
Department name: 60000108-Global Human Resources GHR
Personnel area: Academic and Business Centers
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,239 open Administrative Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$63–78K/yr
- Maryland median$53–78K/yr25 salary ranges
- US median$53–72K/yr719 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $70K, is 12% above the Maryland median midpoint ($63K) — in the middle half of Administrative Support salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 115 open Administrative Support jobs in Maryland and 5,239 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — more than three in four Administrative Support postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 2,041 postings).
- Education
- 145 of the 5,239 open Administrative Support jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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.
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