JOB SUMMARY

The University of Connecticut School of Social Work has an opening for an Administrative Program Support 1 to support the National Training and Technical Assistance (TA) Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC) at Innovations Institute. In partnership with Innovations Institute, this TA Center is comprised of several partner organizations that bring deep experience in child, youth, and family systems transformation and uplift community-led innovation by utilizing implementation science to guide impactful and sustainable change. The NTTAC will provide training and technical assistance to and on behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to its Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) and Statewide Family Network (SFN) grant recipients, their System of Care partners, and broader child-, youth-, and family-serving systems.

Under general supervision, the Administrative Program Support 1 will provide administrative program support to the TA Center. This position will have responsibility for office operations within established policies and procedures. This position will operate independently and may participate in more complex work with their supervisor. The position will be part of the School of Social Work’s growing portfolio in partnership with local, state, and federal government agencies and organizations on behalf of children, youth, and families. Positions with Innovations Institute are fully remote with expected travel to UConn’s Hartford Campus once a year at the employee’s expense.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides general office support, including monitoring multiple inboxes and forwarding or responding to inquiries as appropriate.
• Coordinates a variety of data processing functions central to the TA Center's needs.
• Acts as a liaison with the media team for scheduling trainings, webinars, and meetings.
• Acts as a liaison with the marketing team to ensure that the TA Center’s efforts are routinely captured and promoted as appropriate.
• Organizes the TA Center’s consultant pool and processes all consulting agreements and technical assistance authorizations.
• Ensures individual technical episode reports are entered, supports data entry to Technical Assistance Leads and consultants.
• Reviews partner and consultant reports to ensure alignment with invoicing.
• Supports the TA Center reporting to SAMHSA.
• Support the development of quarterly newsletters on behalf of the TA Center.
• Manages the TA Center’s listservs.
• Edits, formats, and revises a variety of documents and materials created by others.
• Proofreads for grammatical, typographical, and basic content errors.
• Maintains calendars for managers, supervisors, and other personnel.
• Schedules complex meetings across internal staff and external partners.
• Produces agendas and meeting minutes for meetings as assigned, attends meetings as appropriate.
• Coordinates tasks across TA Center partners, consultants, and staff and enforces task deadlines.
• Gathers and consolidates background information for reports, utilizing available resources such as departmental files, policy and procedure documents, internet research, and communication with internal and external contacts.
• Compiles data and prepares reports used to monitor or assess TA Center activities, programs, and services, or project future needs.
• Coordinates orders for office supplies and equipment across the TA Center staff at UConn.
• Converts rough copies and drafts to final version quality reports, presentations, and documents. Includes incorporating edits from multiple reviewers, adding graphics and effects to presentations, and applying campus style guidelines.
• Maintains records and prepares necessary reports.
• Performs related work as required.

Knowledge of:

• Recordkeeping systems.
• Computer programming methods.
• Data organization and management.
• Basic accounting principles.
• Microsoft Office and related software applications.

Skill in:

• Planning and organization.
• Developing and maintaining effective and appropriate working relationships.
•  Critical thinking, problem solving, and analysis.

Ability to:

• Prepare work for data processing and maintain working files and production records.
• Communicate effectively through both oral and written means.
• Maintain records and prepare reports.
• Respect diversity and work collaboratively with individuals of diverse cultural, social, and educational backgrounds.
• Learn new skills and be flexible.
• Maintain the confidentiality of information and professional boundaries.
• Work independently to analyze available information, draw conclusions and understandings, and present such conclusions effectively to senior management.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate’s degree in a related field and two to three years of related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for the degree and years requirement.
• Experience using the Microsoft Office suite and related software applications, such as Adobe, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, and Zoom.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated organizational and planning skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills, with proven ability to establish effective working relationships with coworkers and a variety of constituents, inside and outside the University.
• Demonstrated clear, positive, and professional written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently handle multiple tasks at one time.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple calendars and coordinate complex scheduling tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to produce meeting minutes with little direction.
• Proven experience in maintaining a database and performing related reporting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of child-, youth-, and family-serving systems.

APPOINTMENT TERMS

This is a full-time, end-dated position with the possibility of renewal subject to performance and available funding. Positions with the Innovations Institute are fully remote and expected to travel to UConn's Hartford Campus twice a year at the employee's expense. The salary range for this position is $48,000 to $54,000, commensurate with education and experience. The University offers outstanding benefits, including employee and dependent tuition waivers at UConn, and a highly desirable work environment. For additional information regarding benefits visit: https://hr.uconn.edu/benefits-beyond-pay/. Other rights, terms, and conditions of employment are contained in the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut Professional Employees Association (UCPEA).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Employment of the successful candidate is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check.

TO APPLY

Please apply online at https://hr.uconn.edu/jobs, Faculty & Staff Positions, Search #499385 to upload a resume, cover letter, and contact information for three (3) professional references.

This job posting is scheduled to be removed at 11:55 p.m. Eastern time on January 27, 2026. 

All employees are subject to adherence to the State Code of Ethics which may be found at https://portal.ct.gov/Ethics/Statutes-and-Regulations.

All members of the University of Connecticut are expected to exhibit appreciation of, and contribute to, an inclusive, respectful, and diverse environment for the University community.

The University of Connecticut aspires to create a community built on collaboration and belonging and has actively sought to create an inclusive culture within the workforce. The success of the University is dependent on the willingness of our diverse employee and student populations to share their rich perspectives and backgrounds in a respectful manner. This makes it essential for each member of our community to feel secure and welcomed and to thoroughly understand and believe that their ideas are respected by all. We strongly respect each individual employee’s unique experiences and perspectives and encourage all members of the community to do the same.  All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

The University of Connecticut is an AA/EEO Employer.