ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 1 - 08182026-80060

Location: Chattanooga, TN – Department of Health, Hamilton County (Southeast Regional Health Office). This position requires a criminal background check.

About the Role

Under general supervision, this role is responsible for professional staff work of routine difficulty in relieving an executive of administrative detail.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of general staff administrative duties to support program operations.
• Serves as liaison between the agency and the general public, other state departments, officials, and external entities to explain procedures and regulations.
• Provides external and internal training on procedures and guidelines as needed.
• Analyzes, interprets, and enforces existing policies and procedures.
• Reviews work of others to ensure program requirements are met.
• Conducts grant monitoring to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
• Monitors time in Edison to ensure employees have entered time correctly and supervisors have approved all exceptions.
• Ensures facilities are adequately maintained according to environmental, health, and safety standards.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree.
• Qualifying full-time increasingly responsible sub-professional, paraprofessional, or professional experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis (up to four years).
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record for the past five years (no DUI, reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, or more than four moving violations).

Skills & Competencies

• Interpersonal savvy
• Planning and alignment
• Business insight
• Customer focus
• Effective communication
• Clerical knowledge
• Customer service and personal service
• Active learning and listening
• Mathematics
• Monitoring
• Reading comprehension
• Time management
• Written comprehension
• Auditory attention
• Speech clarity and recognition
• Proficiency with personal computers, telephones, retail sales equipment, calculators, fax machines, printers, scanners, and copiers

Pay

Monthly: $3,631.00 – $4,533.00
Annual: $43,572.00 – $54,396.00

Schedule

Full-time