Administrative Assistant I

About the role

Responsible for coordinating the office clerical needs and ensuring project clerical needs are met within schedule requirements. Duties include typing routine letters, purchase requisitions, material requisitions, and miscellaneous correspondence, as well as answering phones, transferring calls, and taking messages.

Responsibilities

• Office coordination
• Answering phones, transferring calls, and taking messages
• Managing incoming and outgoing mail
• Handling incoming and outgoing faxes
• Performing routine clerical duties
• Performing other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) with 0–5 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job
• Valid Driver’s License

Skills

• Professional appearance
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Intermediate to advanced skills in office-related software packages and computer database understanding and proficiency
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

Physical Requirements

• Ability to reach, stand, walk, finger, grasp, feel, talk, hear, see, and perform repetitive motions
• Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.