Seasonal Administrative Assistant

Hiring range:
$15.00 to $17.50 per hour.
The starting rate will depend on experience, education, and qualifications.
Advancement opportunities exist for individuals motivated to move up within Anoka County.
Come join our team at Anoka County where you can serve your community while enjoying the benefits of work-life balance!
In order to be considered for this position, information to support your answers must be included in your application.
A resume attachment is optional and cannot be used in place of this application.

Position Description
The Anoka County Park's mission is to positively impact the quality of life in Anoka County by providing parks, outdoor recreation, and leisure services for the public.
Our mission encompasses the protection of the natural environment, improving the health of citizens, and supporting a strong local economy.
The department has an immediate opening for Seasonal Administrative Assistants who will perform various duties.
Some of the critical responsibilities of this position include providing excellent customer service to park visitors by ensuring communication is carried out in a polite, professional, and efficient manner.
This is a seasonal, non-exempt, on-siteposition.
Anticipated employment duration is November to March.
Interviews will take place as applications are received for those selected to move forward in the hiring process.
Pay & Benefits
Salary:
$15.00- $17.50 per hour
Advancement/professional development opportunities.
Work Location
This position will work at the Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center and the Bunker Hills Activities Center, located at 9750 Egret Blvd NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55433 and 550 Bunker Lake Blvd NW, Andover, MN 55304.
Expected work hours are Saturday and Sunday between 8:
45 a.m.
and 5:
00 p.m.
Holidays may be required.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
These examples are not all-inclusive and are intended to be illustrative of the primary responsibilities of an Anoka County Seasonal Administrative Assistant.
Provide excellent customer service to park visitors by ensuring communication is carried out in a polite, professional, and efficient manner.
Operate reservation system to schedule guest reservations at campground facilities.
Enforce policies and handle customer concerns in a respectful and consistent manner.
Balance monitoring, ordinance advisement, and answering park questions/requests or concerns.
Arm and disarm building security systems as needed.
Communicate via various technology (phone/computer/radio device).
Qualifications and Requirements:

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed
Requires a high school diploma and at least 2 years (2,080 annual hours) of job-related experience.
Successfully pass a criminal historybackground check.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed
Ability to organize, prioritize, and coordinate workflows.
Strong attention to detail.
General understanding of general office procedures.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Word processing, spreadsheet, database, and PowerPoint experience.
Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously with frequent interruption.
Physical Demands and Work Conditions
Standard office environment.
Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus, such as to work on computers.
Ability to see colors, shades, and brightness.
Hearing abilities required for general and phone communication, signals, and machine sounds.
Assignments are sedentary, occasionally alternating between sitting, standing, walking, crouching, and kneeling as required to perform job responsibilities.
Frequent wrist and finger manipulation to complete computer work.
Occasional lifting of 10-20 lbs.
Equipment used includes computers, phones, and standard office equipment.
Occasional travel to other county work sites as needed.
Travel between work sites may require driving a county vehicle and/or a personal vehicle.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Selection Process
It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess.
This information will determine which candidates will proceed in the selection process.
A submitted application is also used to verify the answers to any supplemental questions.
Pre-employment Requirements
Anoka County has determined that successfully passing a pre-employment criminal/driving background check, drug screen and DOT physical, and/or other qualifications checks may be necessary for certain positions.
Applicants may be required to sign an informed consent form allowing the County to obtain to conduct such screenings and/or verify their qualifications in connection with the position sought.
Applicants who do not sign the informed consent form will not be further considered for the position.
About Anoka County
As the fourth largest county in Minnesota, we depend on the diversity, dedication, determination, and innovation of our employees.
We offer a wide range of career opportunities for people with a variety of personalities, abilities, knowledge, and life experiences who can come together for the single purpose of serving Anoka County's 369,000 citizens in a respectful, innovative, and fiscally responsible manner.
If your career aspirations resonate with our mission, we invite you to Find Your Path with Anoka County!Hear from other Anoka County employees here.
Commitment to Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment
Anoka County is committed to the principles of our Affirmative Action Plan and Equal Employment Opportunity.
It is the policy of Anoka County to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, marital status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, physical ability, sexual orientation, or age except where such status is a bona fide occupational qualification.
It is the policy of Anoka County to make employment decisions in a manner that will further our Affirmative Action Plan and Equal Employment Opportunity.
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