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Remote office administrator jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms and distributed teams in sectors like professional services, technology, and healthcare. Employers hiring remotely right now include Unison, D&H Distributing, and Shepley Bulfinch. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Department
ADMISSIONS OPERATIONS (BL-OPER-IUBLA)
Department Information
The Office of Enrollment Management (OEM) at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington is dedicated to attracting, enrolling, and supporting a community of talented students from Indiana, across the nation, and around the world. OEM integrates strategic planning, data-informed decision-making, and collaborative partnerships across campus to create a seamless student experience from 1st contact through graduation. Through its units Admissions, Scholarships, the Registrar, Student Financial Assistance, Student Central, Orientation and Enrollment Programs, Retention, Planning and Research, Enrollment Marketing and Communications, Administration and Fiscal Affairs, and Development OEM advances the university's mission by fostering access, belonging, and student success while upholding IU Bloomington's tradition of academic excellence and public service.
The Office of Admissions Operations (OPER) provides strategic and technical support for recruitment, marketing, and admissions processing. The team manages systems and business processes to ensure efficient operations and high-quality service for prospective and current students.
Job Summary
Department Specific Responsibilities
- Assists the Associate Director in the management of a team of support staff cross-trained in student data entry, mail processing, and workflow activities. Provides general direction for support staff in prioritizing work to meet deadlines and fulfill expectations. Analyzes, monitors, and evaluates performance of assigned staff; establishing work priorities, providing regular feedback, conducting performance reviews, and providing corrective action as needed.
- Determines the sequence of events and generally supervise a virtual calendar of services and timelines, which deliver individual and batch data processes and support events both internal and external to the university.
- Instructs staff, prepares reports, and advises the Associate Director regarding operations, software, hardware and processes related to the annual recruitment and admissions application workflow. Analyzes business performance and processes, participates in strategic research, and identifies potential for technology integration or modification. Assists with the development and implementation of business process designs for prospect processing, admissions application workflow, and develops and documents business process and system operations.
- Manages the operations related to transfer of credit, automated data entry, and the maintenance of a high standard of quality and data integrity. Assists the Associate Director in the management of operations related to admissions application processing, including application update processing in the Slate Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and in PeopleSoft Student Information System (SIS).
- Manages the processing of incoming mail. Provides consistent and accurate loading of data for internal and external customers.
- Manages systems and workflow administration duties. Assists the Associate Director in the testing of business processes, system enhancements, and quarterly patches related to the IU Student Information System, and other central systems related to recruitment and admissions.
- Maintains queries and reports to identify data and processing discrepancies, instructs staff in the resolution of discrepancies, and performs follow-up to ensure satisfactory completion of tasks.
- Assists in the recruitment of employees, interview and screen individuals for hiring, develop training materials, instruct staff, and determine work hours.
General Responsibilities
- Provides specialized customer support through provisioning, creation of projects or workspaces within applications, and/or customizing products to customer specifications.
- Troubleshoots and analyzes problems and bugs in applications and products.
- Performs complex upgrades, releases, customization, and documentation of work according to team's established methodology.
- Performs programming, scripting, and modifications of application and products for corrective action.
- Collaborates with technical and functional business clients and teams within the central information technology organization.
- Contributes to project planning, objective formulation, task estimation and evaluation of customer requests.
- May train, mentor and provide guidance and feedback to less experienced staff.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree (preferably in computer science, business systems, or related field.)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
- 2 years in customer/application support, programming, or related experience.
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrates problem solving skills.
- Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities.
- Demonstrates customer service skills.
- Quickly troubleshoots and resolves problems.
- Performs work independently with minimal supervision.
- Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback.
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
This position requires occasional on-campus (IU Bloomington) presence will be required for meetings or other business needs as necessary.
Work Location
This is a primarily remote position. However, this is subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs.
Advertised Salary
$63,000 annually
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Career
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Information Technology
Job Family: Software/App, Admin and Analysis
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
Posting Disclaimer
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
Campus Safety and Security
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.
Contact Us
Request Support
Telephone: 812-856-1234
Department
ADMISSIONS OPERATIONS (BL-OPER-IUBLA)
Department Information
The Office of Enrollment Management (OEM) at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington is dedicated to attracting, enrolling, and supporting a community of talented students from Indiana, across the nation, and around the world. OEM integrates strategic planning, data-informed decision-making, and collaborative partnerships across campus to create a seamless student experience from 1st contact through graduation. Through its units Admissions, Scholarships, the Registrar, Student Financial Assistance, Student Central, Orientation and Enrollment Programs, Retention, Planning and Research, Enrollment Marketing and Communications, Administration and Fiscal Affairs, and Development OEM advances the university's mission by fostering access, belonging, and student success while upholding IU Bloomington's tradition of academic excellence and public service.
The Office of Admissions Operations (OPER) provides strategic and technical support for recruitment, marketing, and admissions processing. The team manages systems and business processes to ensure efficient operations and high-quality service for prospective and current students.
