Administrative Specialist (Temporary/Austin Emergency Management)

Temporary Administrative Specialist Austin Emergency Management is seeking a Temporary Administrative Specialist. This position will be responsible for providing administrative support on highly technical and/or specialized projects. Duties include gathering, opening, sorting, reading, prioritizing, and routing incoming mail, preparing memos, letters, and other correspondence, performing data analysis, problem solving, conducting research, compiling data, preparing documents, filing and retrieving documents, records, and reports, attending meetings, recording minutes, distributing meeting notes, maintaining calendar, scheduling meetings, conferences, and events, planning travel itineraries, making travel arrangements, managing office supply inventory and ordering, overseeing departmental training rooms, coordinating catering services for meetings and events, maintaining and tracking training records, and other duties as assigned. The City of Austin employment application is an official document; incomplete applications will not be considered. Please be sure that your application is a reflection of your entire work history. Detail on the application all previous employment that you wish to be considered as part of your qualifications. A detailed, complete employment application is required. It helps us to better evaluate your qualifications and will be used to determine salary if you are selected for this position. Be sure to provide job titles and employment dates for all jobs you wish to be considered. Describe your specific experience for each position. Include all job duties, responsibilities, and employment dates. A résumé is required, but will not substitute for a complete employment application. Please include contact information from previous employers. A cover letter is also required. In the cover letter candidates should describe, in concise detail, their interest in this position and highlight any prior experience that is relevant to this position. This position has been approved for a Criminal Background Investigation (CBI).Working with the City of Austin provides a number of health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, training opportunities, and more. Please click HERE for more information.

Ability to work flexible, on-demand hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed to support emergency operations or other business needs. Important Note to Applicants: Please be aware that the Job Posting Close Date reflects the final day to apply, but the posting will close at 11:59 PM the day before the date listed. All application steps, including attachments and submission, must be fully completed before that time. We also recommend that you save or print a copy of the job posting for your records. Once a posting has closed, it will no longer be viewable in the system.