Title: Office Assistant (Norfolk)
Agency: Tidewater Community College
Location: Norfolk - 710
FLSA: Nonexempt
Hiring Range: 18.00 per hour, part time
Full Time or Part Time: Part Time
Job Description:
Tidewater Community College has served South Hampton Roads – both students and employers – for 50 years. It has grown from 1 campus into a regional educational and economic force. TCC is the largest provider of higher education and workforce services in Hampton Roads, enrolling nearly 25,000 students in 2024-25. Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, Tidewater Community College (TCC) services South Hampton Roads with 4 campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, 7 regional centers and 2 important cultural institutions. The college had 3,399 graduates in 2024-2025, 40 percent of whom pursued degrees that would let them transfer to 4-year institutions. Of South Hampton Roads residents enrolled in higher education 33% enrolled at TCC. TCC’s institutional accreditation is affirmed through 2027 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
The Office Assistant provides administrative and clerical support within the College’s Distance Learning Department, directly supporting a faculty member teaching online history courses through the Canvas Learning Management System. Responsibilities include completing computer-based administrative tasks in a structured, task-oriented office environment, ensuring work is performed accurately and in a timely manner. This in-person, part-time position is based in a quiet, independent workspace and requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision. The role does not involve student interaction or phone responsibilities and is ideal for a self-motivated individual who thrives in a focused, independent setting.
Functional Responsibilities:
1. Provides administrative and clerical support to an academic faculty member of the college.
2. Use a variety of computer software programs, platforms, templates, forms, and databases to provide clerical support to a faculty member
3. Will enlarge and reformat teaching and professional development documents to make them accessible;
4. Assist with creating and managing Canvas Learning Management system course websites
5. Assist with managing Zoom invitations & storing recorded videos.
6. Assist with editing and updating course syllabi;
7. Process enrollment management forms, professional memberships, and travel requests;
8. Assist with basic research in library databases;
9. Assist with preparation of documents and PowerPoint presentations;
10. File and scan documents and related academic materials.
Minimum Qualifications:
11. Strong reading skills and ability to proofread.
12. Intermediate to advanced skills in Word, and PowerPoint, ability to learn a variety of software programs and databases.
13. Knowledge of Canvas and/or other learning management platforms.
14. Ability to alphabetize, to arrange items in chronological order by date, and perform clerical tasks including filing and scanning
15. Knowledge of and experience in an academic library.
16. Ability to learn new programs/procedures
17. Ability to work independently.
18. Capable of following directions in order to carry out key tasks and willingness to ask for clarification.
19. Ability to draft emails and announcements.
20. Ability to see small and single-spaced print.
Additional Considerations:
21. Knowledge of preparing travel forms and documents.
22. Proven experience providing administrative and clerical support in an office setting.
23. Knowledge of Canvas, Blackboard, and/or other learning management platforms.