Administrative Assistant 1 (AA1)

Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy— thriving physically, emotionally, and academically, nurtured by family and community.

• Answer a multi-line phone system in a fast-paced environment
• Greet clients, providers, and staff
• Act as liaison between clients and Social Service Specialists
• Screen calls and visitors
• Timely distribution of communication and documents
• Perform complex word processing tasks
• Coordinate and assist the Region office’s Social Service Specialists and staff
• Maintain vehicle schedules, vehicle maintenance, and mileage logs
• Keep inventory of office client resources
• Input and update data into FAMLINK, add or correct data as needed, and create new case records as needed
• Distribution, ordering, and sustaining concrete goods
• Maintain conference room schedules
• Delivery and pick up mail and packages from the local post office
• Maintain filing systems, databases, multiple tracking logs, and computer programs
• Maintains office procedures, standards, priorities, and deadlines while coordinating office operations

• One year of increasingly responsible office experience requiring keyboarding or typing
• Equivalent education and experience totaling one year of increasingly responsible office experience requiring keyboarding or typing
• Commitment to equity, inclusion, and respectful workplace principles

• Medical, dental, and basic life insurance
• Staff training and other compensation benefits
• Flexible spending account for health care expenses
• Dependent care assistance
• Auto, boat, home, and renter insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement and Deferred Compensation
• Social Security
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year
• Sick leave
• Vacation (Annual Leave)
• Military Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Leave Sharing
• Parental Leave
• Leave Without Pay

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving.