Office Assistant I, Park and Recreation (Non-Civil Service) jobs in United States
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City of Dallas · 1 day ago

Office Assistant I, Park and Recreation (Non-Civil Service)

City of Dallas is committed to service, innovation, and community while offering careers with purpose. The Office Assistant I performs entry to intermediate level office support functions, including clerical, bookkeeping, and secretarial duties to assist various departments.

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Responsibilities

Performs a variety of office support duties including completing forms, maintaining logs, collecting money, preparing cash reports, and compiling and organizing data to facilitate routine paperwork processing
Performs receptionist activities and communicates with a wide variety of people in person and by telephone including citizens, employees, agencies, other city departments, and vendors to provide information and direction; demonstrates excellent customer service skills
Performs secretarial and clerical duties to support a manager or group of managers; answers telephone, takes messages, and schedules appointments
Prepares, reviews, and proofreads correspondence, memos and reports to be signed by the supervisor to ensure accuracy
Performs a wide variety of office activities such as processing payment invoices, maintaining filing systems, tracking deadlines, attending meetings and taking minutes, making travel arrangements, processing mail, preparing payroll, handling petty cash and data entry to assist with office operations
Maintains daily report of activities performed and providing customer service through telephone; researches citizen complaints and amount of payment to ensure charges are accurate; makes various cash refunds according to department policies and procedures
Sorts, orders, and distributes all incoming inter-office and U.S. mail and processes all outgoing mail; picks up and/or delivers inter-office and outgoing mail at different city locations to ensure prompt mail distribution; sorts inter-office and incoming U.S. mail; operates reproduction equipment to make copies for those requesting copy services
Performs any and all other work as needed or assigned

Qualification

Office support functionsCustomer serviceData entryBookkeepingRecord maintenanceOperating office machinesWriting reportsEffective communicationAttention to detailInterpersonal skills

Required

1 year performing office work, cashiering, or other customer service related work
High School Diploma, GED
Knowledge of correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation
Ability to operate a computer with accuracy
Ability to attend to routine tasks and check paperwork for accuracy and errors
Ability to use office machines including computer, copier, fax machine
Ability to maintain records journals and files
Ability to write, clear and accurate reports
Ability to deal tactfully and courteously with the public and other city employees
Ability to handle difficult and unusual situations
Ability to use a computer
Communicating effectively verbally and in writing
Establishing and maintaining strong working relationships

Benefits

Competitive benefits
Growth opportunities
Vibrant work culture

Company

City of Dallas

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City of Dallas is an online resource website providing information about the city of Dallas, Texas.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Alexandra Laury
Partner Relations Manager
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Amuche Louis Agu, MPA, MA
HR Talent Acquisition Partner
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