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A Program Assistant provides administrative and logistical support to program managers and other team members. Their role is providing the front office and administrative staff with support, validating paperwork, and responding to emails and phone calls. Their responsibilities are maintaining the inventory of the office, performing data entry tasks, managing schedules, helping with event planning, providing budget oversite, and updating computer and hard copy file systems.

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Avg Pay: $36K
Jobs: 4,868
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Avg Pay: $43K
Jobs: 72,164

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  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Anthropology
    The number of occurrences matches with Program Assistant in our database.
    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$34,513Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.)
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$17,700Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Psychology
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$31,580Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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Annual Pay Estimate for Program Assistant and Other Important Info

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3.2 years
$40K
The average years of experience in the workforce prior to having this role
1.92 years
Entry
The average number of roles it took our users to get to this one
3
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