The Agency Administration Department of the North Central Texas Council of Governments is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support the departments administrative and coordination activities. This posting is for an entrylevel Administrative Assistant and applicants wishing to be considered for this position should apply online at www.nctcog/careers. All submittals should include a cover letter summarizing work experience as well as a current resume. The will be a temporary position.

Administrative Assistant Job Duties:

• Provide customer service to public and staff by greeting visitors answeringtelephone calls fielding questions; taking and forwarding messages; gathering information in order to direct requests to appropriate individuals
• Maintaining staff and/or departmental calendars
• Ordering maintaining and distributing departmental and agency supplies for agency Xerox machines breakrooms and mail area functions
• Distributing agencywide incoming mail to internal departments; administer postage meter functions for agencywide outgoing mail
• Implement records management services by following and interpreting identified guidelines maintaining paper and electronic files for easy access and retrieval
• Prepare public education outreach marketing initiatives and communication efforts for regional training event options
• Assist staff in providing customer service on the day of scheduled regional training events; to include set up of physical room layout maintaining providedrefreshments and restoring event location to original layout after each event

Skills:

• Ability to operate a variety of office equipment
• Proficient in operating Windowsbased computer programs such as Word Outlook PowerPoint and Excel; working knowledge of Teams and SharePoint a plus
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Effective organizational skills and ability to multitask
• Detail oriented with good quality control including proper grammar and punctuation usage
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Flexible and adaptable to meet various needs

Experience:

Six months advanced studies past High School equivalency and 13 years of related work experience.

FLSA: NonExempt

Compensation:

• $36572.00 $45713.70 depending on skills and qualifications

Benefits Summary:

• Health We provide an outstanding package of health and life benefits foremployees with coverage available for their families. We offer medical dental and vision coverage as well as basic and optional life long term disability and flexible spending accounts. Our FullTime employee health coverage is paid for 100.
• Retirement Full Time employees participate in the 401a) Retirement Plan offered through Empowerby payroll deduction with employer match at 12.
• WorkLife Balance At NCTCOG we want you to achieve a balance between your work and your home life. Youll receive vacation days holidays and personal days to use as you choose.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:

NCTCOG is an equal opportunity employer/program. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexualorientation gender identity age national origin disability veteran status and otherclassifications covered under federal state or local laws. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Background Check & Drug Testing:

All selected candidates must undergo a preemployment background check and drug screening. Background checks include national criminal background check employmenthistory motor vehicle record check social security verification education verification and other elements as needed. NCTCOG is committed to a safe and drug free workplace and performs preemployment substance abuse testing. All new hires are required to undergo a drug test which detects the presence of illegal for months prior to testing. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping NCTCOG safe and drug free. In order to receive an offer of employment from NCTCOG selected candidates must successfully pass the pre employment background check and drug screening.

EVerify:

The North Central Texas Council of Governments participates in the federal EVerify program in order to verify a new employees authorization to work in the United States. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.

Job postings are kept open for a minimum of 10 calendar days and may close anytime thereafter at the discretion of the hiring manager.