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Administrative Assistant, Career Catalyst

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Relevant AA/AS, certifications, or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum of 12 months work experience in an administrative capacity in an office environment
  • Excellent record in customer service required
  • Familiarity with human resources hiring, payroll, and termination processes preferred

Responsibilities

  • Provide administrative support for Career Catalyst Service, including monitoring the Salesforce ticketing system and tracking employment documentation
  • Enter data accurately and audit the integrity of that data in Salesforce and Workday
  • Support internal and external meetings, including complex scheduling and note taking
  • Assist with client and employee training

Key facts

Other skills

  • Detail Oriented
  • Problem Solving
  • Scheduling
  • Customer Service
  • Training And Development
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Time Management
  • Teamwork

About the company

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Foundation for California Community Colleges

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As the official foundation for the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and System Office, the Foundation develops programs and services that save millions of dollars for colleges and students, promotes excellence in education, and provides valuable learning opportunities for students throughout the state. We also support the system through special initiatives, statewide awards, and direct donations to the colleges and the Network of California Community College Foundations. Our services and areas of expertise include program and grant management, career training programs, systemwide purchasing contracts, information technology solutions, financial services, and resource development. Our programs reach all 115 California Community Colleges and 73 districts, and several of these programs are expanding nationwide. Since its inception in 1998, our organization has grown to be one of the largest operating foundations in higher education, with over 100 full-time employees and annual revenues of over $30 million. Today, the Foundation has the capacity and expertise to respond quickly to the needs of our colleges and communities. We have secured over $150 million in grants, contracts, and gifts, and provided over $100 million in direct grants, support, and cost savings to colleges. As we enter our second decade as an organization, we remain committed to making California’s Community Colleges the best they can be. We are anticipating the new challenges they may face, imagining the aspirations of the next generation of students, and envisioning the solutions that will change our world for the better.

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryEducation
Company size201 - 500

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Job description

Job Advertisement 

Administrative Assistant

Remote within California, Must reside in California 

We are seeking an Administrative Assistant to join FoundationCCC in its mission of benefiting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Together, we are building stronger communities by getting students and colleges the resources they need to succeed and expanding pathways to economic and social mobility across California. Join us as we continue this important work to uphold the value of community colleges in building a brighter future.    

What You’ll Do 

The Foundation for California Community Colleges is seeking an individual to join our Career Catalyst program. As an employer of record service, Career Catalyst provides human resources and payroll services for work-based learning while partnering with a diverse network of clients. Work experience learning creates opportunities for students to develop, practice an,d demonstrate employability skills. In this role, the Workforce Development Administrative Assistant will facilitate hiring, time tracking, terminations, and payroll processes that enable employees to learn outside the classroom while earning a wage.

Under the direction of the Senior Manager, this Administrative Assistant position represents an exciting opportunity for an individual with robust attention to detail and problem solving skills to provide administrative support to resource development activities and special projects. The ideal candidate is a quick learner, strong performer, and collaborative team player who is passionate about their own work and the team's success, and takes pride in successful outcomes.

  •  Administrative    support    for    Career    Catalyst    Service,    including    monitoring    the    Salesforce    ticketing system,    performing    password    resets,    tracking    and    auditing    employment    and    worksite    documentation    , and    assisting    with    client    and    employee    training.

  •  Accurately    and    effectively    enter    data    and    audits    the    integrity    of    that    data    in    Salesforce    and    Workday platforms.    Generates    reports    as    necessary.

  •  Administrative    support    for    internal    and    external    meetings,    including    complex    scheduling,    regular monitoring    for    schedule    conflicts,    meeting    preparation    (including    preparing    agendas    and    coordinating agenda    contributions    from    staff    members),    detailed    note    taking,    and    meeting    follow    up    (includingtracking    action    items,    sending    reminders,    and    scheduling    follow    up    meetings).

Attributes for Success  

  •  Relevant    AA/AS,    certifications,    or    equivalent    work    experience

  • Minimum    of    12    months    work    experience    in    an    administrative    capacity    in    an    office    environment. 

  •  Excellent    record    in    customer    service    required.

  • Familiarity    with    human    resources    hiring,    payroll,    and    termination    processes    preferred.

  • Experience    with        Salesforce    preferred

  • We’re recruiting for mission-driven, passionate, equity-minded individuals with a strong desire to impact and change people’s lives for the better 

  • Innovation, creativity, collaboration, and entrepreneurship are encouraged as employees work to achieve organizational goals 

  • FoundationCCC blends the impact of a non-profit, the culture of an entrepreneurial start-up, and the scale of a state agency 

  • We are committed to professional development with an emphasis on shared leadership, to ensure growth for employees and the organization overall 

What we Offer 

 

FoundationCCC is fully committed to a “remote-first” philosophy, and recruits and hires talent across the state in fully remote positions, where virtual work is possible. Our headquarters are located in Downtown Sacramento, just blocks from California’s State Capitol.  

Benefits 

  • Competitive compensation, generous PTO, and paid holidays  

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Wellness offerings 

  • CalPERS retirement program and optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans 

  • Carrot reproductive health and fertility support  

  • Tuition reimbursement 

  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer  

 

To see the full job description, please email jobs@foundationccc.org

Budgeted Hourly Pay Range:

$22.00 - $22.00

Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.

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