Salary : $77,616.00 - $96,384.00 Annually
Location : Downey, CA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 26-LAC550
Department: Superintendent
Division: Administration
Opening Date: 08/25/2025
Closing Date: 9/8/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
Bulletin An equal opportunity employer fostering a workforce that embraces and reflects
the rich diversity of Los Angeles County
Senior Executive Assistant $6,468 - $8,032 Monthly To learn more, visit: Job Description: Online applications
must be submitted by:
9/8/2025 11:59 P.M. (Pacific)
Retirement and Insurance: PERS and your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
Paid Time Off: 12 vacation, 15 holidays, and 12 illness days.
The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is seeking a Senior Executive Assistant to provide high-level, confidential administrative support to the Board of Education.
The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following Knowledge: - Organization of LACOE and functions of the various departments
- Applicable sections of the Education Code, and other laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures affecting LACOE operations
- General office practices and procedures, including the preparation of business correspondence and the operation of standard office equipment
- Proper English usage, spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary
- Basic arithmetic concepts
- Procedures involved in monitoring and processing budgets, expenditures and payroll
- Operation of a personal computer, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat
- Input and data retrieval procedures for databases and computerized systems
- Filing and record-keeping techniques
Competencies: - Reading Comprehension - Understanding and using written information
- Professional & Technical Expertise - Applying technical subject matter to the job
- Using Technology - Working with electronic hardware and software applications
- Action & Results Focus - Initiating tasks and focusing on accomplishment
- Adaptability - Responding positively to change and modifying behavior as the situation requires
- Attention to Detail - Focusing on the details of work content, work steps, and final work products
- Innovation - Imagining and devising new and better ways of doing things
- Self-Management - Showing personal organization, self-discipline, and dependability
- Informing - Proactively obtaining and sharing information
- Listening - Fully comprehending spoken communication
- Oral Communication - Engaging effectively in dialogue
- Writing - Communicating effectively in writing
- Customer Focus - Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
- Professional Impact - Presenting self as a positive representative of the organization
- Teamwork - Collaborating with others to achieve shared goals
- Political & Organizational Savvy - Working skillfully with politics, procedures, and protocols across organizational levels and boundaries
- Cultural Proficiency - Modeling communications and interactions that respect and include all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions and cultures
Required Education and Experience Education: Graduation from high school or equivalent.
Experience: Four years of secretarial experience for the administrator of a large and complex division, department or agency.
Additional Requirements : College course work or training certificates in communications, public relations, business or public administration, or from a field closely related to the knowledge and abilities requirements from an institution of higher learning accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the Council of Higher Education or a recognized training agency are preferred. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Some positions require a valid California driver's license and the availability of private transportation or the ability to provide transportation between job sites.
Selection Process Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of Performance Exam and Structured Interview.
Contact For information about the examination process you may send an e-mail to
Jung Eun Park at
For general inquiries please call 562.803.8360 (Mon- Fri 8:00 am - 5:00 pm)
For complete application information, please go to Personnel Commission, 9300 Imperial Hwy, EC-Annex, Downey, CA 90242
Additional Information Minimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For more information, please go to For additional information on our testing procedures, please visit Applicant Resources on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans' Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.
Reasonable accommodations in completing an application, testing, and employment are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.
This examination is authorized as
Open, open to the public. Recruitment ID: 26-LAC550
This announcement does not constitute an implied contract. Any part of this announcement is subject to change.
Based on full-time assignment:
- Although new employees usually begin at the first salary step, advanced salary step placement may be requested
- 12 vacation days per year, 18 after 7 years of service
- 15 paid holidays per year
- 12 paid sick days annually
- Insurance includes health, medical, dental, vision and group life
- Retirement CALPERS combined with Social Security, and pre-tax retirement savings account options
01
What is your highest level of education?
Please Note: Proof of education will be required. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency
- No High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- Some college coursework but no degree
- Associate's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
- Doctorate Degree
02
Please list the field in which you obtained your degree.
If no degree, list "n/a".
03
How many years of secretarial experience do you have for the administrator of a large and complex division, department or agency?
- No experience
- Less than 1 year
- 1 year but less than 2 years
- 2 years but less than 3 years
- 3 years but less than 4 years
- 4 years but less than 5 years
- 5 or more years
04
Are you currently a Temporary Office Worker (TOW) with an agency such as "AppleOne" or other?
Required Question
