HR and Academic Affairs Coordinator

The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 24 departments and 24 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines. As the university’s largest school, H&S serves as the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education no matter which discipline students pursue as a major. Graduate students work alongside world-renowned faculty to pursue and shape foundational research that leads to breakthroughs and discoveries that shed new light on the past, influence the present, and shape the future. Together, faculty and students in H&S engage in inspirational teaching, learning, and research every day.

Department/Program Description: Stanford's Physics Department is a teaching and research department in the School of Humanities and Sciences. For undergraduates, we offer Physics majors and minors with a variety of pathways. For graduate students, we offer a Physics Ph.D. program. The department has approximately 50 faculty members, over 200 graduate students, over 100 undergraduate students, over 60 postdocs, approximately 20 administrative staff and 10 teaching staff members.

Position Summary: The Department of Physics is seeking a HR and Academic Affairs Coordinator to provide administrative support in the areas of HR and Faculty Affairs, coordination of departmental academic and staff events, and department communications. This position will work under general supervision of the ADFO (Associate Director of Finance and Operations).

The ideal candidate is a friendly, proactive, and dependable self-starter with strong interpersonal and communication skills. This position requires a high level of professionalism, productivity, accuracy, organization, multi-tasking, independence, sound judgment, and decision-making. The position requires a motivated person with a positive attitude and a passion for customer service and supporting others to manage a wide variety of tasks in a fast-paced academic environment with frequently shifting priorities. The ideal candidate should have previous experience managing events, from planning to execution, including management of post-event administrative and evaluative tasks.

This is a 100% FTE, continuing, non-exempt position. This position will be based on the Stanford campus and will be considered for an option of telecommuting (hybrid of working on-site and off-site), subject to operational need. To apply for this position, a cover letter and resume are required.

CORE DUTIES:

• Respond to inquiries, and determine and take appropriate action as required. Serve as a resource regarding a defined set of policies and procedures.

• Perform duties associated with scheduling, organizing, and operating conferences, seminars, and events, including recommending vendors for services, overseeing the production and distribution of materials, coordinating logistics, and serving as liaison with internal and external vendors.

• Draft and/or generate routine communications; coordinate production (formatting, copying, etc.) and dissemination of documents, such as presentations, course handouts, grant proposals, conference and seminar materials, complex reports, brochures, and displays.

• Plan and schedule calendar(s) based on consultation, resolve calendaring conflicts, and arrange travel in compliance with unit, university, and sponsor policies.

• Process and monitor routine financial transactions, which may include researching and resolving discrepancies.

• Maintain office supplies and equipment; obtain vendor quotations, as needed. Coordinate office moves.

• Maintain approved content on websites.

• May perform human resources transactional support, e.g. time cards, I9s, and/or faculty affairs support.

• May guide and train student and/or contingent workers including scheduling, assigning, and prioritizing workloads, setting appropriate deadlines, and reviewing work for quality and timeliness.

• Other duties may also be assigned.