Part-time Administrative assistant Jobs in Hartford, CT

Administrative Assistant

The State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is seeking to hire an Administrative Assistant within the Office of the Commissioner. The position is located at 410 Capitol Avenue in Hartford, CT and is a full-time, hybrid role.

Position highlights include : professional growth opportunities, a healthy work / life balance, and the chance to take notes of high-level public meetings, document and synthesize meeting information, and support the agency's leadership team through calendar management and travel coordination.

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Purpose of Job Class : In a state agency, this class is accountable for independently performing the most complex tasks in providing both office administration and secretarial support for a major program.

Examples of duties include typing, filing, correspondence, report writing, interpersonal tasks, processing, and office management.

Knowledge, skill, and ability requirements include considerable knowledge of office administration and management, department and / or unit policies and procedures, proper grammar, punctuation and spelling, business communications, and business math. Interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, and the ability to operate office equipment and software are also required.

Minimum qualifications include four (4) years of experience above the routine clerk level in office support or secretarial work, with one (1) year of the General Experience as a Secretary 2 or its equivalent. College training in the secretarial sciences may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of 15 semester hours equalling one-half (1 / 2) year of experience to a maximum of two (2) years.

Preferred qualifications include experience providing direct administrative support to C-suite executives, coordinating comprehensive travel and logistics for executives, managing multiple dynamic calendars, prioritizing meetings, and resolving scheduling conflicts in real time, and using advanced features of Microsoft applications and cross-platform collaboration tools.