Office Assistant Job at Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, WA 99155

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Job Description

CLOSING DATE: Friday, May 26, 2023

POSITION: Office Assistant Senior

SALARY: $16.37 - 18.42.hour

REPORTS TO: Executive Office Assistant

LOCATION: Nespelem, WA

Basic Functions: Performs recurring, yet technically oriented clerical, data compilation, secretarial, and customer service duties within a department, program, or equivalent Tribal function. Assignments can be in instructional or administrative areas, and where guidance is more on a technical and troubleshooting level.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Training:

  • Requires a high school diploma supplemented by college-level course work in general office practices and 2 years of general clerical and keyboarding experience in a customer service oriented environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • The position requires a working knowledge of office practices, procedures and equipment, including filing systems, receptionist and telephone techniques, and letter and report writing.
  • Requires a working knowledge of procedures associated with processing financial transactions such as purchase orders and budget line item changes.
  • Requires a working knowledge of personal computer-based software that support this level of work, including but not limited to word processing, spreadsheet, and software (with data entry screens) used in education.
  • Requires sufficient arithmetic skills to compute sums and statistics.
  • Requires sufficient skill using the English language, grammar, spelling, punctuation, proofreading/editing, to prepare standardized correspondence.
  • Requires sufficient human relations skills to present a positive image of Tribe, convey technical information to others, and use patience in dealing with a diverse population.
  • Requires the ability to perform all of the duties of the position in a high volume environment that may be dominated by distractions.
  • Must be able to perform clerical and secretarial work with speed and accuracy.
  • Must be able to learn, understand and apply Tribal and agency rules, regulations and policies.
  • Requires the ability to plan, organize and prioritize work in order to meet schedules and timelines.
  • Requires the ability to use a personal computer to produce correspondence, informational materials, and conduct basic research.
  • Requires the ability to maintain confidentiality of private and sensitive information.
  • Requires the ability to maintain productive and cooperative relationships with parents, staff, students, external organizations, and the public using patience and courtesy.
  • Must be able to function indoors engaged in work of primarily a sedentary nature.
  • Requires the ability to use near vision to write and to read printed materials and computer screens.
  • Requires the ability to use hearing and speech for ordinary and telephonic conversation and to hear sound prompts from equipment.
  • Requires ambulatory ability to sit, often for long periods of time, move about NCOE locations, and to reach work materials.
  • Requires manual and finger dexterity to type/keyboard and/or operate mouse and/or otherwise operate a microcomputer and other equipment.

Note: Pursuant to Tribal Policy, if this position is safety sensitive it is subject to pre-employment drug testing. In addition, this position is subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing.


TRIBAL MEMBER AND INDIAN PREFERENCE WILL APPLY; PREFERENCE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO ARE MINIMALLY QUALIFIED.


If required of this position, you must possess and maintain a valid Washington State driver’s license and be eligible for the Tribes’ Vehicle Insurance. In addition, this position may be subject to pre-employment background clearances. If applicable, these clearances must be maintained throughout employment.


INFORMATION: Diane Stensgar, HR Technician Senior, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Human Resources Office, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155, (509) 634-2296 diane.stensgar.hrs@colvilletribes.com

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