Rural Education Office Manager

Rural Education Office Manager

Spokane Community College, part of Spokane Colleges, serves 15,000 students with career technical, liberal arts, and adult education programs in Spokane and surrounding rural communities.

Applications will be accepted until 4 : 00 p.m. PST on 11 / 17 / 2025. The application process will not be available after this time. To ensure consideration make sure your application is completed and submitted as soon as possible. Applications will only be accepted prior to 4 : 00 p.m. on the closing date.

About the Rural Education Office Manager

Job Summary

Under general direction of the Dean of Rural Education, this position performs administrative duties, provides administrative support, represents the Rural Education division, and provides counsel and direction on behalf of the dean to department chairs, faculty, college administration, staff, and students with little or no supervision. The Office Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, assigning, and supervising varied and extensive processes related to divisional needs and facilitating the flow of office work between the dean, department faculty, and support staff.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the confidential assistant to the Dean of Rural Education. Provide administrative support to the dean, including but not limited to : coordinating office operations, monitoring administrative deadlines, keeping the supervisor's calendar, making travel arrangements, screening and distributing mail, screening calls and visitors, maintaining personnel and other filing.
• Organize, implement, and supervise the construction of classes and class schedule maintenance. Establish class scheduling and contract generation timelines, calendar, and distribute information to affected team members.
• Interpret, counsel, and implement institutional policies for employees of the division, students, and other college personnel.
• Oversee purchase and travel card accounts, following district policies and procedures for issuing cards, making purchases, and reconciling card statements.
• Acts as a liaison and coordinate on dean's behalf with senior management, faculty, staff and district personnel.
• Serves as division records management officer to generate and maintain reports and files; installs filing systems; arranges for record classification; retention, and disposition ensuring confidential material is always secure.
• Supervise classified, part-time hourly and work student students (train, schedule, evaluate, discipline and respond to grievances). Adhere to classified rules, collective bargaining agreements, and all district rules and regulations ensuring efficient operations.
• Responsible for ensuring assigned staff adhere to acceptable behavior and performance standards. Demonstrate that assigned staff have been informed on how behavior and performance will be assessed, receive