Public Works Business Services Office Assistant, Senior

  • Clark County
  • Vancouver, WA
  • Feb 22, 2022
Full time Government

Job Description

Job Summary

 

This Office Assistant, Senior position reports to the Department Finance Manager and is the administrative lead of the Business Services Division. As the administrative lead, this position plays a key role in hiring, onboarding, and training new office assistant staff that are involved in financial processes, records management for the division, assisting with procurement activity, and creating processes and procedures for key accounting processes.

 

Qualifications

 

Education and Experience:

 

  • High school graduate or GED. Two to four years of college or business school training is highly desirable.

 

  • Three to five years of responsible and advanced administrative support experience including the full range of office and support functions; telephone and reception, word processing, spreadsheet and other personal computer applications, filing systems, mail, supplies, budgeting, accounting and others.

 

  • Specialized experience in the area of assignment is highly desirable. However, this expertise is not required at entry into the classification.

 

  • Experience or demonstrated skill or aptitude towards supervisory functions including evaluation, counseling, training, communication, team building, conflict resolution and others.

 

Knowledge of: Principles of effective supervision and leadership; general office procedures and practices; technical and/or specialized functions, policies and procedures of the work unit; advance knowledge and skills in applicable computer applications; effective business correspondence including spelling, grammar and punctuation.

 

Ability to:  Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships; effectively select, supervise, and motivate other employees; evaluate and improve department service delivery through enhancement of procedures, systems, organizational approaches and record keeping; develop and demonstrate effective customer service techniques; communicate effectively in written form.

 

Work Environment and Physical Demands: Work is generally performed in an office setting with comfortable environmental conditions. Most positions involve a high activity level and pace, competing time demands and some interaction with dissatisfied or angry customers. Essential tasks would include typing/keyboard skills, phone usage, reading, speaking, and listening.

 

For complete job announcement, application requirements, and to apply on-line, please visit our website at:

https://www.clark.wa.gov/human-resources/explore-careers-clark-county

                                                                                             

Salary Grade: Local 307.507 ($21.89 - $27.99) per hour

URL

For complete job announcement, application requirements, and to apply on-line, please visit our website at:

https://www.clark.wa.gov/human-resources/explore-careers-clark-county

                                                                                             

Salary

Local 307.507 ($21.89 - $27.99) per hour