Executive Secretary Iii

Executive Secretary III

We continually strive for a workforce that reflects the growing diversity within the State of Illinois. A variety of employee backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and experiences are crucial to our ability to most effectively serve the public. Bilingual skills welcome.

The Division of Rehabilitation Services is seeking to hire a detail-oriented professional to serve as secretary to the Superintendent at Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville and performs secretarial functions for the superintendent such as composing, transcribing, and keyboarding correspondence, maintaining files, and preparing reports for the superintendent.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of two (2) years of secretarial or business college and three (3) years of secretarial experience OR completion of high school and five (5) years of secretarial experience.
• Requires ability to keyboard accurately at 55 wpm.
• Requires the ability to communicate using sign language at the Intermediate Level (Sign Language Proficiency Interview) using SLPI.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Three (3) years of experience effectively communicating in written and oral formats and coordinating the day-to-day activities for an administrator in a public or private organization.
• Three (3) years of experience working in a public or private organization in a social or human services field maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive information.
• Two (2) years of experience meeting deadlines with strong attention to detail while multitasking multiple projects.
• Two (2) years of experience developing and maintaining professional working relationships with staff, customers, vendors, and public.
• Two (2) years of experience developing, proofreading, and revising documents that include correspondence, spreadsheets, reports and presentations for a public or private organization.
• Two (2) years of experience coordinating meeting arrangements, including the maintenance of calendars and travel plans.

Work Hours:

Mon-Fri, 8am-4:30pm, 1 hour unpaid lunch

Headquarter

Location:

125 S Webster Ave, Jacksonville, Illinois, 62650

Illinois School for the Deaf Superintendent Office Work County:
Morgan

Agency Contact: DHS.Hiring Unit

About the Agency:
The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.

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