TCEQ - Administrative Assistant V
Listed on 2026-09-22
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Administrative/Clerical
Government Administration, Clerical, Business Administration -
Government
Government Administration
Job Description
Are you an experienced Administrative Assistant, ready for a unique opportunity to grow with an environmental state agency? Join TCEQ! We bring passion and drive to carry out our mission of protecting our state's public health and natural resources.
Job DescriptionAre you an experienced Administrative Assistant, ready for a unique opportunity to grow with an environmental state agency? Join TCEQ! We bring passion and drive to carry out our mission of protecting our state's public health and natural resources.
Note:
To determine qualifications, TCEQ job postings require fully completed applications with a detailed job history. Incomplete applications may lead to disqualification. See below for more details.
As part of TCEQ's Office of Air, you would contribute to protecting and restoring Texas' air quality. See details about what we do. This position is a member of our Air Quality Division.
Here's What You'll Be Doing- Serves as division timekeeper. Prepares, coordinates, tracks, and proofs correspondence, reports, Computer Access Request Form (CARFs); and schedules meetings and interviews.
- Responds to telephone inquiries, answers questions, and provides assistance regarding division program activities or administrative rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to agency staff, management, the regulated community, and the public as requested.
- Serves as the records liaison for the division, coordinating requirements relating to program records maintained in the Central File Room. Works closely with the Records Administrator to ensure agency records management policies and procedures are followed in the division to include records retention, storage, access, and destruction.
- Distributes documents, maintains files, and completes other office support duties, including serving as a backup travel coordinator for the division.
- Experience of providing administrative assistance to a wide variety of staff, from entry level to management.
- Experience in records management, to include records retention, storage, access, and destruction.
- Experience as a timekeeper administrator in CAPPS
Graduation from a standard senior high school or its equivalent plus five years of full-time experience providing administrative support in an office setting.
Fifteen semester hours from an accredited college or university may be substituted for each six months of the required experience with a maximum substitution of four years.
OR
Two years as an Administrative Assistant IV at TCEQ.
TRANSCRIPT/ COLLEGE HOURS Or COURSE WORKSee instructions on how to attach documents. A copy of your official college transcript or evaluation of foreign credentials in CAPPS is required if needed to meet the qualifications listed above.
Work ScheduleStandard business hours are M-F, 8:00 a.m.
- 5:00 p.m.
Individual and work group schedule determined by the TCEQ Air Quality Division.
Benefits- Optional 401(k) and 457 plans
- Insurance:
Health, Vision, Dental, and optional FSA - Paid day(s) off from work on national holidays and holidays that the state observes
- Professional development opportunities
- Longevity pay based on your number of years working for the state
- Wellness Program and Activities
- Onsite Nurse Practitioner in HQ
- Work-Life Balance
TCEQ will conduct a criminal history records search, driving history (if required for the job) on candidates offered employment.
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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