Finance & Administration Specialist-School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences

Special Instructions to Applicants Please include a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For inquiries about the position, please contact Dr. Mike Davis, Director, at ([email protected], 601.266.4748). Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for visa sponsorship. The University will not sponsor applicants for work visas (e.g., H-1B). Job Summary Coordinates financial, administrative, and grant activities, such as budget administration and control, recordkeeping, and project management in support of operations for The School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences faculty, staff and students. Supports the BEES Director and faculty in meeting the operational requirements of the School and coordinating specified administrative activities and reporting requirements. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Provide administrative support for faculty, staff, and students, including, but not limited to, event planning, calendar/scheduling and correspondence and acts as support for the School to include, but not limited to, corresponding with persons/institutions associated with or interested in the School, preparing and sending necessary forms, maintaining appropriate files and working with School faculty, staff, students, university community, and public to ensure success; responsible for maintaining the School’s social media, website, and public relations documents for the School. Monitors, reconciles, and assists with fiscal administration for the School and School faculty, including but not limited to budgets, funding, grant proposals and award management, contracts, payroll, employment, travel, and/or purchasing. Assists Director in the preparation of annual budget requests to the University. Assists in administrative problem solving, program/project planning, development, and execution of School goals and objectives. Efforts may include researching information, compiling statistics, and gathering and computing various data; preparing special and/or one-time reports, summaries, or replies to inquiries, selecting relevant data from a variety of sources. Coordinates and completes necessary processes and forms to administer the hiring of School faculty, staff, student workers and graduate/teaching assistants. Remains in communication with Human Resources to ensure that new hires are onboarded appropriately Prepares and processes all requests for purchases and other expenditures from school accounts, which includes reviewing for availability of funds, communicating with vendors, transmitting approved requests to the appropriate university unit, and monitoring requests through to delivery for the School and School faculty. Performs other duties as assigned.