TREASURY SPECIALIST VI

The Maryland State Treasurer's Office is seeking an individual with excellent verbal and written communications skills and professional etiquette to provide executive assistance to the State Treasurer of Maryland.

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Annapolis, Maryland

The Treasurer is a Constitutional Officer of the State of Maryland who sits on the highest State board, the Board of Public Works, the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System and is the Chairman of the Board for the College Savings Plan of Maryland.   As such, the Executive Assistant must keep the Treasurer abreast of urgent and important matters in a confidential capacity in order to ensure the Treasurer’s successful and timely completion of her constitutional duties.  Candidates must possess the utmost discretion, high ethical standards, mature good judgment and the ability to meet deadlines and accomplish tasks without supervision.

Applicants must possess extensive working knowledge of the Maryland State Legislative processes and have a working knowledge of Maryland State Government.  Duties require involvement in Treasury related topics including but not limited to:  Managing the Treasurer’s calendar, management of copious email messages, arranging travel for annual conferences, opening, evaluating and distributing daily mail, drafting letters, and maintenance of all correspondence related to board meetings. 

Education:  Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited four year college or university including at least 18 credit hours in accounting, business administration or equivalent business subjects.  

Experience:  Four years related experience performing administrative assistant duties. These years can be substituted by the required bachelor's degree. 

Four of the required years of experience must be in governmental administration and/or executive environment.

The ideal candidate will have experience composing, editing and distributing professional written correspondence and management level reports.

Applicants must be willing to work in the Annapolis area.

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be admitted to examination for the classification.  Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the employment (eligible) list for at least one year.  Only those individuals whose applications reflect the necessary education and experience will be considered, so please describe all relevant experience and education in detail.

Please be sure to submit transcripts with your application (unofficial is adequate).  "Equivalent business subjects will be translated using the UMD Robert H. Smith School of Business curriculum.

The examination will consist of a rating of your education, training and experience related to the requirements of this position.  All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date.  We will not consider information submitted after this date.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS  

 

If you do not have access to the Internet and need to fill out a paper application, please forward to:

Maryland State Treasurer’s Office

80 Calvert Street, Room 109

Annapolis, Maryland  21401

Attn:  Human Resources

or

hr@treasurer.state.md.us

or

FAX:  410-260-4090

 

General questions may be directed to the STO Personnel Office at 410-260-6382 or 410-260-7078.

 

As an equal opportunity employer Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity.