Executive Administrative Assistant (Natural Resources and Land Planning)

Closing Date : March 6, 2025

Summary :

The Executive Administrative Assistant is to support the administrative functions with the Department of Natural Resources and Land Planning, to include but not limited to Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Land and Environment, and the Buffalo project.

This position will provide administrative support duties of a varied nature as directed by the Tribal Historic Preservation Office Manager and the Land and Environment Manager. Special emphasis will be typing, filing, sorting mail, scheduling and maintaining an accurate records system and assist with correspondence. Providing a wide range of administrative support services to the department including providing budgetary reports and financial activity monitoring and tracking.

Duties and Responsibilities :

The following duties and responsibilities are not meant to be all inclusive and may be adjusted to meet business needs.

• Receive and review all incoming mail on a daily basis.
• Review workload and coordinate the use of internal policies, procedures and activity to facilitate efficiency and productivity.
• Process requisitions, purchase orders and payment requests.
• Perform record keeping, which may include confidential information.
• Answer phone calls, take messages and maintain department calendar.
• Establish, maintain and update important files and other office documents.
• Type routine correspondences, forms, requisitions, and proposals, etc.
• Process, review and follow-up with outgoing financial documents such as travel requests, payment requests, requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and training forms.
• Manage the process of finance paperwork necessary for purchases by following policies and procedures.
• Coordinate tracking and monitoring of the office supply expenditures.
• Order office supplies and maintain office equipment.
• Perform copying tasks and faxing of documents for staff when needed.
• Schedule and coordinate activities as requested by outside agencies.
• Coordinate staff participation in planning and review meetings, budget hearings, training classes, conferences, seminars and interviews.
• Participate in the coordinate of office systems in areas such as bookkeeping, office automation, workflow, and tracking and records retention.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

PREFERRED

Physical Demands

REQUIRED TRAINING :

WORKING ENVIRONMENT :

DISCLAIMER AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT :

All Prairie Island Indian Community employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

The Prairie Island Indian Community Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance applies to this and all employment opportunities for the Community.