Office Assistant

About the Position

This is routine clerical and office support work, such as typing, filing, records maintenance, cashiering, data entry, customer service, and the performance of basic bookkeeping operations.

Perform routine clerical tasks including typing, filing, records maintenance, cashiering, data entry, customer service, and basic bookkeeping operations.

Pay scales are based on jurisdiction. Starting salaries for this position are:

• Mobile County: $18.06 hourly, $37,569 yearly
• City of Mobile: $16.39 hourly, $34,094 yearly
• City of Prichard: $11.05 hourly, $22,992 yearly
• City of Chickasaw: $9.55 hourly, $19,860 yearly
• City of Saraland: $17.19 hourly, $35,759 yearly
• City of Citronelle: $13.07 hourly, $27,189 yearly
• City of Bayou La Batre: $14.69 hourly, $30,565 yearly
• City of Satsuma: $15.96 hourly, $33,205 yearly
• Town of Mt Vernon: $11.77 hourly, $24,488 yearly
• Mobile Area Water & Sewer System: $17.19 hourly, $35,759 yearly
• Mobile County Health Department: $16.36 hourly, $34,036 yearly
• Mobile Housing Authority: $18.06 hourly, $37,570 yearly
• Mobile County Emergency Management Agency: $19.45 hourly, $40,458 yearly
• Mobile Civil Service: $14.82 hourly, $30,834 yearly
• Prichard Water Works & Sewer Board: $16.36 hourly, $34,036 yearly
• Saraland Water & Sewer Board: $19.94 hourly, $41,470 yearly
• Racing Commission: $15.22 hourly, $31,660 yearly
• Mobile Public Library: $16.39 hourly, $34,094 yearly
• City of Creola: $13.27 hourly, $27,599 yearly
• Utilities BD City of Bayou La Batre: $17.19 hourly, $35,759 yearly
• City of Satsuma Water & Sewer Board: $14.12 hourly, $29,365 yearly

• Graduation from a standard senior high school or successful completion of the General Educational Development (GED) test and preferably some clerical and public contact experience; or a combination of education and experience equivalent to these requirements.

• Must have a valid Mobile County Personnel Board Keyboarding Proficiency Test score on file at a rate of 32 net words per minute or higher.

Applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify for this position. Details regarding the examination will be emailed to candidates who meet the above requirements.

All applications should be submitted online through the Mobile Civil Service Job Opportunities page. The job posting will close once 275 applications have been received.

Eligibles selected for appointment must meet the established medical and physical standards for the class of work. The medical examination must be by one of the physicians designated by the Personnel Board. Appointees must bear the cost of the examination.

A person with a disability may request accommodation by contacting the Mobile Civil Service at .

Adam Bourne, Civil Service Director

The agencies we serve are equal opportunity employers.