Administrative Assistant-Environmental Health Dept

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• Responsible for all information requests as required under the Public Information Act; receives and processes information requests from the public, County Attorney’s office and other local and state agencies on a daily basis.
• Responsible for department’s accounting of revenue in addition to oversight of daily deposits in coordination with the Fire Marshal’s office; responsible for the reconciliation of deposits in coordination with the Auditor’s Office.
• Responds to department complaints to ensure proper units with Environmental Health are made aware; monitors the status of complaints; ensures accurate locations of complaints using GIS data, proper jurisdictional oversight is correct, and updates are relayed to complainants.
• Assists division manager with special projects that will require the use of institutional knowledge, state and local laws, and creation of professional work product.
• Assists with special projects; cross‑trains duties with peers.
• Backup to all support staff positions; assists all visitors to the office to process payments or submit applications; handles high volume calls that receive daily, as well as processes all paperwork that comes in.
• Trains new employees on all office support functions.
• Responds to and provides direct assistance to incoming telephone calls and in‑person requests from the public, offenders and staff members; provides assistance on active enforcement cases; mediates between property owners and contractors.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Participates in activities and duties related to emergency management during a local state of disaster as directed by appropriate county managers.
• Must obtain a “Designated Representative License” within 6 months of hire date. Please ask hiring manager for details.

• High School Diploma/GED.
• 3 years job‑related experience.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License.

$18.31 - $27.47 hourly based on qualifications

Upon filling position

All full‑time and part‑time employees are members of the Texas County District Retirement System (TCDRS). Full‑time employees also enjoy a wide range of great benefits.

Fort Bend County is an equal opportunity employer, committed to non‑discrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, religion or creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy status (including childbirth and related medical conditions), national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, age (40 and over), physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected military and veteran status, political affiliation or beliefs, or any other classification protected by state, federal and local laws, unless such classification is a bona fide occupational qualification.

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