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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Penn State Harrisburg Food Services is seeking to fill administrative support vacancies for the 2026 to 2027 Academic Year. This is a student opening with various shifts ranging between Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Job Duties
- Greet customers/visitors, provide information and/or refer as appropriate; review and direct phone and mail communications; act on routine requests.
- Operate equipment and/or computer systems within unit, including point of sale (POS) systems.
- Schedule and maintain calendar of appointments and meetings; schedule conference rooms.
- May coordinate travel arrangements, make reservations, and process reimbursements.
- Compile and organize materials from different sources to draft e-mails and memos, prepare documents, meeting materials, and reports.
- Proofread materials to ensure proper grammar/formatting.
- Process and review routine payroll and/or human resources forms.
- Create and maintain work unit files and databases.
- Perform data entry; gather, assemble and format data to create simple reports.
- Update and make routine changes to web pages.
- Attend meetings; record, transcribe and distribute meeting minutes.
- Serve as resource to others on a variety of subjects including office equipment, software application usage, and information processing procedures.
- May maintain inventory and order/purchase office supplies; arrange for equipment maintenance; process work orders for facilities repairs/needs.
- Assist in arranging special events.
- Assist with planning and coordination of projects.
- May provide training and/or supervision of student and other support staff.
- May assist with food production, merchandising, customer service and other food service duties.
BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES
Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.
CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS
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EEO IS THE LAW
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