Job Summary
Department Specific Responsibilities
- Assists the Associate Director in the management of a team of support staff cross-trained in student data entry, mail processing, and workflow activities. Provides general direction for support staff in prioritizing work to meet deadlines and fulfill expectations. Analyzes, monitors, and evaluates performance of assigned staff; establishing work priorities, providing regular feedback, conducting performance reviews, and providing corrective action as needed.
- Determines the sequence of events and generally supervise a virtual calendar of services and timelines, which deliver individual and batch data processes and support events both internal and external to the university.
- Instructs staff, prepares reports, and advises the Associate Director regarding operations, software, hardware and processes related to the annual recruitment and admissions application workflow. Analyzes business performance and processes, participates in strategic research, and identifies potential for technology integration or modification. Assists with the development and implementation of business process designs for prospect processing, admissions application workflow, and develops and documents business process and system operations.
- Manages the operations related to transfer of credit, automated data entry, and the maintenance of a high standard of quality and data integrity. Assists the Associate Director in the management of operations related to admissions application processing, including application update processing in the Slate Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and in PeopleSoft Student Information System (SIS).
- Manages the processing of incoming mail. Provides consistent and accurate loading of data for internal and external customers.
- Manages systems and workflow administration duties. Assists the Associate Director in the testing of business processes, system enhancements, and quarterly patches related to the IU Student Information System, and other central systems related to recruitment and admissions.
- Maintains queries and reports to identify data and processing discrepancies, instructs staff in the resolution of discrepancies, and performs follow-up to ensure satisfactory completion of tasks.
- Assists in the recruitment of employees, interview and screen individuals for hiring, develop training materials, instruct staff, and determine work hours.
General Responsibilities
- Provides specialized customer support through provisioning, creation of projects or workspaces within applications, and/or customizing products to customer specifications.
- Troubleshoots and analyzes problems and bugs in applications and products.
- Performs complex upgrades, releases, customization, and documentation of work according to team's established methodology.
- Performs programming, scripting, and modifications of application and products for corrective action.
- Collaborates with technical and functional business clients and teams within the central information technology organization.
- Contributes to project planning, objective formulation, task estimation and evaluation of customer requests.
- May train, mentor and provide guidance and feedback to less experienced staff.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree (preferably in computer science, business systems, or related field.)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
- 2 years in customer/application support, programming, or related experience.
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrates problem solving skills.
- Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities.
- Demonstrates customer service skills.
- Quickly troubleshoots and resolves problems.
- Performs work independently with minimal supervision.
- Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback.
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
This position requires occasional on-campus (IU Bloomington) presence will be required for meetings or other business needs as necessary.
Work Location
This is a primarily remote position. However, this is subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs.
Advertised Salary
$63,000 annually
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Career
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Information Technology
Job Family: Software/App, Admin and Analysis
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
Posting Disclaimer
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
Campus Safety and Security
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.
Contact Us
Request Support
Telephone: 812-856-1234
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Who's Hiring
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote office administrator jobs.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Experience managing calendars, scheduling meetings, and coordinating travel
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for internal and external correspondence
- Ability to organize and maintain physical and digital filing systems
- Associate or bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field
- Familiarity with office equipment, vendor management, and supply ordering
Tips for Your Remote Office Administrator Job Search
Show async communication skills upfront
Remote office administrators coordinate across time zones in writing. Lead your resume and cover letter with examples of clear written communication, whether drafting internal procedures, summarizing meetings, or managing vendor correspondence without back-and-forth.
List the remote tools you know
Remote employers scan for Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Zoom, and scheduling platforms like Calendly or Notion. Name the specific tools you've used and what you did with them so hiring managers can picture you in the role immediately.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote office administrator openings from across the U.S. in one place. Search roles that match your experience level and apply directly, remote roles at distributed companies fill quickly and early applicants get more attention.
Prepare for an async hiring process
Many remote-first companies use written screening questions, recorded video interviews, or async tasks before a live call. Practice answering operational questions in writing and keep your responses concise, direct, and free of filler so you stand out at every stage.
Remote Office Administrator Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote office administrator job?
Target companies built around distributed teams, where remote office administrators are a structural part of how operations run rather than an exception. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and comfort with async workflows. Showing fluency in tools like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or project management platforms and demonstrating you can manage calendars, vendors, and documentation without daily in-person check-ins gives you a real edge.
Which companies hire remote office administrators?
Employers currently hiring remote office administrators include Unison, D&H Distributing, and Shepley Bulfinch, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Remote-first technology companies, distributed professional services firms, and growing healthcare organizations are among the most consistent sources of these openings.
Can you get a remote office administrator job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one without on-site onboarding or supervision. Small remote-first startups and nonprofits are the most likely to hire early-career candidates. Showing a portfolio of organized work, a home office setup, and strong written communication can substitute for direct experience and open the door.
Do you need a degree for remote office administrator jobs?
Not always. Remote employers for this role weigh demonstrated organizational skills, digital tool proficiency, and a history of keeping operations running smoothly more heavily than formal credentials. A degree can help in more competitive or corporate hiring processes, but candidates who can show they handle scheduling, vendor coordination, and written correspondence reliably are competitive without one.
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