EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Job at New Orleans Louisiana in New Orleans

Important and independent administrative support work in performing a wide variety of complex and confidential technical and supervisory support tasks in support of agency head, CAO, the Council Chief of Staff or equivalent position and related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

1. A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.
2. Five (5) years of experience providing high level administrative support to a department head, equivalent, or higher. Work must have included handling requests for information, conducting research, preparing statistical reports, drafting correspondence on behalf of the department head, scheduling meetings as well as other clerical duties.

Prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify education claimed by the applicant to qualify for this classification. If selected for hire, applicants must provide original documents of their qualifying credentials to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this job classification.

NOTE: Current employees of the City of New Orleans must have gained this experience at pay grade 67 or higher to be considered.

NOTE: Additional related experience may be substituted at the rate of one year of experience equals 30 semester hours. Any combination of semester hours and additional experience equal to nine (9) years is qualifying.

NOTE: Pay above the minimum for superior qualifications may be granted under Civil Service Commission Rule IV Sec. 2.7 based on a review of the applicant pool, candidate's verified experience, education, and/or possession of related certifications.

A qualifying computerized keyboarding test with a minimum of 35 words per minute after the deduction of errors, a qualifying written examination, and a rating of experience weighted 100%. Credit will only be given for experience gained within the last ten (10) years.

This is an original entrance examination.

THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, CREED, CULTURE, OR ANCESTRY.