Temporary Administrative Assistant, Legal

Transportation Department Salary: $25.00 - $35.13 Commensurate with Experience Welcome to the City of Charlotte Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

The Development Services Administrative Assistant is based in the Development Services Division within the Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT). This position reports to the Development Services Division Manager and is responsible for processing Workday travel requests, Workday financial Entries, providing administrative support to CDOT's Land Development Section, Right-of-Way Section, and Events Management team, and responding to general public inquiries for transportation-related services.

The Administrative Assistant is also responsible for other office functions, including scheduling coordination meetings with various government agencies and assisting with coverage and dispatch of the CDOT main telephone line. Schedules multiple coordination meetings, including NCDOT/CMS/CDOT, events management meetings, stakeholder group meetings, interdepartmental and multiple agency coordination meetings, and DSD staff meetings

Processes orders for supplies and other Division purchases as the Division Purchase Card (P-Card) and Travel Card (T-Card) account holder

Serves as administrative support for permit officials on utility projects in the right-of-way (e.g., AT&T, Google, PNG, etc.) Provides administrative support for the Development Services Division to include, but not limited to, the Special Events Calendar, GIS entries for road closures and detours, Abandonments/Lease Agreements, other R/W Management permits (City Works) and Land Development rezoning petitions (Accela)

Recordkeeping, copying, filing, and archiving for reimbursements for land development petitions, encroachments, leases, abandonments, and utility master permit applications

Assists the Development Services Division Manager with Workday financial entry (including P-Card statements, T-Card statements, requisition entries, and purchase order requests), conference/teleconference meeting setup

Assists with coverage and dispatch of the CDOT main line telephone

• High School Diploma or equivalent and one (1) year of experience
• Considerable knowledge of business language, business mathematics, and applicable software (Microsoft Office)
• Ability to learn the regulations, procedures, and services of the unit
• Knowledge of modern office procedures, systems, and equipment
• Ability to keep complex records, to assemble and organize data, and to prepare reports and costs from such records
• Ability to assess, maintain, and track cost and financial data
• Concentrated and attentive use of one or more senses (visual, audio, and other sensory modalities) for proofreading, data entry, tabulating data.
• Comprehensive written information in work-related documents.
• Work is performed in an indoor office environment with moderate exposure to atmospheric conditions; moderate exposure to environmental conditions (such as officers, community members, victims, etc.); and frequent exposure to computer screens, files, and phone.

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