Position: Administrative Services Assistant

Department: TN DHS

Location: 2497 S. Roane St. Suite 100 Harriman, Tennessee 37748

Duration: 06+ Months

Mode of Work: On-Site

• Summary: 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 liaison between 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 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.
• 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.