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ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 1/2/3

Thibodaux, United States

Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Location
Thibodaux, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
213892AC3THIB101425HS
Department
DCFS-Department of Children and Family Services
Opening Date
10/15/2025
Closing Date
10/20/2025 11:59 PM Central

About this Job


Department MISSION

DCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters.

Department VISION
We care for the well-being and safety of Louisiana's people.

Department VALUES
Treating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity.

This vacancy is located in the Thibodaux Region in the Lafourche
Parish Child Welfare Office in Thibodaux, LA.

This position provides clerical, programmatic, and administrative support functions for staff and clients of the Child Welfare office.

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:


Selected Core Competencies:

  • Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.

  • Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to accept ownership for your actions, behaviors, performance, and decisions.


  • Following Policies and Procedures:
    The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws.

    Selected Preferred Competencies:

  • Acting with Ethics and Integrity: The ability to be consistent, honest, and a trustworthy steward of State resources.
  • Demonstrating Initiative: The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.
  • Displaying Professionalism: The ability to recognize how your actions impact the perceptions of both you and your organization.
  • Managing Time: The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.
  • Thinking Critically: The ability to generate ideas, manipulate ideas, and make unconventional connections to develop original approaches.
  • Valuing Diversity: The ability to develop an awareness of DEIBA challenges and craft personal plans that contribute to improving organizational cultures and environments.

Minimum Qualifications

No experience or training is required.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.


Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:


  • Performs on-line data entry of TIPS program. Initiates manual payment through TIPS.
  • Serves as liaison and/or contact person for the department or office between and amongst other departments, customers, vendors, and agencies.
  • Ensures state vehicles are running properly and submits for maintenance when required, as well as maintains and tracks mileage on state vehicles.
  • Gathers, assembles and consolidates pertinent information for the purpose of setting up clients case records.
  • Retrieves and files closed records when requested by professional staff.
  • Reconciles monthly Lacarte purchasing statement for client related purchases.
  • Performs other duties as assigned for the smooth operation of the Department.

Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months. Job appointments may convert to probational appointments. Also, it may be filled as a detail and promoted within 12 months or by promotion of a permanent classified employee.

Career Progression: This position participates in a Career Progression Group (CPG) and may be filled as an Administrative Coordinator 1, 2, or 3. The level at which the vacancy is filled will be determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.

The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.

Work Schedule:
Typically, work hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday – Friday. Flexible work schedules are available after meeting certain criteria and is dependent upon the position you are applying for. Some positions require working shifts.

Work Location:
This vacancy is located in the Thibodaux Region in the Lafourche Parish Child Welfare Office in Thibodaux, LA.



In accordance with La. R.S. 46:51.2 the department shall conduct a State Central Registry (SCR) check for a potential employee of the department to determine whether or not said individual's name appears on a SCR subsequent to December 31, 2009, and whose duties include: investigations of child abuse or neglect, supervisory or disciplinary authority over children, direct care to a child, or performance of licensing surveys.

In accordance with state laws, selected candidates must pass the following checks before any final job offer will be made Drug Test, Criminal Background, State Central Registry, and Louisiana State Police Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry.

NOTE: The incumbent of this position must not have been convicted or pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15.587.1 (c).

DCFS is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.


How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

  • Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in this application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:
For additional information about this vacancy, please contact:
Hannah Sinagra
DCFS Human Resources
Hannah.Sinagra.DCFS@LA.Gov


Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:


Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
  • Mardi Gras,
  • Good Friday,
  • Memorial Day,
  • Independence Day,
  • Labor Day,
  • Veteran's Day,
  • Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
  • Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
  • Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
  • Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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