Administrative Support

Description

Are you looking to work for an organization that directly impacts YOUR community? Do you enjoy completing clerical tasks and using your administrative skills?

If you answered YES to either of these questions, then bring Administrative Support skills to Devereux Pocono!

Devereux Pocono provides programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities. Located in Newfoundland, PA with group homes across four counties, this position is responsible for providing a variety of administrative support functions for daily operations.

Everyday as Administrative Support you will:

• Provide administrative support to programs
• Answer phones, typing, filing, data tracking and entry, correspondence, mailing, compiling reports, and copying as requested
• Draft and distribute written communications to the appropriate individuals in a timely fashion
• Schedule meetings and serve as the liaison
• Maintain compliance with all training/learning requirements and takes initiative in seeking opportunities for professional growth

Being in Administrative Support has its Advantages

You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. We offer:

• Unmatched professional development support and student loan payment
• Various personal and professional development trainings
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that support our diverse employee population.
• Support from talented, enthusiastic, multifaceted team
• Benefits eligibility after 30 days!

Payrate: Starting rates $ hr depending on experience.

"My bosses were great, and working with the individuals was very rewarding. The support we gave them and to see the changes in their lives was a testimony in itself."

Interested in advancing your career? Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND - the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers - the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes tuition and student loan repayment!

Learn More about Devereux's ASCEND Program, Benefitting Our Hard-Working Healthcare Heroes!

Learn more about the Pocono Center!

EDUCATION: Minimum of a high school diploma or GED required. Two-year degree in administration or related field preferred.

EXPERIENCE: A minimum of 2 years’ experience providing administrative support preferably in a social or health services setting. Requires excellent oral and written communication/customer service skills and excellent computer skills.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Requires sitting ¼ to ½ of the work day. Standing, walking, stooping, bending, push/pull movements performed regularly. Ability to lift light loads of up to 20 pounds occasionally. Manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines. Requires continuous use of office equipment requiring repetitive wrist/hand movement and vision. Range of hearing and vision sufficient to operate standard office machines and communicate with co-workers and stakeholders in person and via telephone.

Able to work in a fast-paced work environment with multiple priorities, make decisions and adapt to changing work situations, grasp and apply new ideas and technologies, communicate and successfully interact with various personalities both internally and externally. Significant and frequent use of physical requirements associated with verbal and written communication.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

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