Senior Administrative Associate

Manage and process financial needs of unit, such as front-end expense approval, invoice review and payment, contracts, purchases, and overall expense management, including budget monitoring and forecasting, reallocation, and financial reporting. Review invoices for purchases of goods and services, confirm receipt, and process and approve payment vouchers. Serve as the procurement officer, including using the various methods for purchasing equipment, goods, and services. Create, authorize, and verify all internal requisitions for accuracy, account numbers, and compliance with purchasing rules. Gather and organize appropriate documentation ensuring compliance with state, local, and grant accounts. Liaise with central UT Accounting and other appropriate university departments as needed. Manage two different databases to track executed contracts, authorizations, payments, renewals, mailings and other activities. Serve as unit ProCard holder, including purchasing and reconciliation.Provide administrative support to leadership on tasks such as curriculum vitae maintenance; email correspondence; meeting scheduling, planning, note-taking, and follow-up; calendar management; unit communications; presentation materials; and administrative coordination of unit programs and initiatives. Manage day-to-day tasks including telephone and visitor reception, managing inquiries, requests, and accommodations with executive-level professionalism. Plan and prepare for visits from official guests. Coordinate employee and staff travel logistics including travel arrangements, travel authorizations, and reimbursements while adhering to university travel policies. Coordinate travel arrangements for guests, including airfare, rental car, and lodging arrangements, honoraria, and any reimbursements, etc. Process travel cash advances for university employees and assists with reconciliation process.Serve as the primary human resource partner and process staff and student appointments, including recruitment, support to hiring committee, appointment processing, new employee onboarding and separations, and personnel records maintenance. Hire, supervise and evaluate student employees. Coordinate annual fellowship and scholarship opportunities including application intake, committee coordination, review, notification, and processing.Use appropriate tools (e.g., files, databases) to organize and track a variety of unit information and maintain unit records, including publication certification, mailing/contact lists, trainee records, research affiliate appointment records, unit sponsorships, equipment inventory, and unit activity records.Establish and document standard operating procedures for routine/repeatable activities; stay up-to-date on College/University policies and procedures; ensure easy access to policy and procedural information for staff through communication and documentation.Provide support for special events, conferences, trainings, workshops, public speaking engagements, and related functions.