Yosemite Community College District is hiring: Administrative Secretary - Instru

Overview

Job Title: Administrative Secretary - Instruction Office - Columbia College

Site: Columbia College

Open Date: 09/12/2025

Close Date: 10/10/2025

Open Until Filled: No

Salary and Work Schedule

Range 32, $4,817 to $6,148 per month (2024-2025 Classified Salary Schedule)

Worksite: Columbia College

40 hours per week, 12 months per year. Monday through Friday: 8:00am – 4:30pm (8 hours per day, 5 days per week). May include evenings & weekends. Appointments are hired at the first step of the range. The second step is paid after the first year of satisfactory service with subsequent steps annually thereafter to a maximum sixth step.

Benefits

The District currently pays for a health option for the employee and dependents. Employees may elect to pay a premium for a higher health option. Vision care and dental insurance premiums for the employee and dependents is District paid. Income protection and life insurance premiums for the employee are also District paid. The estimated cost of District provided benefits (health, dental, vision, and life) is $24,408 annually.

Job Description

Definition: Under direction, leads, coordinates and performs advanced and confidential administrative work as the primary secretary for a Dean or other senior-level manager; organizes, leads and performs highly complex and technical administrative duties and services related to budgeting, accounting, contracts, payroll, purchasing, personnel, and/or other areas; may serve as a lead worker over subordinate clerical and/or technical staff; and performs related work as assigned.

Distinguishing Characteristics: This is the third classification in the administrative support series within the Yosemite Community College District (YCCD). Incumbents must utilize advanced technical knowledge of specialized subject areas to make decisions and complete assignments. Positions in this class provide primary secretarial and administrative support to a Dean or other senior-level manager, often serving as a lead worker and/or administrative coordinator for the work unit. This class may be distinguished from the lower-level class of Administrative Specialist because incumbents in the Administrative Secretary class perform more complex and confidential duties in support of Dean or other senior-level manager.

Supervision Received and Exercised: Incumbents in this class work under the direction of a Dean or other senior manager, receiving occasional supervision while working toward a definite objective that requires use of a wide range of procedures. Incumbents plan and/or determine specific procedures or equipment required to meet assigned objectives and solve non-routine problems, referring only unusual matters to a supervisor. An incumbent in this class does not directly supervise other full-time employees, but may serve as a lead worker and administrative office coordinator by assigning, directing and/or monitoring the work of subordinate full time employees on a regular basis.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience: Any combination of education, experience and/or training that would likely provide the above required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. Typical background patterns that would provide the knowledge, skills and abilities are:

Pattern I

• Experience: Four years equivalent to an Administrative Specialist at YCCD.

OR

Pattern II

• Education: Possession of an associate’s degree from an accredited college with major course work in business administration or a closely related field.
• Experience: Two years of increasingly responsible administrative support experience, including two years providing secretarial support to a manager or program administrator.

Special Requirements

• None

Knowledge and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Modern office procedures, methods and equipment including computers and supporting computer applications.
• Principles of business letter writing and advanced document preparation.
• Methods and techniques of transcribing notes and meeting minutes.
• Principles and procedures of filing and record keeping.
• Standard mathematical principles.
• Standard technical accounting procedures and principles.
• Principles and applications of purchasing.
• Advanced English usage, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• College policies and procedures applicable to area of assignment.
• Pertinent Federal, State and local codes, laws and regulations.

Ability to:

• Perform a wide variety of responsible, administrative and secretarial support duties for an administrator.
• Independently prepare correspondence and memoranda.
• Organize and schedule work to maximize efficiency.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and work performed.
• Monitor budget expenditures and prepare appropriate reports.
• Type or take dictation at a speed necessary for successful job performance.
• Maintain a calendar of activities and schedule meetings appropriately.
• Operate office equipment including computers and supporting word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Prepare and maintain accurate and current records and files.
• Respond to difficult requests and inquiries from students, faculty and staff.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience: Any combination of education, experience and/or training that would likely provide the above required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. Typical background patterns that would provide the knowledge, skills and abilities are:

Pattern I

• Experience: Four years equivalent to an Administrative Specialist at YCCD.

OR

Pattern II

• Education: Possession of an associate’s degree from an accredited college with major course work in business administration or a closely related field.
• Experience: Two years of increasingly responsible administrative support experience, including two years providing secretarial support to a manager or program administrator.

Licenses and Certificates

• Depending upon assignment, possession of a valid license to drive in California may be required.

Physical and Mental Standards

• Mobility: ability to sit for long periods, move about an office, stand occasionally, reach above and below desk level.
• Dexterity: fine manipulation sufficient to operate a computer keyboard, handle individual papers, write and take notes.
• Lifting: frequent lifting of papers, files, equipment and material weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Visual Requirements: close vision sufficient to read files, documents, and computer screens and do close-up work; ability to adjust focus frequently.
• Hearing/Talking: ability to hear normal speech, speak and hear on the telephone, and speak in person.
• Emotional/Psychological Factors: ability to make decisions and concentrate; frequent contact with others including some public contact; frequent deadlines and time-limited assignments.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Typical Working Conditions

• Work is generally performed in a standard office environment.

Additional Applicant Information

Applications are accepted online only at: https://www.yosemite.edu/recruitment/employmentopportunities/

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Classified: This is a classified bargaining unit position.

Applications will be reviewed by a screening committee which will select candidates to be interviewed. Those applicants selected for personal interview will be notified by email or phone. In accordance with Board policy official offers of employment will be made only by the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor/Human Resources, YCCD. Final appointment is subject to confirmation by the Board of Trustees.

Federal law requires the District employ only US citizens and aliens authorized to work in the United States. Written verification of employment eligibility is required.

BACKGROUND CHECK: A background investigation of new employees is required, including reference checks and a state criminal history report. Employment will not begin until the history check has been cleared by Human Resources. The cost for the criminal history report will be the responsibility of the successful candidate.

The District may hire more than one applicant from this applicant pool.

The Yosemite Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

It is the policy of Yosemite Community College District (Modesto Junior College and Columbia College) not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or disability in its educational programs and its employment practices. YCCD BP 3410 Nondiscrimination can be found at: https://www.yosemite.edu/trustees/board_policy/3410%20Nondiscrimination.pdf

Title IX Sexual Harassment regulations define Title IX Sexual Harassment to include four terms “as defined in” the Clery Act and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, and Stalking.

In accordance with 34 C.F.R. §§ 100.6(d), 104.8, and 106.9; and 28 C.F.R. § 35.106, the following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding Title IX, Section 504/Title II policies:

District Title IX/Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator
Yosemite Community College District
2201 Blue Gum Ave., Modesto, CA 95358