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Showing posts with label management assistant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label management assistant. Show all posts

Management Assistant - Ela Township Administrative Office

Title: Management Assistant
Type: Full-time
Location: Ela Township
Pay: $54,080- $62,400

Ela Township seeks a professional to join the Township’s Administrative Office. The Management Assistant works closely with the Township Manager and Administrative staff to complete a wide variety of tasks. These tasks include payroll processing, accounts payable and general ledger reporting, budget preparation, maintaining records, and providing residents with outstanding customer service. This position also works closely with all township department heads and staff.

Apply here.

GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT (INTERN) - City of Fort Collins, CO

GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT (INTERN)

City of Fort Collins, CO

Looking to make an impact in a choice community? Want to jump-start your local government career? Think you have what it takes to be a City Manager one day? If so, the City of Fort Collins is the place for you!

The City of Fort Collins, CO is accepting applications for the position of Graduate Management Assistant. This position provides future municipal leaders an opportunity to catapult their careers and learn from seasoned professionals in a community consistently rated as one of the best places to live in the country. Come find out the “secret sauce” of Fort Collins in a position that is equal parts work and fun. The Management Assistant will have the opportunity to learn about the inner-workings of a full-service city, make a difference in day-to-day projects, and contribute to the organization at the executive leadership level.

The City of Fort Collins is nationally renowned for:

 A strong tradition of community engagement

 Commitment to social, economic, and environmental sustainability

 Being America’s most satisfied city according to Time Magazine

Past Graduate Management Assistants have gone on to become City Managers, Assistant Town Administrators and Assistants to City Managers. Each learned leadership, honed communication skills, participated on multidisciplinary teams and contributed meaningful (resume-building) work.

The Management Assistant will be involved in research, analytical work, and managing special  projects. This position represents a one-year internship. Applicants must have completed or
substantially completed coursework toward a Master of Public Administration or closely related
degree by June 2016. Salary: $37,500 per year with excellent benefits.

For more information and to apply visit http://www.fcgov.com/citymanager/internship.php by January 19th, 2016.

Fellowship/Management Assistant - The City of Long Beach, CA

The City of Long Beach is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 2016-2017 David M. Wodynski Memorial Fellowship/Management Assistant Program. This program is one of California’s longest-running management training programs and is an excellent opportunity for students interested in embarking on a dynamic and challenging career in local government.  The City of Long Beach’s program is widely recognized as one of the best apprenticeship programs in the nation.  Potential candidates must have completed their Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Public Policy, Urban Planning, Business Administration or a related field by July 2016. 

The program provides a structured, supported one-year learning opportunity through which Management Assistants gain broad professional experience in local government.  After a thorough orientation to City operations, Management Assistants rotate through four diverse departmental assignments, including rotations in the City Manager’s Office and the Department of Financial Management.  During these rotational assignments, they gain in-depth insight into City management.  Management Assistants receive full benefits during the year-long program and most participants continue employment with the City following their program.

ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE RECEIVED ONLINE AT BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016. Please seewww.longbeach.gov/jobs/map/apply for application details.

Contact the Department of Human Resources at (562) 570-7144 with questions.  Also, you may obtain more information on the Management Assistant Program atwww.longbeach.gov/jobs/map