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- Orders and receives office supplies, ensures invoices match deliveries, notifies appropriate personnel of discrepancies.
- Prepares memos, letters and other documents. Responsibilities- Supervision and/or Leadership Exercised:
- May lead or train others.
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- Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
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- Skill in planning and organizing.
- Ability to train others.
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- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with other city employees and the public.
Administrative Senior - Austin, United States - City of Austin
Description
Minimum Qualifications
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
Position Overview:
Austin Water is a large and complex department of the City of Austin, with over 1,300 employees, and multiple facilities across a wide geographical area. Austin Water provides drinking water and wastewater services to over one million customers in the Austin area and manages over 40,000 acres of preserve land for drinking water quality and endangered species habitat. Austin Water's Director's Office is seeking an administrative senior to act as a switchboard operator ensuring that calls to Austin Water's main phone line are routed to the appropriate Austin Water staff for assistance. In addition, this position will provide support for many functions of the Director's Office including Austin Water's records and information management program, escalated customer concerns, office supply purchasing, invoice processing and travel arrangements and other general administrative support.
Working with Austin Water provides a number of benefits including medical, paid leave time, a great retirement plan, training opportunities and more Click HERE for more information.
Travel:
If you are selected for this position, and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Program, you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.
When completing the City of Austin employment application:
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Experience:
Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call or Texas Relay by dialing
The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual's AIDS , AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.
Information For City Employees: If you are an employee within the department, are in good standing and meet both the minimum and preferred qualifications, then you will receive an initial interview.