WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!
JOB SUMMARY
UT Southwestern Medical Center is hiring for a Senior Administrative Assistant II, Department of Surgery -Division of Pediatric Surgery.
This role provides administrative support to multiple faculty within the division of Pediatric Surgery. Responsibilities include calendar management, organizing meetings, ensuring compliance with departmental and institutional procedures and approvals, coordinating travel logistics, maintaining spreadsheets for travel budgets, overseeing licensure and recredentialing processes, processing financial transactions, managing supply orders.
Ideal candidates should possess self-initiative, resourcefulness, and adeptness in collaborative settings. The desired candidate will demonstrate strong written and verbal communication, proven customer service abilities, adept time management and prioritization skills, consistent follow-through, and excellent work ethic.
Job duties
May perform some of all of the following:
- Provides moderately complex administrative skills for division faculty.
- Schedules and organizes activities such as meetings, conferences, and division events: prepare agendas, presentations, take minutes and arrange catering, as needed.
- Organize and coordinate travel logistics for faculty and visiting professors.
- Composes and processes repetitive and non-repetitive documents in accordance with established procedures
- Organizes office procedures to ensure effective operation
- Acts as department liaison with other departments and agencies
- Coordinates expense reimbursement and expense tracking
- Processes purchasing transactions following institutional policies and procedures
- Communication: Draft and prepare official documents, memos, emails, presentations, and reports.
- Maintain Faculty Curriculum Vitae, licensures and recredentialing
- Maintaining clinical call schedules
- Determines work priorities and monitors progress toward work deadlines
- Ensures document retention processes are followed using established
BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:
- PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
- 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
- Paid Time Off, available day one
- Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
- Paid Parental Leave Benefit
- Wellness programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
- Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required
- Education
High School Graduate or equivalent.
- Experience
4 years Related work experience or
May consider higher completed education in lieu of experience.
SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.
EEO Statement
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement
May 21, 2025