ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: Nov 13, 2024 - The Administrative Director possesses extensive management experience, a deep understanding of HR best practices, and recruitment expertise. Demonstrates superior communication skills, excels in a high-pressure, multitasking environment, and maintains keen analytical and problem-solving abilities. Well-versed in clinical faculty compensation and university policies, and proficient in Microsoft Office and PeopleSoft, effectively builds relationships across departments.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Administrative Director Resume
- Financial Management
- Strategic Planning
- HR Management
- Compliance Knowledge
- Project Management
- Database Management
- Grant Writing
- Policy Development
- IT Proficiency
- Reporting Techniques
- Leadership
- Communication
- Decision-Making
- Problem Solving
- Adaptability
- Conflict Resolution
- Negotiation
- Team Building
- Interpersonal Skills
- Organizational Awareness
Summary of Administrative Director Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BA in Business Administration with 11 Years of Experience
- Able to navigate online media, research, websites and internet crawlers to net information required for fact-finding or data gathering
- Able to work under pressure and deadlines, providing dependable and reliable results
- Admin experience supporting complex calendar management, meeting coordination, travel coordination, etc.
- Have previous experience providing support in an IT department
- Have previous experience supporting top executives in a large company
- Have advanced use of the Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Word)
- Have demonstrated success working in an ambiguous environment
- Have demonstrated ability to prioritize and multi-task while maintaining commitment to deadlines
- Have demonstrated success using business judgment to help drive key deliverables of the business
- Have proven track record demonstrating ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and use independent judgment
2. BA in Public Administration with 4 Years of Experience
- Ability to manage, coach, mentor, train, and evaluate work results.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with widely diverse groups, including individuals at all levels both within and outside the organization and gain cooperation.
- Ability to handle potentially sensitive situations by applying consultative skills in working with internal and external constituent groups.
- Ability to prioritize work by making informed judgments and to develop solutions for complex problems.
- Ability to provide leadership and influence others.
- Ability to read, comprehend, and apply legal and technical documents.
- Able to leverage the use of all business application tools with ease and proven results.
- Able to work under pressure and deadlines, providing dependable and reliable results
3. BA in Healthcare Management with 6 Years of Experience
- Knowledge of and ability to develop space policies and plans for implementation enterprise wide.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of organization, administration, fiscal and personnel management.
- Ability to create financial, resource, operational and facility plans appropriate to the needs of the department and responsive to its projects.
- Ability to budget, make financial projections, review status/tracking and communicate related reports.
- Establish processes for managing, tracking and communicating project risks, scope creep and escalations
- Monitor project progress at established milestones and reports internally and externally.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
- Knowledge of local, state and federal regulatory requirements related to areas of functional responsibility.
- Excellent team facilitation, written and verbal communication skills.
4. BA in Human Resources Management with 3 Years of Experience
- Familiarity with and connections across the Staten Island community
- Strong facility management and operational skills including an outstanding understanding of administrative procurement process and space planning strategies
- Self-directed, able to work autonomously and take accountability for the project
- Ability to plan and see the “big picture”
- Excellent communication skills: write and speak confidently, concisely, and clearly
- Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work
- Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Competent in conflict and crisis management
- Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel proficiency
- Intermediate English
5. BA in Finance with 8 Years of Experience
- Experience in a position of administrative leadership and management, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience working in a non-profit, cultural or education institution
- Demonstrated ability to work with staff at all levels in a complex, collaborative environment
- Ability to foster and sustain inclusive workplace values and relationships
- Experience managing large multi-year grant, contracts and organizational budgets, experience with federal grants
- Experience in managing inclusive recruiting, hiring and onboarding processes for new staff
- Experience developing and managing administrative systems, processes, and tools
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated problem solving abilities
6. BA in Business Administration with 7 Years of Experience
- Experience in an academic or research organization or management position.
- Experience serving as expert source of information, with a collaborative and flexible style
- Able to develop trusting long-term relationships with constituents and create and maintain a team culture with a commitment to customer service and discretion.
- Background and/or strong Interest in science, innovation and education.
- Familiarity with the academic scientific environment.
- Ability to work collaboratively across all levels of an organization.
- Strong customer-service orientation
- Must be detail-oriented with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, tact and discretion.
- Must be able to work independently and as part of a team, and balance shifting priorities.
- Strong project management skills
- Familiarity with academic systems and hierarchy
7. BA in Public Administration with 5 Years of Experience
- Experience as a nurse in a primary care setting with experience supervising, scheduling, and evaluating staff
- Knowledge of English Language including meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, general office equipment, variety of medical equipment and Epic Software
- Knowledge of budget preparation and management
- Strong problem solving skills and analytical skills to analyze complex information or problems in an objective manner
- Exceptional organizational skills to work on multiple projects with competing deadlines and to establish goals and workload priorities
- Ability to set priorities and advocate team concepts, work collaboratively with faculty and staff
- Ability to think strategically with experience balancing policy and practice
- Ability to promote patient education and clinical outreach materials
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and knowledge of electronic medical records systems.
- Exceptional leadership skills
8. BA in Healthcare Management with 10 Years of Experience
- Experience in nursing with nursing leadership experience
- Acute/Ambulatory management experience within a multi-site or tertiary care setting
- Current State of Wisconsin Registered Nurse License
- Abilility to use the utmost discretion with sensitive matters and respect the need for complete confidentiality in contractual and legal matters.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively at all levels of a complex organization.
- Ability to generate and encourage creative ideas, innovative thinking, and imaginative solutions to issues.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and financial systems.
- Ability to maintain the highest standards of performance, quality, credibility, and integrity.
- Ability to maintain extraordinarily professional discretion in the handling of highly confidential and/or political information and data.
- Ability to work independently, must have good judgment skills, be organized and able to take initiative, demonstrate sensitivity and tact.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong public speaking skills
- Ability to work with spreadsheet programs.
- Familiarity with billing/coding, managed care, financial management, and accounts receivables.
- Excellent organizational skills and an ability to identify and solve problems.
- Fluency in Spanish
9. BA in Human Resources Management with 5 Years of Experience
- Have previous management experience.
- Must possess a strong background and knowledge of employment/labor, benefits, and wage and hour laws, human resources best practices, and proven recruitment ability.
- Have superior consultative and communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with all levels of internal and external customers.
- Have detail-oriented, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Be able to meet strict deadlines in a high-volume, multi-tasking environment.
- Working well under pressure and indelicate, highly emotional situations is necessary for success in this role.
- Must possess the ability to build and maintain relationships with other departments and management as well as staff/faculty
- Know clinical faculty compensation practices and University policies and procedures
- Have computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with PeopleSoft
- Have strong organizational and communication skills, team orientated philosophy and problem-solving