Barbara A. Smith
Administrative Assistant II
Administration Building, Room 908
410-455-2300
bsmith@umbc.edu

This position provides administrative support to the Office of Undergraduate Education and the Office of Institutional Research.

Office of Undergraduate Education
As the administrative assistant, Barbara Smith provides direct support to the associate vice provost and assistant vice provost and provides additional support when needed to the dean and vice provost of this department. The support is of a wide variety and some examples include drafting letters and memos, planning and scheduling meetings, interviewing and selection process for student hires and organizing and supporting large projects in great detail.

Office of Institutional Research
The administrative assistant’s role of support to the Office of Institutional Research is in payroll preparation and procurement functions. Payroll is done on a continual bi-weekly basis and for additional special needs. Procurement functions are executed through P-card, online system vouchers, expense statements or in-house department charges. Some examples of departmental purchases include employee out-of-state travel to conferences and in-state travel to meetings or (1) day conference attendance. Other departmental needs are publication renewals, special purchases and general supply orders. Monthly P-card transactions are followed by end of the month reallocating and reconciling of all expenses.

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