Senior Support Assistant - School of Dentistry

UTHealth Houston School Of Dentistry Instrument Rental Program

Since its founding in 1905, UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry has graduated more than 13,000 dentists, dental hygienists, and postgraduate generalists and specialists. As a leader in oral health promotion and dental research, the School of Dentistry prepares students to advance the future of patient care.

This position offers a vital role in our Instrument Rental Program, ensuring essential instruments are available for clinical and educational support. You'll manage diverse tasks, from inventory and logistics to financial tracking, directly contributing to operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. It's a chance to make a tangible impact in a dynamic environment.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

This is a second step entry level job that performs most routine tasks under more generally defined supervision. Performs a variety of moderately complex clerical tasks to support assigned area. This position may provide secretarial support. Departments may provide additional guidance with a departmental position description.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Responds to non-routine correspondence or telephone contacts in area of responsibility within guidelines established by supervisor.
• Drafts correspondence and memoranda; prepares graphs, tables and manuscripts; prepares reports and presentation materials.
• Schedules and maintains calendars, travel itineraries, and coordinates related arrangements in compliance with all University, governmental, and/or grant policies and guidelines.
• May maintain and reconcile assigned financial records/ reports for area.
• Receives, classifies, reconciles, consolidates, and/or summarizes documents and information.
• Compiles data from reports using required knowledge of departmental, project, and/or university policies and procedures.
• Assists with data entry and basic processing for the financial and/or human resources systems. Schedules meetings and rooms, invites participants, and arranges refreshments and equipment as needed. May prepare and distribute meeting minutes.
• Maintains office supplies and equipment.
• Screens calls and emails and receives and directs visitors.
• Retrieves information from departmental and/or project records.
• May handle confidential information and sensitive issues.
• May train entry level clerical staff. Handles basic to moderately complex inquiries.
• May be assigned routine budget or financial responsibilities by supervisor.
• Advises on policy and processes as assigned by supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent required

Minimum Experience:

Three (3) years of general office experience. May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement. Prior experience scheduling and maintaining calendars & travel itineraries. Prior experience with preparing meeting materials or general reports preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities/Licenses and Certifications

Working knowledge of standard Office Software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required. FMS training with a passing score may be required. Use of University financial systems may be required.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. 791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.