Project Support Specialist (Hybrid)

  • Atlanta
  • Georgia Tech
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Location Atlanta, Georgia
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About Us

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Location

Atlanta, GA

Department Information

The College of Computing was established in 1990 as the first such College at a public university and the second in the United States. Since that time, the college has grown into a world-class leader in research and education. The graduate CS program is currently ranked 6th and the undergraduate 5th nationally by U.S. News and World Report. The College consists of five Schools that provide specialized and general computing education to the entire campus. With over 16-degree programs, including its world-renowned online MS in CS, we believe the College to be the largest Computing unit in the United States and, as such, one of the largest producers of computationalist at all levels and of all demographic backgrounds. The College is a part of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a unit of the University System of Georgia and is primarily located in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia.

Job Summary

Provide professional level support services for divisional initiatives, projects, and transactional human resource functions. This position will interact on a regular basis with: Unit management and staff, department staff and HR personnel. This position typically will advise and counsel: Unit and department staff. This position will supervise: N/A.

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -
Provide specialized administrative support to unit staff and for all assigned projects
Job Duty 2 -
Establish schedules, make/oversee arrangements and provide logistical support for unit projects
Job Duty 3 -
Coordinate and arrange meetings and project materials for distribution, as necessary
Job Duty 4 -
Design, develop and edit project presentations, agendas, and other related documentations
Job Duty 5 -
Track and present progress reports, create proposals and other projects related to communications
Job Duty 6 -
Respond to inquiries regarding Institute and departmental HR policies and procedures, making referrals when appropriate
Job Duty 7 -
Initiate or process HR-related documents, including new hire packages, job postings, scheduling requests and creating reports
Job Duty 8 -
Gather and coordinate dissemination of information regarding new or revised HR related policies and procedures within the unit
Job Duty 9 -
Perform other duties as assigned

Responsibilities

The Project Support Specialist position will intersect with both scheduling and advising areas. This position will involve processing major and minor applications, payroll processing, course creation and some administrative functions as follows:

Advising Related

  • FASET assistance, Course survey process, manage Advanced Standing exam process, Exchange student administrative processing.

Academic Support

  • Coordinate ordering of supplies for the Office of Academic Administration, ensuring that supplies remain in sufficient stock, are ordered in a timely manner, and within budget; provide administrative support for the Office of Academic Administration; support the processes for course scheduling and registration; assist with writing campaigns for student outreach and information

Scheduling and Registration

  • Assist with creating, editing, and processing permit-request forms; issuing registration permits; manage major change, minor declaration, and requests that must be completed by the Registrars office; assist with responding to RT student tickets.

Registration Support

  • Assist with the registration process, timelines, and resolving registration-related issues or conflicts.

Additional duties include:

  • Permits (FASET and CS 1100)
  • Course creation
  • Manage major changes
  • Manage minor declaration
  • 3 semester anticipated course plan
  • Data capture/compilation (advising related)
  • Course creation (research/thesis) shared
  • Deconflicting schedule
  • Administrative functions
  • Advance Standing
  • Review restrictions
  • RT ticket system for registration
  • Student Assistant- payroll processing
  • FASET Assistance- AP credit, surveying
  • Assist in writing campaigns for advisor link
  • Trained as an advisor with some scheduling skills
  • Data Management (capture & compilation)
  • Banner

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Experience
Two to three years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Experience in a higher education environment

Preferred Qualifications

Skills Preferred

  • Banner knowledge
  • Microsoft Suite
  • Advising background

Proposed Salary

Pay Information:

Hourly Range: $22.45 - $26.49

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Schedule:

Monday - Friday; Hybrid

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS
Requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to learn quickly, and strong oral and written communication skills.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Other Information

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Background Check

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