Administrative Assistant I

Title: Administrative Assistant I

Salary Range: $31,368 - $37,620

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Big Sandy Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Prestonsburg Community College

Department: Library Services

Total Rewards

Big Sandy Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to provide library services to faculty, staff, students and community members by maintaining library hours (working until 6:00 PM 4 days per week). As a part of library services, responsibilities include: assisting students with the User Account Center, accessing library electronic resources, reserves, study space, computer assistance, interlibrary loans, and providing snacks to students. Other primary duties include working collaboratively with library staff in covering library circulation duties on all campuses.

Job Duties:

Prepare and open/close the library for daily operations.

Process interlibrary loans using Worldshare; process and maintain reserve materials, including removing them from Alma cataloging; communicate directly with patrons about interlibrary requests.

Assist patrons with student email, self-service, Blackboard, document processing, and lab-supported hardware/software. Proficient technology skills are required for this position.

Assist patrons using Primo, the library catalog, library electronic databases, and other library resources in all formats.

Pick up and process mail from the mailroom daily.

Participate in institutional service and professional development activities.

create and maintain an index of local newspapers for archival purposes and other clerical tasks.

Generate circulation statistics and overdue notices; prepare statistical reports of library circulation activities. Communicate with patrons about overdues and solicit returns.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associae degree and 1 year of related experience. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and 1 year of related experience.

Additional Skills Requested:

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as well as critical thinking skills.

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.