Administrative Assistant

Job Description:

Administrative Assistant

Description

Pay Range: $22.90/hr. - $28.62/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Monday, February 10, 2025

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

An Administrative Assistant job is available with the City of Fort Worth Neighborhood Services/ Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Program (CDBG-DR).

The best qualified candidate will be a team player, possess excellent record-keeping skills, maintain confidentiality, and possess the ability to multi-task and prioritize to successfully meet deadlines.

This is a grant funded overage position that will extend only to September 30, 2027 unless additional grant funds are received.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree from an accredited college with major course work in Business Management, Public Administration, Business Administration, or related field
• Four (4) years of clerical, and administrative experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates familiar with PeopleSoft both HCM/Financial
• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• Immediate to advance skills with MS Office software (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Experience with Federal grants

The Administrative Assistant job responsibilities include:

• Schedule intake appointments for CDBG-DR staff
• Work closely with supervisors and managers
• Apply City and Department Personal Policies and Procedures
• Execution of contracts with internal and external partners
• Processing invoices
• All other duties assigned

Working Conditions and Physical Demand

• Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
• Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Salary:

$22.90/hr. - $28.62/hr.