Administrative Assistant

The City of Happy Valley is looking for an energetic individual that has pride in providing excellent service to residents and visitors. This position is the primary reception point for City Hall and requires someone to adapt to ever-changing customer needs. In addition to supporting the public, this position also supports City staff.

The schedule is Monday‑Friday 8am‑5pm with potential opportunity to assist with City events outside of these hours.

Happy Valley is known for its wonderful neighborhoods that have an abundance of parks, open spaces, and meandering trails. Our residents take great pride in the community and come together throughout the years at an annual Fun Run, summer concert series, 4th of July Festival, Harvest Fest, Tree lighting and many other community‑driven events. As the community grows, we’re building a city where family‑friendly neighborhoods meet a world‑class economy.

Happy Valley’s business community is rapidly emerging, creating vibrant centers throughout town. Happy Valley is looking to the future. Once a small community as recently as the early 2000s, the City has rapidly developed toward being a medium‑sized city for the Clackamas County area and there is a lot of change happening in the community and in our organization. Happy Valley has the vision and heart to be a leader in the region.

Under close supervision, performs a variety of routine administrative support tasks for the Community Services Department. Supports the daily operation of the public reception area and passport services. Interacts with internal customers, external customers; performs reception duties, clerical work and paper and electronic file maintenance and performs related duties as assigned.

The Administrative Assistant I position is distinguished from the Administrative Assistant II position by the level of complexity of tasks. The Administrative Assistant II performs work with general supervision. The Administrative Assistant I position will perform typical office functions such as answering telephones, photocopying, filing, preparing documents and correspondence, and maintaining database information. The Administrative Assistant I position will communicate effectively with the public on a variety of City topics.

Any one position in this class may not perform all the duties listed below, nor do the listed examples of duties include all similar and related duties that may be assigned to this class.