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In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Administrative Assistants perform a broad variety of clerical, secretarial and administrative support duties in an assigned agency, program or other work unit within State government and the Nevada System of Higher Education.

Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform advanced-level work and may provide work direction and training to others. This is an Administrative Assistant 3 position with the Department of Education and may be located in Carson City or Las Vegas depending on the candidate chosen and the needs of the agency. This position provides administrative support to 28 Boards, Councils, and Commissions, primarily as the assistant to the State Board of Education and supports the Commission on School Funding to ensure efficient and successful board meetings in compliance with Open Meeting Law. This may include preparing, updating, and tracking multiple iterations of board materials, working with leadership to establish and enforce timelines, ensuring all items are posted and ADA compliant, maintaining accurate records and minutes of all meetings, supporting Board member requests, and tracking Board budgets/ledgers. Under limited supervision, the incumbent serves as the Department's administrative support to admin regulations, coordinating workshops and public hearings, and will serve as the subject matter expert on Open Meeting Law and Administrative Rulemaking to Department staff whose roles include assisting boards. This position assists in creating and overseeing processes to ensure that all agendas and materials are posted in a timely manner and all meeting minutes are accurate and ready for approval in compliance with statutory deadlines; and will also create and maintain a Dept wide repository of appointment materials for board members, coordinating and tracking the status of appointments to board vacancies, and ensure documents are filed and retained according to state retention policies.

This position supports the Superintendent's Office and performs additional clerical duties as necessary. Duties include, but are not limited to: attending, taking notes, creating minutes; drafting and annotating agendas; ensuring posted materials are ADA compliant; reviewing and proofreading materials before being published; maintaining schedules and correspondence; preparing travel documents/claim reimbursements; ordering supplies; processing mail; answering telephone inquiries from staff, other agencies, and the public. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. ***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.***

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: