Administrative Specialist II

About the Division of Child and Family Well-Being:

At NC DHHS the Division of Child and Family Well-Being (DCFW) focuses on supporting whole child and family health and well-being for North Carolinians. DCFW works to ensure that North Carolina's children grow up safe, healthy and thriving in nurturing and resilient families and communities. DCFW has complementary Public Health and Mental health programming that maximize services and outcomes for children and their families, including nutrition programs (SNAP, WIC and Child and Adult Care Food Program), health and prevention services for children and youth, children's behavioral health services, and early intervention programs.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide administrative support to the Child and Adult Care Food Program Manager. The major duties include developing and sending official State agency correspondence, assisting in the development of internal policies and procedures for the unit, maintaining a federally required database, creating and maintaining internal tracking systems, report writing, data collection and analysis, verifying and summarizing data, and providing assistance with overall organizational structure for the Unit.

To receive credit for all of your work history and credentials, you must list the information on the application form. Any information listed under the text resume section or on an attachment will not be considered for qualifying credit. Qualified candidates must document on the application that they possess all of the following:

• Demonstrated experience in spotting errors or inconsistencies.

• Demonstrated experience in planning, organizing, and thinking critically and creatively.

• Working knowledge of analyzing and interpreting policies and procedure guidelines and apply that knowledge to resolve problems and questions.

• Working knowledge of organizing workflow and coordinating activities.

• Demonstrated experience in handling multiple projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines, and maintaining documents in a systematic manner.

Management Preferences:

• Some knowledge of manual and electronic data processing systems in gathering, storing, retrieving, and analyzing data.

• Detailed oriented, strong written and verbal communication skills, Self-Starter, and great work ethic.

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an "equivalent combination of education and experience." If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details.

High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and four years of related administrative experience;

OR

Equivalent combination of education and experience.

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) selects applicants for employment based on job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, political affiliation or political influence.  Pre-Employment criminal background checks are required for some positions.

Division of Public Health (DPH) main locations, including their grounds, are tobacco-free as outlined in the Tobacco-free Campus Policy. All tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, e-hookahs, "vape products" and all smokeless tobacco products, may not be used in the indicated areas. For more information, please see the policy and FAQ posted here:

 http://publichealth.nc.gov/employees/

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone. To check the status of your application, please log in to your account. You will either receive a call to schedule an interview or an email notifying you when the job has been filled.

For technical issues with your application, please call the NeoGov Help Line at 855-524-5627. Applicants will be communicated with via email only for updates on the status of their application. If there are any questions about this posting other than your application status, please contact HR, 919-707-5450.

Please refer to the link below for additional information:

https://oshr.nc.gov/work-nc/how-do-i-get-job