Assistant to Associate Vice President for Human Resources

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

The Assistant to the Associate Vice President for Human Resources (AVP for HR) serves as the confidential assistant to the AVP for HR and oversees the day-to-day operations of the AVP’s office. Working with minimal supervision and guidance, performs diverse administrative and strategic support functions for the AVP, and assists with requests from the Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs, the President’s office, the Cabinet, the Board of Trustees, and other senior executive leaders. Manages highly sensitive and confidential information. Uses judgment within generally established practices and policies to choose methods and techniques for problem-solving. Focuses on service excellence, strategic vision, innovation, and upholds Western’s ethics, culture, and values.

This position will be required to be onsite; occasional remote work may be approved.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five years of progressively responsible administrative support experience, including senior level administrative support
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and to use sound judgment and initiative
• Ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information and materials
• Demonstrated excellent and professional customer service skills
• Demonstrated intermediate experience working with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Demonstrated knowledge of web-based programs and database systems; ability to learn new software quickly and efficiently
• Demonstrated effective organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to assess needs, identify objectives, and collect/record relevant information for scheduling
• Experience in the maintenance of confidential records and knowledge of office management principles and procedures
• Excellent organizational, detail-oriented and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to navigate successfully in a fast paced, multi-tasking and dynamic organization
• Knowledge of budget management

• Demonstrated Experience working with HR Platforms and Technologies such as Ellucian, Banner Enterprise Resource Planning system, Page Up, online recruitment systems, etc.
• Experience working in public higher education
• Publisher
• NIMS training

Benefits Overview for Administrative Professional Position.

Application materials should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.

Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity employer. In compliance with applicable laws, WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, age, citizenship or immigration status, pregnancy, use of protective leave, genetic status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, creed, religion, veteran or military status, disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal (including a service animal in training) by a person with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, in its programs or activities, including employment, admissions, and educational programs. See WWU’s Policies on Prohibiting Discrimination Based on A Protected Class and Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sex. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance, Title IX and ADA Coordinator, Western Washington University, Old Main 126 (MS 9021), 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay); crtc@wwu.edu

WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources Disability Services, 360.650.3751 or 711 (Washington Relay).

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