Administrative Assistant

at  State of Indiana

WORK FOR INDIANA

Grow your career with the State of Indiana! With more than 50 executive branch agencies, the State of Indiana is a diverse workforce offering employees stimulating and challenging projects across a broad scope of career opportunities. As a State of Indiana employee, you impact the well-being of Indiana’s communities every day.
At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion - Our goal is to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace, with a workforce that is representative of the State of Indiana population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process, as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Provides complex administrative support to a department, agency, or facility.
• Makes program improvement recommendations to agency executives.
• Makes recommendations in developing new policies to facilitate the meeting of agency goals.
• Develops new methodology and structures for improvement of agency functioning.
• Researches and investigates program and procedural problems.
• Explains agency policy and procedures to interested parties.
• Follows-up on plans, programs, policies, and procedures to ensure uniform compliance.
• Investigates administrative problems that arise within the agency.

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES/DIRECT REPORTS:

This role may be utilized in a supervisory capacity based on agency needs.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Provides complex administrative support to a department, agency, or facility.
• Makes program improvement recommendations to agency executives.
• Makes recommendations in developing new policies to facilitate the meeting of agency goals.
• Develops new methodology and structures for improvement of agency functioning.
• Researches and investigates program and procedural problems.
• Explains agency policy and procedures to interested parties.
• Follows-up on plans, programs, policies, and procedures to ensure uniform compliance.
• Investigates administrative problems that arise within the agency

The ideal candidate in this role should minimally have either

• a Bachelor’s Degree and 1+ year of experience, or
• an Associate’s Degree and 3+ years of experience, or
• at least 5+ years of experience applying the below, outlined knowledge, skills, and abilities in a similar role