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D5 Jesup - A5 - Savannah Area Office - GST050 - PG F - Admin Assistant 1

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Chatham, GAJob$43K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$43K/yr
Location
Chatham, GA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Admin Assistant 1 performs office administration and clerical support for an assigned unit or program. Duties may include processing data and records, operating office equipment, drafting reports or presentations, and assisting internal and external customers. The role works under direct supervision and may involve complex tasks or access to confidential information.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Office AdministrationSecretarial SupportClerical SupportAutomated Communication EquipmentComputer SkillsAccountingBusiness ManagementCustomer ServiceTelephone EtiquetteLimited ResearchRecords ManagementFiling SystemsInventory SystemsMailing SystemsBasic BookkeepingReport PreparationOffice Machines

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED2 Years Job-Related ExperienceGovernment or Vacancy-Area Experience

Full job description

GST050 Admin Assistant 1

Pay Grade F

$42,900.00

**JOB SUMMARY:**Under direct supervision, performs a wide range of office administration duties for assigned functions or program areas, duties may be complex in nature and may involve access to confidential information. May research, investigate, and/or resolve program data or issues. Drafts

documentation, reports, or presentations. Represents program or unit, provides information and assistance to internal and external customers.

**JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES:**Performs a variety of general secretarial, clerical, and administrative support functions/processes or a few specialized or essential clerical functions in support of a unit or office and related personnel. May enter data and/or process documents and records. The work includes operating standard office equipment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The selected candidate must meet the advertised minimum qualifications to include State Entry Qualifications as well as Agency Specific Minimum Qualifications.

STATE ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS: **

  • High school diploma/GED and two (2) years of job-related experience

AGENCY MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience performing general office work to include duties such as secretarial, clerical, automated communication equipment usage, computer usage, accounting, and/or business management.

  • Experience working in a government environment, or in the area of the advertised vacancy, ie. Administration, Accounting, HR, Construction, & Maintenance.

  • Demonstrated experience in computer skills.

  • Demonstrated experience in customer service.

  • Demonstrates proper telephone etiquette.

  • Ability to conduct limited research to answer customer’s questions.

  • Ability to maintain routine clerical records.

  • Ability to maintain and update filing, inventory and mailing system.

  • Ability to perform basic bookkeeping.

  • Ability to prepare all related reports.

  • Ability to operate all office machines.

/IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL GDOT JOBS/

The interview is just one part of the overall selection process and is not the only criteria used to make the final selection. In addition to the interview, the final selection is based on the applicant’s work history and performance (documented in HR and/or Office files), PeopleSoft/employee status (i.e. rehire code), employee performance reviews, personnel file review (HR & Office Files), criminal background check, employment reference checks (including references and commendations from Managers and other relevant documentation) and, for supervisory positions, demonstrated leadership skills based on past and current work history will be considered.

/Good Employment Standing:/

In accordance with the Interview and Selection Process (ISP), an applicant must have no active disciplinary actions to be in good employment standing. Actions that may disqualify an applicant include letters of reprimand (active for 12 months after issuance date); suspension without pay or disciplinary demotion (active for 12 months from the effective date); Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) and Leave Restriction Plans (active until 12 months after the date of conclusion). In addition, an employee must have an overall ePerformance rating score of three (3) or higher on their most current evaluation. Please note that Memorandums of Concern are not considered disqualifying factors. Human Resources may remove any employee from consideration for selection who is pending a disciplinary action; however, if the action is resolved in the employee’s favor, he or she will be allowed to compete.

THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

THIS IS AN UNCLASSIFIED POSITION.

THE SELECTED APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO A REFERENCE CHECK AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, WHERE APPLICABLE

PLEASE INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT JOB INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION FOR

CONSIDERATION. ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE PRESCREENED.

UPON PROMOTION, THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE 10% or THE GDOT JOB SPECIFIC MINIMUM SALARY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

/THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/

High school diploma/GED and two (2) years of job-related experience.

Job: *Administrative & Operations Support

Organization: *Transportation, Georgia Department of - GDOT

Title: D5 Jesup - A5 - Savannah Area Office - GST050 - PG F - Admin Assistant 1

Location: GA-Chatham-Savannah

Requisition ID: ADM0JSU

How this job compares

Set against the 1,957 open Administrative Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$43K/yr
  • US median$48–64K/yr238 salary ranges

This rate, $43K, is 22% below the US median midpoint ($55K) — in the lowest quarter of Administrative Assistant salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 58 open Administrative Assistant jobs in Georgia and 1,957 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Georgia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Administrative Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (974 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,070 of the 1,957 open Administrative Assistant jobs (55%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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