Sr. Office Assistant-Environmental Health Dept.

About the Role

This position supports the Environmental Health Department by managing complaints, permits, inspections, and administrative tasks essential to public health and safety.

Responsibilities

• Receive, data entry, and assign all complaints regarding general nuisance, on-site, food establishments, and solid waste from the public and consumers; maintain all complaint files.
• Invoice, receipt, and process permits for all permitting programs, including on-site, food establishments, and solid waste restitution funds.
• Assist and backup for the application process and scheduling of daily inspections for the on-site program and food service; responsible for maintenance files on inspections.
• Manage incoming and outgoing mail and open record requests.
• Maintain departmental forms; translate and write forms in Spanish utilized in the department.
• Process departmental daily deposits of incoming funds.
• Assist with Nuisance Abatement projects and SEP projects.
• Respond to telephone calls and direct inquiries to the proper parties; handle inquiries from the public and other departments.
• Participate in emergency management activities during a local state of disaster as directed by appropriate county managers.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 2 years of job-related experience.
• Good computer and typing skills (minimum 35 WPM).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word; knowledge of Microsoft Access and Excel preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to deal effectively with the public, other employees, and elected officials.
• Ability to complete assigned projects.

Notary Public and bilingual (Spanish-speaking) preferred.

Pay

$16.34 - $20.43 USD hourly.

Benefits

• All full-time and part-time employees are members of the Texas County District Retirement System (TCDRS).
• Full-time employees receive a wide range of additional benefits.