Administrative Assistant - Bruce McCandless State Veterans - Florence

Job Summary

Part‑time Front‑Desk Clerk, Saturday & Sunday 8:30 am–4:30 pm at the Bruce McCandless Veterans Community Living Center, Florence, Colorado. The role provides customer service, general clerical support, and money‑handling duties while welcoming visitors, answering phones, and giving facility tours.

• Primary telephone communication with internal and external customers, answering main line and routing calls to appropriate extensions.
• Greet visitors, residents and staff; ensure all visitors sign in/out and provide resident room numbers or escort new visitors to rooms.
• Distribute admission information packets and lead tours of the facility for prospective residents and their families.
• Perform general clerical duties: typing, filing, using computer programs and software, maintaining office supplies, and other administrative support as assigned.
• Deliver mail to residents and staff.
• Sell meal tickets and postage stamps; process cash and voucher transactions and provide residents with current personal‑fund account balances.
• Execute other duties as assigned.

• One (1) year of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned.
• Or a combination of related education and/or relevant experience equal to one (1) year.

• Customer service experience.
• Experience answering phones and transferring calls.
• Clerical experience using various computer programs and software.
• Money‑handling experience.
• Experience working with veteran population or in long‑term care.

Background screening for CDHS employees with direct contact with vulnerable persons: name check and fingerprint check, court database checks (Colorado, Medicare fraud, PREA, Trails, CAPS), reference checks, licensure verification, drug screen.

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans.
• Medical and dental health plans.
• Employer‑supplemented Health Savings Account.
• Paid life insurance.
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage.
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave.
• State of Colorado Employee Benefit Hub Resource Center.
• Employee Wellness program.
• Excellent work‑life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more.
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions.
• Potential eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to increasing a “Colorado for ALL” of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of all backgrounds and abilities. The State of Colorado believes that a “Colorado for ALL” drives our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply.

The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.