Administrative Assistant 5

State of Louisiana • Baton Rouge, LA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana. Join a fast-paced and collaborative team supporting leadership within Louisiana Medicaid! This position plays a key role in ensuring the smooth daily operations of executive-level staff by coordinating meetings, managing communications, supporting personnel activities, and handling travel logistics for leadership teams. The ideal candidate is highly organized, professional, and detail-oriented with strong communication and multitasking skills. If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment where your administrative expertise directly supports important healthcare initiatives and executive operations, we encourage you to apply!

Requirements

• Four years of experience in administrative services.
• Every 15 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as six months of experience.

Nice To Haves

• Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
• Demonstrating Accountability : The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
• Following Policies and Procedures : The ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, State Civil Service rules, and organizational policies.
• Making Accurate Judgments : The ability to assess options, weigh risks, and make sound decisions using available information and logical reasoning.
• Using Data : The ability to collect, analyze, and use data to generate insights and inform decisions.
• Acting with Ethics and Integrity : The ability to make choices that reflect ethical standards, integrity and honesty, regardless of circumstances or personal benefit.
• Focusing on Customers : The ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Assists Medicaid Deputy Directors, Section Chiefs, and other higher-level staff with a variety of administrative matters
• Monitors phone calls and visitors.
• Coordinates telephone conference calls, conference meetings and/or workshops chaired by the Medicaid Deputy Directors and/or higher staff.
• Ensures assigned primary, secondary, and unit manager time administrator duties are performed in accordance with applicable procedures and policies
• Serves as a personnel liaison for their section(s).
• Prepares travel documents and authorizations or travel expense accounts, makes travel arrangements with hotel, travel agency, car rental agencies and interprets travel regulations.

Benefits

• This organization participates in E-verify
• LDH supports Louisiana’s commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
• LDH is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees. Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non-merit factor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed