Position: Administrative Services Assistant

Location Knoxville, TN 37914

Duration: long-term contract

Responsibilities:

• under general supervision, is responsible for professional staff work of routine through average difficulty in relieving an executive of Administrative detail; and performs related work as required.
• An employee in this class routinely performs general assignments to relieve an executive of Administrative detail and other duties which do not require his/her personal attention.
• Routinely acts as a liaison between the executive's office and the governor's office, departmental staff, and other state departments and agencies, local and federal agencies, and community organizations and groups; attends legislative functions and meetings as required to gain information; routinely handles complaints and requests from members of the legislature and other departments, citizens, and employees, as required; attends receptions, luncheons, dinners, and other gatherings in performing personal contact duties. Assigns, trains, supervises, and evaluates assigned clerical and other staff and their work; makes recommendations on personnel actions such as employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, retention, and increases for exceptional performance.
• Handles routine correspondence including the composition of replies and routes to the appropriate operating division for reply; prepares non-routine correspondence as requested; assembles information for speeches, staff meetings, and other purposes; may take minutes at staff meetings. Makes travel arrangements; keeps expense accounts; orders office supplies as needed. Operates standard office machines and equipment, as necessary.

Requirements:

• Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree; qualifying full-time increasingly responsible sub-professional experience or paraprofessional or professional experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years.