The **Administrative Assistant** is responsible for supporting the administrative processes of school departments and units, ensuring efficient service to students and teachers, document organization, and the proper flow of information between departments. Their goal is to ensure the smooth operation of academic and administrative activities, contributing to agile, organized, and high-quality unit operations. **Responsibilities and duties** * Provide service to internal and external clients; * Monitor the directorate's email inbox, promptly performing screening, initial responses, and necessary forwarding; * Handle the administrative requests required for the smooth operation of the directorate; * Mediate and track requests and schedules with various departments across the University; * Keep the team's timekeeping records up to date, supporting management in maintaining and controlling attendance data; * Assist in organizing meetings and events; * Support, when requested, in various tasks within the different units comprising the directorate. **Requirements and qualifications** **Prerequisites:** * Currently enrolled in higher education; * Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); * Strong organizational and time management skills; * Good writing ability. **Desired skills and competencies:** * Resilience; * Organization; * Strong communication skills; * Proactivity; * Ability to work effectively in teams; * "Spark in the eyes" (self-motivation and genuine interest). **Additional information** **Benefits:** * Health insurance * Dental insurance * Childcare reimbursement * Education assistance covering up to 80% of undergraduate tuition and 50% of postgraduate tuition * Free parking * Complementary private pension plan * Year-end holiday break *If you believe in meaningful work that creates value and positive impact in society and in the University,* ***JOIN PUCRS!*** At PUCRS, we believe every person can transform the world, and this drives us every day to become everything we can be. Here, tradition and innovation go hand in hand to create a unique ecosystem integrating **education, health, research, culture, and innovation**. Over seven thousand employees bring life to a diverse and creative community guided by solidarity, family spirit, and the conviction that knowledge transforms realities. For everything we can be, we open paths to new learning opportunities, meaningful connections, and positive societal impact. **Discover the various areas that represent all that we are:** * 7 Schools (Undergraduate, Graduate, Research, and Continuing Education); * 5 Institutes (PUCRS Brain Institute, Institute of Culture, Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Pró-Mata Environment Institute, Petroleum and Natural Resources Institute); * PUCRS Hospital São Lucas; * Science and Technology Museum; * Central Library; * Events Center; * Sports Park; * Scientific and Technological Park (Tecnopuc); * Labelo – Specialized Electro-Electronics Laboratories at PUCRS; * And much more...