Administrative Assistant
About the role
The Administrative Assistant provides administrative support services for staff and participants assigned to WeCARE and manages activity in busy reception areas.
Responsibilities
- Provide participant reception services, including greeting participants, answering, and directing phone calls.
- Perform telephone outreach to individuals who failed to report for appointments.
- Print reports and review for errors and inconsistencies.
- Explain process and services to participants and obtain participant signatures for consent.
- Assist in scheduling participant appointments.
- Maintain participant medical documents, attendance records, and files.
- Enter participant demographic data and action codes and scan documents into computerized databases.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- A bachelor's or associate degree from an accredited college or university is preferred.
- 1 year of full-time administrative support experience.
- Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and be sensitive to maintaining confidentiality.
- Computer proficiency with the ability to enter data into specialized databases.
Experience working with public assistance recipients, the homeless, formerly incarcerated, and/or those affected by the challenges associated with poverty is a plus.
Pay
$19.24–$20.20 per hour.
About Us
Easterseals Rhode Island’s mission is to spread help, hope, and answers. We operate programs that enable those with special needs to achieve equality, dignity, and independence in their own communities. From early intervention services to employment placement and community supports, we help children and adults with disabilities, caregivers, veterans, and seniors reach their fullest potential as they live, learn, work, and play. Easterseals Rhode Island joined The Fedcap Group in 2016.
www.Easterseals.com/rhodeisland