About the position
The position involves highly responsible and complex duties as a private secretary to the head of a major department of a comparable agency, along with related work as required.
Requirements
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Successful completion of thirty (30) college credit hours from an accredited college or university.
• Six (6) years of experience providing high level administrative support to a division head, deputy department head, equivalent, or higher.
• Work must have included handling requests for information, preparing reports, drafting correspondence on behalf of the department head, scheduling meetings as well as other clerical duties.
Nice-to-haves
• Permanent status with the City of New Orleans in a class of work having a pay grade equal to or higher than Senior Office Support Specialist (pay grade 56) and one (1) year of experience at that level.
• Successful completion of specific courses offered by the Civil Service Employee Growth and Development Division or equivalent courses.
Benefits
• 14 paid holidays in 2025.
• 13 paid vacation days per year including during your first year of employment.
• 13 paid sick days per year including during your first year of employment.
• Unlimited roll-over of unused sick days and up to 45 unused vacation days to the next year.
• Payment for unused vacation and sick days when leaving City government.
• Healthcare plans as low as $60.31 biweekly for individual employees.
• Access to telemedicine.
• Flexible Spending Account for pre-tax contributions.
• Free $25,000 life insurance policy for all full-time employees.
• Qualified employer under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
• Pension options and Deferred Compensation Plan (457b) for retirement savings.
• Competitive pay including pay increases based on length of employment.
• Free courses in over 50 topics offered by the Employee Growth and Development Division.
• Extra pay for employees who work during declared emergencies.
• Normal pay for employees who can't work due to emergency-related workplace closures.