Administrative Support - Public Works
Salary
$15.50 - $20.00 Hourly
Location
7000 Florida Street Punta Gorda 33950, FL
Job Type
Seasonal
Job Number
2026-00216
Department
PW - ROAD MAINT & OPERATIONS
Opening Date
06/23/2026
Closing Date
7/7/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
FLSA
Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit
NB
How You Can Help Us Make a Difference
Are you an organized, customer-focused professional who enjoys keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes?
In this Seasonal/Temporary role, you'll provide a wide range of clerical, administrative, and public-facing support that helps the department serve residents, staff, and community partners efficiently and professionally.
You'll serve as a key point of contact by assisting with the main phone line, supporting Solid Waste phone inquiries, greeting visitors, responding to requests, and helping route questions or concerns to the appropriate team members. You'll also prepare and edit correspondence, reports, forms, flyers, graphics, meeting materials, and other communications that support daily operations and public outreach.
This position plays an important role in keeping records, projects, and office processes organized. Responsibilities may include maintaining databases, processing time and attendance records, assisting with budget and purchasing tasks, tracking expenditures, managing supply closet inventory, coordinating outgoing and incoming mail, and supporting records and filing systems.
You'll also assist with specialized department projects, including RedSpeed evidence packets, MSBU graphics, review of MSBU meeting minutes, OptiSigns updates, Kudos recognition, event planning, and other communications or administrative assignments. You may also help coordinate meetings, prepare agendas and materials, support travel arrangements, and assist with vendor communication.
If you're detail-oriented, adaptable, and enjoy balancing customer service, creative projects, and administrative support, this role offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute to the success of the department and the services it provides to the community.
Education & Credentials That Power This Role
Preferred Education and Experience:
An equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience:
Licenses and/or Certificates: N/A
Your Purpose & Day-To-Day Journey
Preferred Qualifications
You have a working knowledge of departmental procedures, modern office practices, and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Experience with governmental office operations, administrative support functions, and office technology is highly desirable.
You are highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail. Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills enable you to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and identify effective solutions to routine and complex administrative challenges.
You communicate professionally and effectively, both verbally and in writing, and are comfortable preparing correspondence, reports, presentations, and other business documents. You possess strong customer service skills and can provide assistance and guidance to internal and external customers through a variety of communication channels.
The ideal candidate is proficient in data entry and recordkeeping, capable of maintaining accurate files and reports, and able to interpret and apply policies, procedures, and regulations with discretion and professionalism. You build positive working relationships with coworkers, leadership, vendors, and the public, and thrive in a fast-paced environment that requires flexibility, initiative, and strong time-management skills.
Extra Details You Should Know
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Walking, sitting, hearing, seeing up close, talking, standing, finger movement, repetitive motions. Dependent upon position assignment, may occasionally lift 10 to 25 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in a relatively safe, and secure work environment.
RISK/SAFETY CONDITIONS
The position requires no exposure or risk related to physical and/or mental health and safety.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.
Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE/RECOVERY ACTIVITIES:
All County employees are required to work before, during, or after an emergency as needed. This may include temporarily being assigned to work and performing duties outside of the normal scope of their position, location and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens.
Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action, ADA and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As a veterans preference employer, certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, who claim and meet eligibility requirements of veterans' preference, receive preference and priority in employment and are encouraged to apply. In addition, certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.
All positions with Charlotte County may be subject to drug testing in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Program and/or County policy.
No Benefits Provided
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Employer Charlotte, County of (FL)
Address 18500 Murdock Circle
Room 130
Port Charlotte, Florida, 33948
Phone 941-743-1260