Administrative Assistant

This is an on-site position working 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Friday for a total of 37.5 hours per week. The pay rate for this position is $14.00 per hour. Administrative Assistant Duties and Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:-Performs general assignments to relieve an executive of administrative detail and other duties which do not require his/her personal attention.-Routinely acts as liaison between executive's office and the governor's office, departmental staff, and other state departments and agencies, local and federal agencies, and community organizations and groups.-Attends legislative functions and meetings as required to gain information; routinely handles complaints and requests from members of the legislature and other departments, citizens, and employees, as required; attends receptions, luncheons, dinners, and other gatherings in performing personal contact duties.-Assigns, trains, supervises, and evaluates assigned clerical and other staff and their work; makes recommendations on personnel actions such as employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, retention, and increases for exceptional performance.-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 speeches, 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.Minimum Skills Required for Administrative Assistant position:-Office Experience-Customer Service-Data Entry-Scheduling-Typing-Verbal CommunicationEducation and Qualifications Required:-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.-MUST be local to the Blountville, TN area.