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DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
OFFICE ASSOCIATE II
-LIMITED PERIOD-
Opening Date: April 21, 2026
Closing Date: End of day May 04, 2026
Location: Augusta
Position Number: 07200-2710
Position Type: Limited Period
Class Code: 6542
Grade: 13 (Administrative)
Salary: $17.69 - $25.47 Per Hour*
*(This includes a 2.5% Salary Adjustment)
Interested candidates need to complete and submit an online Direct Hire Application, Cover Letter, and detailed Resume.
BRIEF JOB DESCRIPTION: The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) landings program and licensing division is seeking applicants with strong communication and organizational skills to fill an Office Associate II position in the Biological Monitoring & Assessment Division/Bureau of Marine Science located at the Augusta office located within the Marquardt Building. This is an office support position that involves outreach work with lobster harvesters as the DMR moved to 100% lobster harvester reporting. These positions are responsible for contacting harvesters and explaining reporting requirements to harvesters who have submitted incomplete reports or who have failed to report. These positions will assist industry with electronic reporting outreach, including but not limited to answering questions about electronic reporting and walking industry through the electronic reporting process. This position will also be assisting licensing in data entry of license applications into the Licensing Database (LEEDS), issuing tags based on license type, assisting with walk-ins at the counter, and covering in the absence of licensing staff. This position will also assist harvesters and dealers with issues that arise when submitting license applications that come in through the mail or in person, or issues they may have obtaining licenses online. Questions that come into licensing with regard to reporting will be the responsibility of this position. This position will cover phones on a rotating schedule, and direct calls appropriately. This position will, on a rotating basis, assist with the deposit and tag orders. Work is performed under general supervision and is based out of the Marquardt Building in the Augusta AMHI complex.
Strong communication and organizational skills are a must. Knowledge of relational database structure and implementation, along with experience in Microsoft Access and Excel is preferred. Applicants must be able to work with limited supervision. This position will split work between the Landings Program and Licensing Division.
For questions specific to the position, please contact Charlotte Ekstrom at: Charlotte.Ekstrom@maine.gov
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Training, education, or experience in office and administrative support work that demonstrates 1) competency in applying a solid knowledge of modern office practices to perform complex, varied office support tasks, and 2) the ability to use independent decision-making on the appropriate processes to follow, information to process, and actions to take in accordance with standard procedures. All positions in this classification assume the qualifications of: Office Assistant I, Office Assistant II, and Office Associate I.
Currently, this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or STEM OPT extensions.
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