[Hiring] Executive Assistant to the City Manager @City of Shoreline

Role Description

The City of Shoreline is looking for a candidate with excellent written and verbal communication skills to perform a wide variety of responsible, confidential and complex administrative, technical and secretarial duties for the City Manager, Deputy City Manager and City Council; to act as a liaison with City departments, staff, outside agencies and the general public; and to ensure the efficient operation of the City Manager's office. The position provides oversight to and supervision to an Administrative Assistant III position.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of department operations, programs, functions and activities of the office of the top executive of an organization.
• Policies and procedures of local government organizations.
• Principles of writing, editing and report preparation.
• Principles and procedures of record keeping, storage and maintenance.
• Basic expenditure procedures and management of departmental budgets.
• Office procedures, methods and equipment.
• Applicable computer software applications.
• Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation.

Requirements

• Six years of increasingly responsible administrative and secretarial experience including three years at the executive level.
• Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma, supplemented by college level course work in public administration, communications or a related field.

Benefits

• Work is performed in a standard office setting with exposure to computer screens.
• Eligible for remote work with specific conditions.
• Must reside in the State of Washington once hired.