EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 1 - 66805

Executive Service

This position is designed as Hybrid (In office and Remote).

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position. A Motor Vehicle Records screening will be conducted prior to employment.

Who we are and what we do:

The Department of Disability and Aging supports people to live the lives they envision for themselves by ensuring people can exercise rights, engage with the community and experience optimal health. At DDA, we are responsible for administration and oversight of services and supports for more than 1.5 million older adults and Tennesseans with disabilities.

Job Overview:

The Department of Disability and Aging (DDA) is hiring an Executive Administrative Assistant to support the area of Human Resources and Organizational Development. This position will be a combination of administrative tasks and completing departmental projects. This position reports to the Assistant Commissioner of Human Resources and Organizational Development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supports leadership by preparing a variety of detailed and complex records and reports, monitoring and directing incoming communications, maintaining calendars.
• Assists with project management within the department.
• Performs varied staff analyses relating to such matters as policy analysis, organizational analysis, facilities analysis and planning, and program analysis.
• Reviews documentation to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and 2 + years of full time, professional staff administrative experience or related work.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.