Job Description
WE ARE TCEQ
Are you ready to make a positive impact in Texas? At TCEQ, protecting the environment is at the heart of everything we do. Choose a career where your perspective, passion, and skills are valued.
We strive to protect our state's public health and natural resources consistent with sustainable economic development. Our goal is clean air, clean water, and the safe management of waste.
TCEQ employees get some great perks, including a hybrid work schedule, paid leave, health insurance, and state and federal holidays. See Benefits and Perks at TCEQ.
YOUR FUTURE TEAM
As part of TCEQ's Office of Waste, you would contribute to agency efforts to regulate the generation, treatment, storage, and disposal of various wastes and the cleanup of contaminated sites. See details about what we do.
This position is a member of our Waste Permit Division.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
As a part of the division's Waste Permit team, our Administrative Assistant III will play a key role in achieving TCEQ's mission. You would use your skills and experience to:

• Provide routine administrative and clerical support for the Waste Permits Division of the TCEQ.
• Answer phones and greet visitors for the office/division at the front desk, provide routine information, takes messages, and/or refer to appropriate staff; coordinate daily break/relief schedules; maintain front desk filing systems including the division phone and staff directory.
• Prepare incoming and outgoing electronic and hard-copy mail and other routine and special correspondence; conduct basic data entry for electronic and hard-copy correspondence regarding Industrial & Hazardous Waste, Scrap Tire Management, and Municipal Solid Waste permits and authorizations; maintain and assist with the development of related standard operating procedures.
• Respond to requests for information from customers via written and verbal communication; provide administrative support to the division and other administrative staff with routine and special tasks and/or projects

TELEWORK
This position requires full-time in office attendance.
Qualifications:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Graduation from a standard senior high school or its equivalent plus one year of full-time experience providing administrative and/or clerical support in an office setting.
*Fifteen semester hours from an accredited college or university may be substituted for each six months of the required experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience answering, screening, and/or routing telephone calls; or assisting walk-in customers.
• Data entry experience, with attention to details or following standard operating procedures.
• Experience providing administrative support in an office setting.

TRANSCRIPTS / COLLEGE HOURS OR COURSE WORK
See instructions on how to attach documents. A copy of your official college transcript or evaluation of foreign credentials in CAPPS is required if needed to meet the minimum qualification requirements outlined above.
CURRENT TCEQ EMPLOYEES
This position is also available as a lateral transfer opportunity (LTO) to TCEQ employees within the Administrative Assistant III-IV state classification. The selected candidate must meet the minimum qualifications of the corresponding job in the Administrative Assistant III-IV series.
CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT
TCEQ will conduct a criminal history records search, driving history (if required for the job) on candidates offered employment.
In compliance with ADA, if you need any special accommodations during the employment process, please contact HRSS for assistance at (512) 239-0102.
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) CODES
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes can be found at: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/. Please click the hyperlink under 'Occupational Category' for the respective Class Title.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer.