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Administrative Assistant
Black River Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Center
Black River Falls, Wisconsin
Part-Time | Approximately 30 Hours per Week
The Black River Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Center is seeking an organized, dependable, and community-minded Administrative Assistant to join our team.
This is a dynamic position for someone who enjoys working with people, managing a variety of responsibilities, and supporting local businesses, visitors, community organizations, and events. No two days at the Chamber are exactly the same. The Administrative Assistant plays an important role in keeping daily operations running smoothly while providing excellent service to Chamber members and the public.
Position Responsibilities
Responsibilities may include:
- Provide administrative and clerical support for Chamber operations.
- Answer phones, respond to general inquiries, greet visitors, and assist individuals who visit the Chamber and Tourism Center.
- Provide information about Black River Falls, Jackson County, local businesses, attractions, events, recreation, lodging, dining, and other visitor services.
- Assist Chamber members with questions, resources, programs, and general membership needs.
- Maintain accurate member, business, contact, and organizational information.
- Assist with email correspondence, mailings, documents, reports, spreadsheets, forms, and other office materials.
- Assist with Chamber Bucks sales, recordkeeping, and related administrative duties.
- Support Chamber events, ribbon cuttings, meetings, tourism activities, community programs, and special projects.
- Assist with event preparation, registration, communications, materials, setup, and follow-up.
- Help maintain the Chamber's website and online information as assigned.
- Create, edit, schedule, and publish content across multiple social media platforms.
- Assist with promoting Chamber members, local events, tourism opportunities, programs, and community information.
- Create basic graphics, promotional materials, digital content, and other communications.
- Help ensure online business, event, tourism, and community information remains accurate and up to date.
- Assist with newsletters, announcements, press releases, member communications, and other marketing efforts.
- Work collaboratively with Chamber staff, volunteers, members, community partners, local governments, organizations, and visitors.
- Maintain organized digital and physical files and records.
- Handle Chamber and member information professionally and confidentially when appropriate.
- Perform additional administrative and operational duties as needed.
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate will be:
- Friendly, professional, and comfortable working with the public.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
- Dependable and able to manage multiple priorities.
- Able to work independently while also being part of a small team.
- A strong written and verbal communicator.
- Comfortable learning new software, technology, and digital tools.
- Proficient with common office applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and similar programs.
- Comfortable creating and editing content for multiple social media platforms.
- Able to communicate professionally with businesses, community leaders, visitors, members, and the general public.
- Willing to assist with a wide variety of projects and responsibilities as organizational needs change.
- Interested in supporting local businesses, tourism, economic vitality, and the Black River Falls area.
Preferred Experience
Experience in one or more of the following areas is beneficial:
- Administrative or office support
- Customer service
- Social media management and content creation
- Marketing or communications
- Website content management
- Event planning or coordination
- Tourism or visitor services
- Chamber of Commerce, nonprofit, membership organization, or community-based work
Equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience will be considered.
About the Chamber
The Black River Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Center works to support local businesses, strengthen the regional economy, promote tourism, provide resources to visitors, and help make the Black River Falls area a great place to live, work, visit, and do business.
Our team works with businesses, community organizations, government partners, residents, and visitors throughout Black River Falls and the surrounding area.
Schedule
This is a part-time position averaging approximately 30 hours per week. Some flexibility may be required for Chamber events, meetings, programs, and other activities that may occasionally take place outside normal office hours.
How to Apply
Candidates should review the complete job description and submit an application through the Black River Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Center's career page:
blackrivercountry.net/careers
Applications will be reviewed as they are received.
The Black River Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Pay: $15.00 - $16.00 per hour
Expected hours: 30.0 per week
Benefits:
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
Salary : $15 - $16