Durham County Hiring for PROCESSING ASSISTANT, DINE at Durham, NC Full Time

Durham County Government employs approximately 1,900 employees that work towards providing needed services throughout the community. With a wide array of services, Durham County Government is at the heart of a rapidly growing and diverse area offering residents, employees and visitors exciting opportunities to live, work, grow and play.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The position is in the Nutrition Division of the Durham County Department of Public Health and provides administrative/clerical support to the Division’s DINE program.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Copies large quantities of nutrition education handouts.
• Maintains active inventory spreadsheet of DINE supplies and nutrition education extenders. Re-orders supplies according to guidelines; checks in-coming orders for accuracy, unloads orders in appropriate storage areas; alerts program manager to order arrival.
• Processes surveys, attendance sheets, other program data.
• Scans and files paperwork.
• Downloads, saves and organizes photos from paid photo subscription.
• Performs general office duties such as keeping paper supplied in printers, film in laminating machine.
• Laminates and creates posters/documents for staff.
• Assists nutrition staff in programming, e.g., prep for classes, accompanying nutritionist to off-site locations for extra assistance if needed.
• Assists with regularly scheduled kitchen assignments; is assigned to kitchen cleaning tasks in same schedule/time commitment as nutritionists.
• Assists division and public health staff in the operation of audiovisual equipment.
• Assist with virtual classes.
• Assist in the creation of educational materials, social media posts, etc.
• Reformats recipe cards and handouts- assists with uploading to website.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Requires good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work well independently and with a team.
• Requires basic to intermediate level skills in Excel spreadsheet, MS Word, Publisher, Adobe Pro and Canvas.
• Knowledge in office practices and methods of compiling and summarizing narrative and statistical data.
• Knowledge of business applications for computers. Skill and accuracy in working with data and completing reports.
• Ability to independently prioritize work to meet deadlines.
• Flexibility to work with a group of individuals who may make various time demands of the employee.
• Ability to use own judgment to independently develop and implement procedures, use guidelines and regulations to complete reports.
• Knowledge in use of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary in composition of business letters and reports
• Ability to use guidelines to compose correspondence, compiles data from daily activity reports, and summarizes data into reports.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Graduation from high school; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bilingual in Spanish

Durham County Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer