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About this position:
This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of the Secretary / Health Standards / East Baton Rouge
Announcement Number: OS/DRT/197051
Cost Center: 3071040205
Position Number(s): 50570567
This vacancy is being announced as a classified position and will be filled as a part-time WAE appointment.
Please note** Part-time WAE appointments are temporary and may last up to 12 months. Employees can only work a total of 1,245 hours within a 12 month period.
AN IDEAL CANIDATE SHOULD POSESS THE FOLLLOWING COMPETENCIES:
Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training
Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.
Accepting Direction: The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command.
Acting with Ethics and Integrity: The ability to be consistent, honest, and a trustworthy steward of State resources.
Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine your actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.
Learning Actively: The ability to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to improve performance and achieve organizational goals.
Thinking Strategically: The ability to generate insights and identify opportunities for future growth of the organization.
NOTE REGARDING THE ADVERTISED PAY:
The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.
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State Civil Service Job Information Finder
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Deanda Thymes
Deanda.Thymes@la.gov
LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES
BATON ROUGE, LA 70821
225-342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.
Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:
A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To perform responsible, administrative functions in support of an organizational unit.
OR
To manage a specialized departmental or statewide program.
Level of Work:
Entry.
Supervision Received:
General from higher-level supervisory personnel.
Supervision Exercised:
May supervise 1-2 lower level personnel.
Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions:
Note: Agency impact, hierarchy, and reporting relationship patterns will be considered when making allocations to this level.
Differs from Administrative Coordinator 4 by the presence of professional duties that involve a variety of administrative functions or responsibility for a specialized departmental or statewide program.
Differs from Administrative Specialist--B by the absence of a moderate degree of complexity, impact, or independence in assigned duties and program areas.
Examples of Work
Coordinate and manage the activities of specific programs or projects.
Monitor program timelines, deliverables, and budgets to ensure successful completion.
Prepare reports and presentations related to program progress and outcomes.
Collect, analyze, and maintain program-related data.
Ensure data accuracy and integrity across systems and databases.
Provide advanced administrative support to executive-level staff and senior management.
Draft and edit correspondence, reports, and other documents.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Administrative
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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