Administrative Assistant III

Salary : $46,160.40 - $80,780.75 Annually
Location : PENNINO BUILDING, 12011 GOVERNMENT CENTER PKWY, FAIRFAX (EJ27), VA
Job Type: FT Hourly W BN
Job Number: 26-01075
Department: Family Services
Opening Date: 07/18/2026
Closing Date: 7/24/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S15
Posting Type: Open to General Public


Job Announcement


This position works within the Division of Children, Youth and Families (CYF) supporting the Foster Care and Adoption (FC&A) Resource and Support Program. As an agency, DFS is committed to strengthening the well-being of its diverse community by protecting and improving the lives of all children, adults, and families through assistance, partnership, advocacy, outreach, and quality services. To learn more about DFS and its Mission, Vision, and Values, please click

Under the general direction of the Supervisor, provides general administrative support to supervisors and social services specialists to include the following:

• Assists with managing client records.
• Enters data accurately and timely and prepares reports.
• Handles client-related phone calls and letters, including interacting with angry or upset clients.
• Provides general administrative support to unit staff including managing supplies, vehicles, and mail.
• Supports hiring efforts and assists with meetings.
• Works on special projects to assist supervisors and units.
• Assists on training other administrative assistants, as needed.
• Works collaboratively with other administrative staff in the Children, Youth, and Families Division and helps in other programs as needed.
• Demonstrates flexibility in handling multiple and changing tasks.
• Prioritizes tasks to adapt to changing priorities.
• Develops and maintains organizational systems for themselves and the unit they support.
• Performs special projects including research, reports, and correspondence.

Note:
The assigned functional areas for the positions are general administrative assistance, scheduling & coordination, communication, office management, and/or receptionist/public contact.

Specifically, this administrative assistant position will support the program's Kinship team. This team works to locate and engage relatives of youth in foster care or at risk of coming into foster care. Given the specialized focus of the team, this position has specialized tasks such as the completion of background checks for kinship families, completion of relative notification letters, auditing files and coordinating special events such as the kinship month celebration.

Grow your career with Fairfax County!
With more than 16,000 employees, Fairfax County is a diverse workforce offering employees stimulating and challenging opportunities across a broad scope of career opportunities. As a Fairfax County employee, you impact the well-being of our community every day.

This is an exciting time to join Fairfax County Government as we shape racial and social equity policies in the county through the One Fairfax Policy. Using this framework, we intentionally consider equity when making policies or delivering programs and services. To learn more, we highly encourage you to watch theand visit the One Fairfax webpage


Finally, click to learn more about learn more about our Department of Family Services, meet our director and some of our practitioners, watch a short video to learn more about this position, read the top 5 reasons to come work with us, and check out the great benefits, including excellent paid leave, health plans, and retirement plans.

All Fairfax County Government employees are expected to adhere to the Standards of Conduct. In maintaining a drug free workplace, employees are prohibited from manufacturing, distributing, possessing, using or being under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs while at work or on county premises.

Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience and training equivalent to high school graduation and two years of experience providing administrative support in the assigned functional area(s).

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Valid driver's license

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, child protective services check, and driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Three years of frontline administrative and customer service experience supporting staff in a human services environment
• Experience with Microsoft applications, specifically Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams.
• Demonstrated strong writing and grammar skills
• Experience managing enterprise systems, such as OASIS, Documentum, and electronic management systems

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Sufficiently mobile to move between building floors and to set up facilities for meetings. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. Ability to use automated technology and computers. Ability to handle multiple priorities. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.
Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including ) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.
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 View phone number on click.appcast.io. EEO/AA/TTY.

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Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees' Child Care Center
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

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NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program:


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Non-Merit Positions

1. Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.
   • Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
   • Flexible Spending Program
   • Deferred Compensation
2. Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.
   • No benefits

01


What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Doctorate degree

02


If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a degree.

• Less than 45 quarter hours
• 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
• 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
• 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
• 180 or more quarter hours
• Less than 30 semester hours
• 30 to less than 60 semester hours
• 60 to less than 90 semester hours
• 90 to less than 120 semester hours
• 120 or more semester hours
• Not applicable

03


Do you currently possess a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

04


How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have providing general administrative support; OR providing administrative support in the assigned functional areas of scheduling & coordination, communication, office management, and/or receptionist/public contact?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

05


How many years of full-time equivalent frontline administrative and customer service experience do you have supporting staff in a human services environment?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

06


Are you proficient in any of the following Microsoft Office Suite applications? Check all that apply.

• Outlook (Composing email messages; sending and receiving email messages; organizing email messages into folders; managing contacts; scheduling appointments & meetings, managing tasks)
• Word (Knowledge of common functions such as creating a title; using, modifying, and creating styles; indenting paragraphs; using tabs and tables; inserting a hard page break; using page numbering; creating headers and footers; inserting graphics; adding comments and tracking changes)
• PowerPoint (Creating a template and working with a design template; working with graphics, animation and multimedia; building interactive presentations using hyperlinks)
• Excel (Basic knowledge of creating a worksheet; performing calculations in a worksheet; modifying and formatting a worksheet; printing workbook contents; creating and modifying pivot tables; using formulas and links to other cells/worksheets)
• Teams (Creating and editing Teams channel posts; adding members to channels; knowledge of meeting controls such as recording, breakout rooms, screen sharing; understanding teams and SharePoint relationship; manage shared files and permissions)
• None of the above

07


Do you have experience using any of the following programs? Check all that apply.

• OASIS
• Documentum
• Electronic management systems
• None of the above

Required Question