Office Assistant III
AFSCME
Washington, DC, USA
Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2022
This position provides intermediate-level clerical, administrative support and related work as required to the Auditing Department. Additional duties will include:
DUTIES:
- Prepare correspondence, reports and other office forms from draft to final form, paying attention to details, proofreading for accuracy and editing, when necessary. Prepare and/or receive confidential documents, using discretion.
- Prepare and route simple correspondence, with attention to grammar and punctuation.
- Monitor inventory of Secretary-Treasurer Workshop materials. Notify manager/supervisor when inventory reordering is needed.
- Assist in edit and assembly of materials for Secretary-Treasurer Workshop and departmental mailings.
- Monitor departmental deadlines (calendar of events).
- Assist in assembly of materials needed by audit staff for field assignments and ship materials as needed to support staff on travel.
- Maintain and prepare simple to complex reports in spreadsheet applications such as Excel, Word and Access. Produce letters for mass mailings with Word Mail Merge. Occasionally, create, format and/or alter PowerPoint presentations to meet specific needs.
- Sort, store, retrieve and maintain files. Review correspondence and reports and determine what information should be cross-filed. Set up new files and process files that require archiving.
- Answer incoming calls for the department, screen calls, route calls or take and deliver messages. Place calls as requested. Handle routine requests for information.
- May be required to perform other related duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
Education & Experience:
High school graduate or equivalent and a minimum of three (3) years of office support experience plus general knowledge of office and organizational procedures or any combination of education and experience.
Skills:
- Thorough knowledge of the MS Office suite – Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
- The ability to use cloud base databases.
- Basic knowledge of office equipment.
- Knowledge of office practices and procedures.
- Knowledge of grammar, spelling and punctuation to proofread and compose correspondence.
- Proficiency in the use of word processing, database and spreadsheet software.
- Ability to perform simple mathematical computations.
- Communication skills sufficient to exchange routine information.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees.
**A Skills Assessment may be required of all candidates.**
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