Reception & Admin Assistant - Social Services

Sdsoybean; Winner (SD); On-site; USD 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Vacation leave

Retirement benefits

Dental and vision

Job summary

Winner, SD is hosting a full-time reception/administrative position with the Department of Social Services. The wage starts at $16.97 per hour, depending on qualifications, with 40 hours weekly. Responsibilities include greeting visitors, giving service information, mail processing, file maintenance, and typing letters and forms.

The ideal candidate has a high school diploma or equivalent and strong office skills. Benefits include health options and holidays as described by the agency.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent education.
• General office procedures; business letter writing, and English grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Ability to communicate effectively, concisely provide information, explanations and instructions, and elicit information from others with varying levels of ability to understand.
• Obtain and provide information by phone in a clear and courteous manner.
• Demonstrate compassion, respect, courtesy, and tact when interacting with others.
• Maintain composure, efficiency and a positive customer-service oriented manner during peak workload, with frequent interruptions.
• Organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines and follow-up with minimal direction.
• Operate office equipment such as a photocopier, fax machine, and computer.
• Enter and retrieve data from computer system.
• Independently recognize and define a problem; identify the resources available to help solve the problem; create and implement viable solutions; and follow through to ensure the problem is resolved to the satisfaction of all parties;
• Exercise delegated authority to take action, and to recognize when it is appropriate to seek assistance from others when limits of delegated authority have been reached.

Responsibilities

• Greeting and welcoming individuals at the reception desk.
• Providing current information on available services.
• Process and route incoming and outgoing mail.
• Generating and maintaining computerized files.
• Typing various letters and forms.

Skills

General office procedures

Business letter writing

English grammar, spelling and punct

Effective communication

Provide information by phone clearly

Compassion and courtesy

Maintain composure under workload

Organize work and meet deadlines

Operate office equipment

Data entry

Problem solving

Delegated authority awareness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Photocopier

Fax machine

Computer

Job description

Winner, SD is hosting a full-time reception/administrative position with the Department of Social Services. The wage starts at $16.97 per hour, depending on qualifications, with 40 hours weekly. Responsibilities include greeting visitors, giving service information, mail processing, file maintenance, and typing letters and forms.

The ideal candidate has a high school diploma or equivalent and strong office skills. Benefits include health options and holidays as described by the agency.