Senior Secretary en City of El Paso, TX
City of El Paso, TX · El Paso, Estados Unidos De América · Onsite
- Professional
- Oficina en El Paso
About the Department
MOS Code: 001802 (Navy)
Education and Experience: A High School diploma, GED or higher and five (5) years of office support experience.
Licenses and Certificates: None.
Position Duties
Under direction, as principal direct provider, perform difficult standardized administrative support for one or more executive level employees, such as directors of small or medium sized departments, deputy or assistant department directors, heads of major segments or key line divisions of large public services, operating or technically complex departments, or administrators of City-wide staff functions.
Minimum Qualifications
Coordinate varied responsible personal secretarial duties to ensure efficient planning of day-to-day time of organization head being supported, as well as that of standing or ad hoc committees if assigned, and to ensure accurate documentation and proper dissemination of directives and other management information to several subordinate organization levels, other departments, external organizations and the public. Involves: Update and maintain organization head’s calendar and meeting schedule. Arrange, assist and organize meetings. Make travel arrangements and prepare itineraries. Gather and compile pertinent information for meetings and presentations. Negotiate times and places with attendees, send reminders and confirmations. Assist with arrangements and clerical details for special projects, as assigned. Electronically or stenographically record, transcribe and finalize dictation or meeting minutes. Transcribe, edit and finalize correspondence authored by organization head. Review and ensure proper distribution of mail, email or telephone communications, flag urgent information and communicate priorities of the organization head to staff. Draft prescribed memoranda, press releases and other correspondence regarding specified common business topics within deadlines. Review citizen complaints and inquiries, and prepare authorized responses, which includes citing specific applicable rules, procedures and precedents for acceptable courses of actions within the bounds of standard policies or directing them to proper division or department, and follow up on complaints to ensure timely resolution. Prepare and distribute agendas for and attend meetings. Maintain confidentiality of personnel or other sensitive information. Conduct research utilizing internet, manuals, policies, procedures and various other sources, and compose, proof and assemble pertinent information for documents such as contracts, reports, reinstatements, motions, ordinances, and resolutions, which includes identifying parameters, ensuring presence of appropriate signatures and placing items on council or other meeting agendas. Oversee or assembly and distribution of regular and special unit activity status and results reports. May provide unit human resource and accounting support services such as, maintaining time reports and vacation schedules, preparing payroll forms, distributing personnel action forms to staff, entering transfers, promotions, pay increases and other personnel data into computer system, maintaining and monitoring budget and inventory lists. Preparing supply requisitions for organization head, posting vouchers for payment, reviewing requisitions and invoices before forwarding to accounting section for payment, and preparing and submitting account number changes. Update departmental records regularly, which includes entering data into electronic files, ensuring final documents are accurately filed, archived and maintained according to departmental directives.
Provide specified paraprofessional administrative support for aspects of programs or staff functions, if assigned. Involves: Assist in developing and implementing standardized long and short-range business and planning initiatives. Search records for references to designated topics, distribute survey questionnaires or make telephone inquiries, and compile and tabulate responses. Suggest new and changed clerical procedures to supervisor and implement those approved, which includes scheduling and conducting training of other functionally involved employees as indicated as necessary. Plan and organize special events and meetings. Gather and compile pertinent information for meetings and presentations. Establish and maintain unit or program databases and records in conformance with prescribed retention and retrieval procedures that meet regulations. Prepare and assemble specific reports and assist in financial planning and budget preparation, including spreadsheets, schedules and charts. Monitor expenditures, budget limits and inventory. Monitor assigned contractual services. Identify and inform organization head of materials, supplies and equipment needed. May assist with grants research by compiling data and drafting grant application documents.
May supervise assigned staff, usually consisting of one or two clerical or secretarial employees. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development. Enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.
Other Qualifications
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Important Note: The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.
Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions examination.
Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions examination, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.
Note: Applicants with foreign degrees, diplomas, or transcripts must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
Note: This position requires the ability to type 35 wpm. A typing certificate will be required within three (3) days of job offer. Typing credentials that have been completed within the last two (2) years will be accepted from the School Districts, International Business College, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso Community College, and the Texas Workforce Commission. Typing certificate must be on company letterhead, state gross words per minute, net words per minute and the number of errors. The City of El Paso Human Resources Department offers typing exams by appointment. To set up a typing exam appointment, please contact the Human Resources Department at (915) 212-0045.
Note: This is a new advertisement for Senior Secretary. You must apply if you are still interested in this position.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position. Solicitar ahora
