Travel and Event Planning Associate - College of Arts and Science

The position will be responsible for financial travel reimbursements for departmental employees, students, friends, and visitors; planning and executing departmental and undergraduate program events; monthly time entry; biweekly time reconciliation; terminations of monthly paid employees; and annual parking allocations. o Maintain current knowledge of all department, college, and university travel policies and procedures. o Communicate with and train department travelers on policies prior to departure to ensure compliance and timely payments or reimbursements; including use of Travel Cards. o Assists with Communications Professional with Graduate Program Events and Faculty Committees Events such as, but not limited to, Graduate Student Recruiting Event called Research Open House and annual Undergraduate Research Symposium The Department of Chemistry is the oldest PhD granting department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, offering the University’s first PhD degree in 1947.