Secretary V

State of Oklahoma • Boley, OK

1d • $49,465 • Onsite

About The Position

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for performing confidential secretarial duties for an agency official or administrator. At this level, employees perform confidential secretarial work for an assistant or associate director of an agency, and may direct the work of other technical/clerical employees.

Requirements

• Six years of clerical office work, including three years as an office manager, executive assistant or as a confidential secretary, or an equivalent combination of education including three years as an office manager, executive assistant or as a confidential secretary experience.
• Knowledge of the procedures and techniques of business communications.
• Knowledge of spelling, punctuation, and business English.
• Knowledge of office methods.
• Knowledge of computer operations.
• Knowledge of business arithmetic.
• Knowledge of public relations.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices.
• Type accurately from a plain copy at a rate of fifty words per minute.
• Ability to handle confidential work with tact and discretion.
• Ability to exercise judgment in interpreting and applying rules or policy.
• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with others.
• Ability to provide direction to other technical/clerical employees.

Responsibilities

• Opens, scans or reads and distributes mail; composes official correspondence for supervisor’s signature, disposes of routine correspondence.
• Screens telephone calls; provides information or refers callers to appropriate staff members; answers inquiries.
• Receives visitors; answers inquiries personally or refers to appropriate official.
• Arranges for special conferences and meetings; maintains supervisor’s calendar, advising of commitments; arranges for travel itinerary and accommodations; prepares and submits travel claims and expense account.
• Independently researches, assembles and summarizes material, information and data for administrative board or commission consideration and action; takes and transcribes dictation of confidential, technical or legal material requiring a high degree of accuracy; records and transcribes proceedings of meetings and conferences.
• Appears before legislative committee hearings either alone or in the company of supervisor to present facts relative to agency programs, mission and/or budget; drafts proposed legislation; proposes budget items; confers with administrators on matters of staffing, budget and purchasing and contracts and/or policy.
• Supervises administrative or clerical assistants.

What This Job Offers

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