Job Description

About this Job
The Louisiana Special School District (LSSD) is an education service agency that provides services to the Louisiana Special Schools (Louisiana School for the Deaf, Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired, and Special School Programs). The schools provide educational opportunities to students with low-incidence disabilities and a variety of unique needs.
We are seeking a highly organized and experienced Administrative Assistant 5 to provide advanced administrative support to senior leadership and ensure efficient daily operations. This role requires discretion, initiative, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage complex administrative tasks with minimal supervision.
An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:

• Accepting Direction: The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command.
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications
Four 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
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found .
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
*Payroll: Monitoring time and attendance for the operations department.
*Organizing and tracking information that is relative to the operations department daily functions.
*Processing Key requests for the staff of LA Special School District.
*Processing Vehicle requests for the staff of LA Special School District.
*Processing purchase orders.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: Probational or Promotional. The chosen application will be required to take a probationary appointment.
Location: The Administrative Assistant 5 position is located at the LA Special School District in Baton Rouge, LA.
Work Schedule: Typically, work hours are 8:00 am-4:30 pm Monday - Friday.
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 the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For more information regarding this vacancy, please contact:
Louisiana Special School District
2888 Brightside Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70820
Alicia Holmes, HR Specialist
(225) 757-3207
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
Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at
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 (

). LASERS has provided this to give you more detailed information about their system * Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (
), * Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (
), among others

Skills Required