
Posting number: 26-01300
Department: Community Services Board
Job classification: ADMIN ASST IV
Posting type: Open
Categories: Administrative Assistant
Are you a high-performing, collaborative leader looking to feel valued in a rewarding career with great benefits and a highly talented team? This position plays a key role in ensuring the smooth, consistent, and efficient operation of daily administrative processes across the CSB system. Also provides direct supervision and leadership to administrative staff who support clinical teams delivering services to consumers.
This role requires the ability to respond with professionalism, empathy, and sound judgment in high-stress situations, including interactions with individuals experiencing heightened emotional distress. Consistently applies a calm, respectful, and trauma-informed approach that prioritizes dignity, de-escalation, and supportive engagement.
Serves as a trusted point of contact for consumers, clinicians, and external partners, responding to inquiries related to client records and administrative procedures in full compliance with CSB, federal, state, and county confidentiality requirements.
Key Responsibilities of the Role:
Functional areas: general administration, behavioral health/human services, procurement, fiscal, office management
Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home — including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity. A foreign language skills stipend of up to $1600/year (full-time) may be given for qualified bi-lingual employees.
Note: This position is designated as Emergency Personnel. Employees may be required to work during emergency events, county closures, or other critical incidents to support continuity of operations.
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following: (Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies.) High school graduation and three years of experience providing administrative support in the assigned functional area(s).
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
None.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, a Child Protective Services Registry check, and sanction screening to the satisfaction of the employer. A TB screening upon hire.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to travel to various CSB sites to attend meetings; carry up to 25 lbs; answer phones and communicate clearly; and use a keyboard driven equipment. Ability to conduct various screenings on individuals upon entry to CSB facilities. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.
Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov EEO/AA/TTY.
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