Job Description

State of Nevada Announces

An Open Competitive Recruitment for:

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 1 - Hawthorne

APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY - $39,421.44 to $56,689.20 PAY GRADE: 23

The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.

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



JOB INFORMATION


Work Type: A Permanent, full time vacancy


Department: Health and Human Services


Division: Social Services


Location: Hawthorne


Job Class Code: 02.213


RECRUITMENT INFORMATION


Announcement Number: 53005


Open to all qualified persons.


Posted 11/20/2025


Close Date: 11/27/2025


Recruiter:


ANA MARIA ORNELLAS


Phone: (775)684-0151


Email: aornellas@admin.nv.gov


Applications accepted for another 6 Days 15 Hrs 11 Mins





The Position
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 work independently with little or no additional training. The Division of Social Services is recruiting for an Administrative Assistant 1 (AA1). The AA1 plays a key role in the delivery of outstanding professional customer service to the entire staff of DSS, customers and community partners. This position is responsible for a wide range of general administrative support functions including but not limited to scanning documents, general filing and records maintenance, scheduling appointments, issuing Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, greeting and triaging lobby customers and answering/screening/directing telephone calls. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-2_0/



To Qualify:
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)

Graduation from high school or equivalent education and one year of clerical experience which included experience in one or more of the following areas: maintaining records, answering telephones, and reviewing forms, documents and other written materials; OR six months of experience as an Administrative Aid in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.


Special Requirements

A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for these items.




The Examination


Application Evaluation Exam


The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.





The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment

1)

Are you willing to work in Hawthorne?





INFORMATIONAL LINKS


For more information about state employment, visit the following:

Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov

Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org

Public Employees Benefits Program: https://pebp.nv.gov/

More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB