Administrative Service Assistant

STI; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A professional organization in Chattanooga, Tennessee is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support an executive by handling correspondence, arranging meetings, and performing general administrative tasks. The role requires a Bachelor's degree and offers the opportunity to help coordinate between various departments and agencies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Sub-professional experience may substitute for the required education.

Responsibilities

• Relieve an executive of administrative detail.
• Act as a liaison between the executive's office and other departments.
• Handle routine correspondence.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Under general supervision, is responsible for professional staff work of routine through average difficulty in relieving an executive of Administrative detail and performs related work as required. An employee in this class routinely performs general assignments to relieve an executive of Administrative detail and other duties that do not require his/her attention. Routinely acts as a liaison between executive's office and departmental staff, other state departments and agencies, local and federal agencies, and community organizations and groups; Handles routine correspondence, including composition of replies and routes to the appropriate operating division for reply; prepares non-routine correspondence as requested; assembles information for staff meetings, and other purposes; may take minutes at staff meetings. Makes travel arrangements; keeps expense accounts; orders office supplies as needed. Operates standard office machines and equipment as necessary.

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree; qualifying full-time increasingly responsible sub-professional experience or paraprofessional or professional experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of four years.