Job Description

Salary

$2,732.00 - $4,682.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

215172AA4BRCW112425HS

Department

DCFS-Department of Children and Family Services

Opening Date

11/25/2025

Closing Date

11/30/2025 11:59 PM Central

About this Job

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Department MISSION

DCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters.

Department VISION

We care for the well-being and safety of Louisiana's people.

Department VALUES

Treating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity.

This position is located in the Baton Rouge Region Child Welfare department in Baton Rouge, LA.

This position serves as the personal and confidential Administrative Assistant to the DCFS Child Welfare Attorney Supervisor for the Baton Rouge Region. The selected candidate will perform a variety of administrative functions.



If you are driven, collaborative, and ready to make an impact, this could be the opportunity for you!

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPTENCIES:

Selected Core Competencies:

Communicating Effectively:

The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.

Demonstrating Accountability:

The ability to accept ownership for your actions, behaviors, performance, and decisions.

Thinking Critically:

The ability to generate ideas, manipulate ideas, and make unconventional connections to develop original approaches.

Selected Preferred Competencies:

Acting with Ethics and Integrity:

The ability to be consistent, honest, and a trustworthy steward of State resources.

Demonstrating Initiative:

The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.

Displaying Professionalism:

The ability to recognize how your actions impact the perceptions of both you and your organization.

Following Policies and Procedures:

The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws.

Managing Time:

The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.

Valuing Diversity:

The ability to develop an awareness of DEIBA challenges and craft personal plans that contribute to improving organizational cultures and environments.

Minimum Qualifications

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Three years of experience in administrative services.



EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 15 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as six months of experience.

Job Specification

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The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

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Job Duties:

Collects and prepares monthly reports such as Monthly Activity Reports as requested by Attorney Supervisor. Develop and maintain a tracking/monitoring system for the timely submission of reports and documents. Create and maintain a database of open and closed files. Complete legal documents which include, but are not limited to, trial briefs, motions, answers, memoranda, petitions, judgements, legal opinions, Civil Service appeals, and general correspondence. Provide direct secretarial support to the Attorney Supervisor and Attorney 3's house in the Baton Rouge offices. Receive, review, prioritize, and date stamp incoming mail, subpoenas, etc. received by DCFS mailroom, UPS, etc. in the Baton Rouge Office for Bureau of General Counsel. Performs related duties as assigned.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type

: This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months. Job appointments may convert to probational appointments. Also, it may be filled as a detail and promoted within 12 months or by promotion of a permanent classified employee.

Work Schedule:

Typically, work hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday. Flexible work schedules are available after meeting certain criteria and is dependent upon the position you are applying for. Some positions require working shifts.

DCFS is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

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.



Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in this application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.


Contact Information:

For information you can contact:

hr.inquiry@la.gov

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.



As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage

More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave

- Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave

- State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:New Year's Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor


State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement

- State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system*
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), * Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others