Posting Description

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 2, Materials Research Laboratory (MRL), supporting the Director and the MRL staff, to provide comprehensive, diverse administrative and operational support in areas related to communications; recordkeeping; event planning; scheduling; travel; and general office operations support. Responsible for day-to-day operational support to all MRL headquarters’ staff; arrange domestic and international travel for the MRL Director, prepare expense reports; assist with complex calendar management for MRL Director; responding to inquiries and resolving/referring issues as appropriate; compose and edit correspondence and other documents; processing UROP student payroll; processing purchases; handling e-mail lists; communicating, interpreting, and training others on departmental and MIT policies; coordinate large and small-scale events for domestic and international audiences including catering, room reservations, reimbursements, communications, advertising, registration, arranging AV, etc.; support the Communications Officer with event coordination and publicity; and other duties as assigned.