What are the responsibilities and job description for the Office Support Specialist - Social Services position at Rice County, MN?
Job Summary
**FIRST REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS MARCH 27TH
The Office Support Specialist position provides excellent customer service to residents of Rice County in an efficient, effective, respectful, and confidential manner, and connects them to the workers, programs, and resources they need. This position also provides support to Rice County employees to enable them to do the same. Office Support Specialists assist clients in person, on the phone, by email, and fax to direct them to the best staff and available resources matched for their needs.
Examples of Duties
- Answers four-line receptionist phone and directs call to appropriate resource, greets visitors, and performs receptionist duties for the Social Services Department.
- Provides a variety of administrative support duties for the Social Services Department such as copying, scanning and faxing documents.
- Performs daily processing of incoming and outgoing mail.
- Performs record keeping and filing responsibilities.
- Using the EBT Edge program, creates EBT cards, links cards to client case, tracks distribution of cards, and assists client with pinning their cards and answers client questions about issues with existing cards. Coordinates with the financial unit when a card is mailed to our address, ensuring address gets updated after delivery.
- Creates maintenance work orders for routine issues and calls maintenance directly if there is an urgent need.
- Performs special assignments and other miscellaneous support duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The position requires a high school diploma or general education degree and one to three years of office experience or equivalent.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bi-lingual (English/Spanish and/or English/Somali). Post-secondary education in office work.
The position requires a high school diploma or general education degree and one to three years of office experience or equivalent.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bi-lingual (English/Spanish and/or English/Somali). Post-secondary education in office work.
Supplemental Information
HIRING RANGE / UNION: $22.59 - $23.61 per hour / SS Unit – Grade 5
HOURS: Normal working hours are 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, Monday – Friday. Full-time hours equal 40 hours per week.
Rice County offers a complete benefit package including medical, dental, life insurance, pension, holiday, vacation, sick leave and long-term disability insurance.
County employees are eligible for the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
For additional information, please follow the link to the Rice County website: https://www.ricecountymn.gov/543/Benefits
Salary : $23 - $24