Administrative Assistant for Debate

• Provide first point of contact for people calling or visiting the debate office as well as correspondence between LU departments.

• Submit and track all administrative paperwork for the debate department: requisitions, travel arrangements, P-card purchases, and expense reports.

• Assist the Director in managing the operational budget.

• Tracking and orienting new recruits and their parents with the admissions, financial aid and other departments

• Submit and track the logistical requirements for the annual Liberty University Debate Tournament: securing rooms on 25Live, ordering awards, taking entry fees and other details.

• Serve as liaison with the Graduate School for Debate's GSA (Graduate Student Assistants)

• Manage the Director's office appointments and meeting schedule.

• Works effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU's mission.

Supervise Debate's two Student Workers to include submitting forms for hire/termination as required by HR and approval of their worked hours using Workday.

High School diploma or equivalent.

• High degree of competency in general computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and general computer knowledge. General office skills are also required.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to understand, speak, and write English to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.

• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to understand and utilize Liberty University's administrative resources, including buyLU, 25Live, Assist, Banner, Workday and InFor.

• Ability to resolve issues that may arise when the Director and Assistant Directors are attending tournaments.

• Assist the Director of Debate with office-related tasks essential to the day-to-day operations of the LU nationally competitive intercollegiate policy debate team of more than 30 students.

• Frequently required to sit for extended periods at the computer.

• Regularly required to hear and speak to effectively communicate orally.

• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb stairs as well as travel to other campus locations via LU transit.

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well articulated information.

• Ability to understand, speak, and write English to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.

• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of business, government and community customers and associates.

• Strong organizational skills.

• Computer and scheduling skills.

• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.

• Required to travel to local and campus locations.

• May be required to sit to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard.

• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the campus.

• Handle materials, reach overhead, kneel or stoop in order to conduct business.

• Regularly lift 10 or fewer pounds.

The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is a climate-controlled setting.  It is well lighted, and the noise level is moderate.  Working environment also includes facilitation of events outdoors occasionally.    

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