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Description:

This position is essential to the day-to-day operations of the Child Development Laboratory ( CDL ), serving as the first point of contact for families, children, students, faculty, and visitors. Responsibilities include providing front-line administrative support to the CDL , director, assistant director, four teachers, and approximately 34 students. The role involves managing the main office, communicating effectively via telephone and email with on-campus personnel and external organizations, planning events and meetings, and preparing travel arrangements. The position requires answering inquiries, processing information, editing various documents, maintaining records, and supporting budget management. Additionally, the administrative support specialist assists with admissions, maintains student records, supports staff training and development, manages office technology, promotes CDL activities on social media, and serves as a substitute teacher as needed to maintain staff-child ratios.

Primary Function of Organizational Unit:

Nationally recognized for its leadership and excellence in STEM education and research, N.C. A&T is classified as “R2-High Research Activity” in the Carnegie Classifications and is poised to achieve “R1-Very High Research Activity” status. It also holds Carnegie’s earned credential in Community Engagement and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities ( APLU ) Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation. With an annual economic impact of $2.4 billion, N.C. A&T plays a vital role as a higher-education economic driver in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region and across a state that is ranked No. 1 in the nation for the second straight year as “best for business” by the CNBC financial network.

The Child Development Laboratory is administered by the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences within the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University. The CDL has been in existence for over sixty years. The CDL offers a high quality 5-Star program, as determined by the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education. This is the highest rating available to early educational facilities in North Carolina. The laboratory services children from age 2 1/2 to 5-years-old and provides an enriching environment for young children and their families. Two classrooms are staffed with experienced teachers educated in the fields of Child Development and Early Childhood Education. The CDL focuses on the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and creative development of the child. The CDL is also a teaching, research, and service laboratory for students in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences who major in Child Development and Family Studies at N.C. A&T. The CDL is also available for use by students from other majors across the campus that have an interest in child development, child behavior, special education, human performance & leisure studies, speech pathology, social work, psychology, and other areas involving children and families. The maximum enrollment in thirty-four (34) children per year.

Internal job number: 002132

Requirements:

High School Diploma or equivalency and one year of related office experience; or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Preferred:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or Child Development and three (3) years of related office experience. Possess skills in BANNER or a similar information management system. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a criminal background check qualifying letter and CPR and First Aid certifications, in addition to requested correspondence for pre-service and in-service requirements of the Division of Child Development and Early Education. Must have a current TB Screening and physical signed and dated by the physician.

Job Closing Date: 05/30/2025