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RECRUITER:  Annette.Coleman@kingcounty.gov

1. Two years of full-time (or the equivalent of two years of full-time) general office experience providing clerical support. 
2. Excellent customer service and public relations skills in a diverse work environment. 
3. One year of experience taking and transcribing meeting minutes. 
4. Intermediate experience using the Adobe, Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher, as well as SharePoint and OneDrive. 
5. Strong writing skills, including proper usage of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. 
6. Ability to type a minimum of 50 words per minute. 
7. Experience communicating effectively, both orally and in writing. 
8.  Initiative and accountability skills for work product or service. 
9. Ability to work and make decisions in a team environment, be an effective team member, help co-workers and ask for help appropriately, work with the schedules of other staff, be cooperative and able to compromise and resolve issues with minimal direction, be flexible and work professionally with all levels of staff.
10. Ability to prioritize workload, work under pressure with tight timelines and changing priorities, and simultaneously work on multiple assignments. 
11. Experience working in environments requiring maintaining confidentiality.  
12. Demonstrated punctuality and dependability in daily attendance.

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