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. An employee in this class routinely performs general assignments to support program operations and relieve an executive of administrative tasks.

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 a maximum of 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

• Knowledge: Clerical, communications and media, customer service, and personal service.
• Skills: Active learning and listening, mathematics, monitoring, reading comprehension, time management, written comprehension.
• Abilities: Auditory attention, speech clarity, speech recognition.
• Competencies: Interpersonal savvy, planning and alignment, business insight, customer focus, effective communication.
• Tools & Equipment: Personal computer, telephone, retail sales equipment, calculator, fax machine, printer, scanner, copy machine.

Pay

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

Schedule

Full-time