About
The Los Rios Community College District is the second-largest, two-year public college district in California, serving approximately 75,000 students in the greater Sacramento region. The Districts 2,400 square mile service area includes Sacramento and El Dorado counties and parts of Yolo, Placer, and Solano counties and is comprised of four uniquely diverse colleges – American River, Cosumnes River, Folsom Lake, and Sacramento City colleges. In addition to each colleges main campus, the District offers educational centers in Placerville, Davis, West Sacramento, Elk Grove, Natomas, and Rancho Cordova.

The Los Rios District Office is centrally located in the heart of the Sacramento valley. The growing Capital Region has strong communities and emergent arts and dining scenes, and is nearby some of the most celebrated tourist destinations in the country – Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley, and San Francisco. The Sacramento area is a great place to live and work.

Strengths
The District has approximately 6,000 employees throughout our four colleges and District Office complex. The District Office is centrally located between all four colleges and provides welcoming, inclusive, and equitable environments for Los Rios students, employees, and our community partners. Our departments strive for the highest quality in all programs, services, and activities, and are focused on advancing the learning of our diverse student population through improved academic and social outcomes.

Our Vision
Our Colleges offer equity-minded, academically rigorous, student success centered education. Our objective is to help our students successfully achieve their academic goals, whether they want to transfer to a four-year college or university, earn an associate degree, or obtain one of more than 100 certificates in high demand career fields.

Administrative Assistant I: Positions in this class are generally assigned to Dean level positions, and incumbents perform varied and complex administrative assistant and clerical tasks within a framework of standard policies and procedures with minimal oversight.

Administrative Assistant II: Positions in this class are generally assigned to Associate Vice President and Director I level positions, and incumbents perform complex administrative assistant and clerical tasks that support more than one administrative area, with minimal oversight.

Administrative Assistant III: Positions in this class are generally assigned to Vice President and Associate Vice Chancellor executive level positions, and incumbents perform tasks that support broad institution-wide systems, processes and procedures with minimal oversight.

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This is an “as needed” pool. When a need arises at any of our locations, this pool of applicants will be sent to the hiring supervisor. Pool requests take place throughout the year.

Temporary employees earn 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours they work.

All Levels: Assist administrator with office organization and detail and recommend operating practices and procedures to create new or to revise existing methods; implement systems to improve internal process in support of changing departmental and District needs, informing affected staff and providing training as needed; interview callers; answer inquiries requiring knowledge of college and District resources, activities, services, policies and procedures and refer inquiries as appropriate; provide information regarding college standards and procedures and assist in the coordination of services for students, staff, and the public; assist students and staff to resolve problems relating to special programs, student services records, or related complaints, referring to appropriate staff members; coordinate activities with other District offices; schedule meetings, conferences and appointments; assist with coordinating events; maintain calendars for managers and/or professional staff; make arrangements for travel, meetings, and conferences, and process travel claims; prepare materials for presentations and instruction; prepare records and reports for District and/or external agencies; independently prepare correspondence, memoranda, agendas, reports, technical requests, and other materials, including information of a confidential nature; prepare required District and departmental documents including, but not limited to, time sheets, reports, preliminary payroll records, travel forms, purchasing forms, requisitions, and workers compensation claim forms; assist with the monitoring and reconciliation of department and/or office budgets; order materials, supplies, and services and resolve issues encountered in the purchasing process to assure timely payment to vendors; maintain accurate records and databases; assist with the preparation of the college catalog for printing; assist in developing and publishing curriculum and committee calendars; prepare and distribute meeting agendas, minutes, correspondence, Los Rios Community College District Administrative Assistant Series Specification Page 2 memoranda, reports and other correspondence; take minutes at meetings exercising judgment and discretion in editing and composition; assist in preparing material for published class schedules, catalogs, student guides, newsletters, bulletins and registration; develop and maintain forms; verify and calculate full-time equivalency (FTE) and instructional load for faculty; track flex obligation for faculty; prepare adjunct faculty assignment paperwork and related documents; assist with coordination of department hiring and orientation processes; process mail; receive and accounts for fees; operate and maintain office equipment; serve on committees as assigned; have lead responsibility for temporary employees, including interviewing and training.

Administrative Assistant II and Administrative Assistant III: Serve as a resource to support Administrative Assistant Is and others on District/College-wide processes, policies and procedures and assists the administrator in the assigned areas of responsibility.

Administrative Assistant III: Serve as the primary point of contact with District departments to assist with coordinating institution-wide personnel, hiring, risk management, legal, budget and other related areas of responsibility; assist with coordinating District/College-wide instructional, student, or administrative functions.

Perform related duties as required.

To be determined.

NOTE: Short-term temporary employees shall not be employed for more than 135 days, or 960 hours, whichever is reached first, in any fiscal year.

Administrative Assistant I:
EXPERIENCE: Two years of experience related to the duties of the position.
EDUCATION: One year of college level business, office technology, or related course work from an accredited institution may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience.
PROMOTIONAL: One year of experience with Los Rios Community College District performing clerical duties.

Administrative Assistant II:
EXPERIENCE: Three years of experience related to the duties of the position.
EDUCATION: One year of college level business, office technology, or related course work from an accredited institution may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience.
PROMOTIONAL: One year of experience with Los Rios Community College District performing duties equivalent to the level of Administrative Assistant.

Administrative Assistant III:
EXPERIENCE: Four years of experience related to the duties of the position.
EDUCATION: Two years of college level business, office technology, or related course work from an accredited institution may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience.
PROMOTIONAL: Two years of experience with Los Rios Community College District performing duties equivalent to the level of Administrative Assistant Four years of experience related to the duties of the position.

Have an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities as it relates to differences in learning styles; and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.

(Experience Requirement: One year of experience is equal to 12 months of experience at 40 hours per week. Applicable part-time experience will be converted to the full-time equivalent for purposes of meeting the experience requirement. Education Requirement: One year of education is equal to 30 semester units.)

Education must be from an accredited institution.

Do not submit additional materials that are not requested.

Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions for complete information on how to apply online with our District. If you need assistance with any phase of the application process, please call (916) 568-3112 during regular business hours 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PST, Monday through Friday.

After hour inquiries should be emailed to HR@losrios.edu. Submission of applications are by 11:59 p.m., of the posting closing date.

Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful clearance from a criminal background check, freedom from tuberculosis, and proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States prior to the first day of work. The District may select additional qualified candidates should unexpected vacancies or needs occur. When education is a requirement for the position, official academic transcripts from the accredited college/university must be submitted within 60 days of hire.
 
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