Job Description
This position provides clerical support for Community Access and Eligibility staff in the Pottawattamie County office, providing administrative and secretarial support.
Duties:
Secretarial duties include answering telephones and responding to questions/routing callers in a professional and courteous manner; maintaining active and closed files, both hard files and electronic files within departmental computer systems; providing back-up coverage to the reception area and to other county offices as needed.
Administrative duties include monitoring inventory and ordering supplies; issuing official receipts and providing notary services; checking county email; processing local mail; assisting with travel claims for assigned employees.
This position will also assist with completing and processing invoices to assure timely payment of office expenses; monitor the budget monthly to assure adherence to line item and overall monetary parameters; participate in annual audits; maintain office and community telephone resource listings; copy, collate, and distribute documents for workers; attend all staff meetings and job-related training.
Other duties as assigned.
We have a great total compensation package, including:
- Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS)
- Retirement Investors Club (RIC) (Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan)
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Vacation Leave
- Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays (9 days/year)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
For additional information on benefits click here (Download PDF reader).
The State of Iowa is an EEO/AA Employer
HHS values those with “lived experience” and encourages adults who were fostered as youth, foster parents, and/or parents who were in the HHS system to apply. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply (Hearing and Speech Impaired – Relay Iowa 1-800-735-2942 TDD).
Our agency uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Experience equal to one year of full-time clerical or closely related work;
OR
post high school course work in an accredited secretarial, business, or closely related curriculum may be substituted for the required experience on a month-for-month basis;
OR
completion of thirty (30) semester (or equivalent) hours of undergraduate college level course work may be substituted for the one year of required experience;
OR
certification from the State of Iowa Administrative Assistant Certificate Program will substitute for six months of the required experience;
OR
employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes permanent status as a Typist–Advanced.
For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description. (Download PDF reader)
Additional Qualification Requirements
Typing Requirement: Applicants may be required to have the ability to type 40 wpm net. If included in the Minimum Requirements of this job vacancy, you must provide verification of your typing score prior to the closing date of this vacancy. (Click here for more details about the typing test.)