EXECUTIVE SECRETARY I - UMP - KEYBOARDING
About The Position
The Illinois Department of Transportation is hiring an Executive Secretary I to perform organizational and clerical duties in the Bureau of Materials under the direction of the Bureau Chief of Materials. The position is based at 201 Center Ct, Schaumburg, Illinois, and has a Monday–Friday schedule from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Overtime, including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime, may occasionally be required. Applicants must apply electronically through the Illinois jobs website. The position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement and is part of the Upward Mobility Program.
Requirements
- Knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of two years of secretarial or business college and one year of secretarial experience, or completion of high school and three years of secretarial experience.
- Ability to keyboard accurately at 55 words per minute.
- Completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.
- Overtime is a condition of employment and occasional scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime may be required.
Responsibilities
- Serve as receptionist for the bureau, receive visitors, and direct them appropriately.
- Keyboard routine and non-routine correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other material from handwritten copy.
- Arrange travel and hotel reservations for the bureau chief and staff attending seminars and meetings.
- Perform complex clerical and technical support functions for bureau staff.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of the listed duties.
Benefits
- Health, life, vision, and dental insurance.
- Pension plan.
- 12 weeks of paid maternity/paternity leave.
- Deferred Compensation Program and other pre-tax benefit programs, including medical and daycare.
- 12 paid sick days annually.
- 10 paid vacation days in the first year, with the opportunity to earn up to 25 paid vacation days annually.
- 3 paid personal days annually.
- 13–14 paid holidays annually, based on start date.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employee Assistance Program and/or mental health resources.
- Monday–Friday work schedule.
- Flexible work schedules in several program areas, including flexible time and hybrid scheduling.
- Extensive training and career advancement opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
