Job Details

Administrative Assistant

ASEA/AFSCME Local 52 is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Administrative Assistant to join our team as the front office powerhouse. This full-time position provides essential administrative support to ASEA staff and ensures smooth daily operations at ASEA Headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform general administrative duties, including data entry, and processing membership forms and data.
• Contact new hires, schedule orientations, meetings, and events, and assist with logistics and materials.
• Maintain organizational archives/records and filing systems.
• Coordinate routine building maintenance needs and maintain common areas.
• Coordinate office supplies, orders and inventory and assist with purchase requests.
• Sort, distribute, and prepare incoming and outgoing mail and packages.
• Greet visitors, answer phones, take messages, and direct or respond to inquiries.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent; additional education/certification in office administration is a plus.
• Two years of office or customer service experience.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and familiar with routine office equipment.
• Reliable attendance and punctuality.

Employment Standards: Full-time, 40-hour workweek, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Desired Skills and Attributes: The ideal candidate is dependable, organized, collaborative, and adaptable to changing priorities, with strong interpersonal skills and professionalism. Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to new systems. Demonstrates initiative and is self-motivated to identify opportunities to improve processes and solve problems. A proactive team player with interest in professional growth.

ASEA/AFSCME Local 52 is an 8,300 member Union representing professional, technical, administrative support, and essential employees (employees who cannot strike) in the State of Alaska and Municipal Employees in the City of Sitka and Fairbanks North Star Borough-Supervisors. All Local 52 nonsupervisory employees are represented by Laborers Local 341. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Interested applicants send cover letter, resume and a writing sample to the attention of: Heidi Drygas, Executive Director Email: ...@afscmelocal52.org or Fax (907) ###-#### ASEA/AFSCME Local 52, 2601 Denali Street, Anchorage, AK 99503

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 5:00 p.m., December 19, 2025