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Undergraduate Administrative Assistant


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An administrative assistant position is available in the Lab for Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) of the Computer Science (CS) Department at K-State. Responsibilities shall include:

  • Clerical responsibilities: scheduling of meetings, talks, research papers for discussion; preparation of calendars; preparation of manuscripts; preparation of grant proposal documents
  • Grants administration: budgets, to-do lists, proofreading, web documentation

Necessary Qualifications

  • Professional attributes: cooperation, diligence, self-motivation, persistence, responsibility
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficient in organizing and scheduling appointments with admin software, such as MS Office, Google Calendar, Slack

Ideal Qualifications

  • Proficient with mainstream office software: G Suite (Google Docs, Sheets), to-do list, Calendly and project management software (Todolist, Trello)
  • Familar with Slack and actively responsible for responding messages
  • Previous administrative assistant experience
  • Previous work on group projects
  • Available to work during the summer
  • Ideal candidates should be willing to start at the right away (for overlap with current admin assistant) and remain with the group for at least a year

Additional Details

The lab director is William H. Hsu ( http://www.cs.ksu.edu/~bhsu ).

Compensation starts at $12 per hour with increases after 1-2 semesters, given satisfactory performance. 10+ hours/week as available and needed. It may require extra busy and on call duty at the beginning and at the end of the semester.

If interested, please send an e-mail documenting:

  • Your experience, academic background, and interests
  • Courses taken; Overall GPA
  • Names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of 1-3 references

to kdd-search-L@listserv.ksu.edu

The KDD Lab web site is at: http://www.kddresearch.org

Last updated by rotclanny on Nov 7, 2023