Administrative Manager – Labor and Employment Law Program

Role Overview

• Managing the day-to-day administration of LEL’s programmatic activities
• Overseeing operational and financial needs to ensure that goals are met
• Managing administration of all projects under the LEL program
• Tracking and ensuring that financial activity meets programmatic needs and deadlines and is compliant with ILR and University policies and procedures
• Maintaining and utilizing highly confidential and sensitive information
• Providing legal research
• Overseeing public relations and marketing efforts, including website content development
• Overseeing non-academic staff working on scheduling and management of classes, workshops and special events
• Monitoring the delivery of effective customer service
• Managing recruitment of staff and student interns/fellows

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience
• Three to four years of experience in operations and finance management, program administration and development, budgeting, customer service, event planning, and marketing
• Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to direct and guide the work of others, engaging with team members to accomplish goals and objectives, set clear expectations, and provide feedback
• Demonstrated ability to develop, manage, and monitor projects from inception to completion; manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to multitask and shift priorities; aptitude for working under tight deadlines with competing priorities
• Significant experience in financial management, including developing and monitoring annual and grant budgets, monitoring and reporting on financial activities
• Discretion in maintaining and working with highly confidential and sensitive information
• Prior supervisory experience and demonstrated management skills
• Experience motivating others to achieve specific goals in a team-based organization
• Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); Outlook; Google Suite; Box, Zoom
• Demonstrated skill with database, event management, and/or student registration software such as Monday.com and Salesforce
• Experience drafting, editing and proofreading documents, with high level of attention to detail required
• Proven performance in dealing with diverse internal and external clients and outside vendors; managing complex and sensitive interactions

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement contributions
• Access to wellness programs
• Employee discounts with local and national retail brands
• Paid time off including three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays
• Tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program
• Tuition aid for external education
• Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program