Office Secretary I

State of Maryland • Anne Arundel, MD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve. At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind. This position provides overall supportive services for the operation of the Directors Office and requires the performance of a variety of complex clerical and administrative duties.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• One year performing secretarial or clerical work involving typing duties.
• Demonstrated ability to accurately type on a keyboard of a personal computer at a minimum of forty words per minute may be required, depending on the specific requirements of the position.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience managing a business calendar and/or scheduling.
• One year of experience in customer service responding to customer inquiries.
• Six months of experience in handling confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Deliver administrative assistance to the Director and Directors Assistant.
• Provide quality customer service to all customers (internal and external) when interacting in person, by telephone or in writing according to established guidelines that meets or exceeds the standards set by the Department.
• Assisting with Agency Inbox.
• Assist with preparing and maintaining business calendars to include those of the Director, their Assistant, and other executive staff.
• Handles confidential information in general duties.
• Manage responsibilities related to state vehicles, including coordinating and maintaining daily and monthly vehicle sign-up schedules.

Benefits

• health insurance
• dental
• vision plans
• six (6) personnel days annually
• ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year
• fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
• up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child
• at least twelve (12) holiday per year
• Pension

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED