Job Title: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I
Duration: Approximately 6 months
Salary Range/Rate: $24.61 per hour
Work Schedule: Four 10-hour days, Tuesday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Diamond Bar,CA --- parking is free.
Job Description:
- This regional governmental agency has an immediate need for a temporary Administrative Assistant I to provide clerical support to manager of our Monitoring Network Group. Candidates should be dependable, with responsible clerical experience, and must possess the following:
Required Qualification:
- Minimum typing speed of 45 net words per minute.
- At least two years of experience as an Administrative Assistant or two years of responsible clerical experience in supporting a manager or above.
- Modern office practices and procedures, including file and recordkeeping systems; standard and automated office equipment, correct English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary and punctuation.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to interact with agency employees to obtain and/or clarify information concerning credit card payments.
- Excellent organizational skills, including the capability to scan and file documents in alphabetical, numerical, chronological and subject matter order.
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 applications.
- Has demonstrated the ability to meet deadlines with accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
Required Skills:
- Performs a variety of secretarial and office support services responsibilities, including administrative assignments to relieve superiors of routine office management and coordination responsibilities.
- Screens a variety of office and telephone calls referring inquiries to other staff members or personally responds to requests for information, as appropriate; acts as liaison for the manager/supervisor with subordinate staff and representatives of other divisions and agencies to obtain and transmit information, requests and instructions.
- Reviews and arranges incoming correspondence in order of priority for the manager/supervisor; refers other correspondence and materials to subordinate staff for reply, as appropriate, and follows up to ensure timely completion.
- Operates standard or automated office equipment to type a variety of correspondence, memoranda, reports, forms and other finished copies, from rough draft or handwritten materials; arranges materials in the proper format and proofreads finished copies for completeness and accuracy of spelling, punctuation and typing.
- Schedules appointments and arranges conferences, and meetings for the manager/supervisor; prepares agendas, documents, presentations, etc. for various meetings and workshops; may attend meetings, take minutes and prepare summaries.
- May take and transcribe dictation from shorthand notes or transcribes from recorded dictation; composes routine correspondence or memoranda which require extensive knowledge of the supervisor's duties, office procedures and policies.
- Prepares and processes purchase requisitions; tracks purchasing activities, monitors order status, and maintains accurate documentation of procurement transactions in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Conducts research and compiles data from a variety of sources for general information purposes, special reports and projects; able to prepare a variety of reports for supervisor's approval.
- Performs routine personnel, budget, timekeeping and other office support services; establishes and maintains a variety of office files, records and log; develops and modifies office procedure and practices as necessary.
- May act in a lead capacity over other clerical employees.
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