Legal Services Office - GST051

State of Georgia - Transportation, Georgia Department of - GDOT; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Georgia - Transportation, Georgia Department of - GDOT is seeking an Office Administrator to support assigned functions with general supervision. The role may involve confidential information and requires drafting reports, assisting customers, and providing information to internal and external stakeholders.

Under closer supervision, the position covers routine non-clerical general business support, including postings, timekeeping, budgeting support, purchasing, and records management.

Qualifications

• Experience organizing meetings, facilities, and information for staff members.
• Ability to provide accurate information and assist customers.
• Experience handling verbal communications clearly and professionally.
• Experience using timekeeping, word processing, and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Performs a wide range of office administration duties under supervision.
• Drafts documents, reports, or presentations and assists customers.

Skills

Meeting coordination

Customer interaction

Effective communication

Time management

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

PeopleSoft Financials

Job description

$39,050 (G)

• Shift: Day Job
• Posting End Date: Jul 26, 2026

Under general supervision, performs a wide range of office administration duties for assigned functions or program areas, duties may be complex in nature and may involve access to confidential information. May research, investigate, and/or resolve program data or issues. Drafts documentation, reports, or presentations. Represents program or unit, provides information and assistance to internal and external customers. JOB SPECIFIC

Under close-to-general supervision, provides a variety of routine non-clerical general business support functions for an institution, centralized district/regional office, a section/division of an office in an agency or a similar entity. Typical support functions include a combination of routine accounting (posting, reconciliation) and/or budget development and monitoring, personnel and payroll transactions, purchasing and inventory, records management and/or related areas. May supervise a small number of clerical, technical, maintenance or other staff. May serve as an assistant to a higher level administrative manager.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience organizing and coordinating meetings, facilities, and information for staff members.
• Experience providing assistance and disseminating information to customers.
• Experience in receiving and responding to verbal communications in an appropriate manner.
• Communicates effectively with coworkers, supervisors, and other internal or external customers.
• Ability to communicate accurate information.
• Committed to providing quality customer service.
• Displays a high level of effort and commitment toward work and displays high standards of ethical conduct.
• General knowledge of interrelationships among departments work units.
• Ability to provide guidance to internal and external customers.
• Demonstrated ability to do research and prepare reports.
• Possesses the ability to reason and independently select the appropriate resolution to problems.
• Ability to manage own time effectively; to adapt quickly to change; to occasionally perform repetitive tasks effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bookkeeping and/or accounting related experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and PeopleSoft Financials.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED and three (3) years of job-related experience; or one (1) year of experience required at the lower level Admin Assistant 1 (GST050) or position equivalent.
• Experience working in a similar government environment providing administrative support to a legal team.
• Experience using electronic time keeping computer programs.
• Experience using word, excel, and other various computer programs.
• Experience running reports and queries.

GDOT is an equal opportunity employer

All applications will be prescreened. Upon promotion, the selected candidate will receive 10% or the GDOT job specific minimum salary, whichever is greater.