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Administrative Coordinator 4



The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.



Make a difference by helping families access essential resources! In this important role with the Department of Children and Family Services, Office of Economic Stability and Self Sufficiency, you’ll provide critical clerical, programmatic, and administrative support that helps deliver life-changing benefits to individuals and families in need. Supporting programs such as SNAP, FITAP, Kinship Care Assistance, and STEP, you’ll play a key role in ensuring services are delivered accurately and efficiently while helping maintain compliance with federal and state regulations. If you are detail-oriented, service-driven, and passionate about supporting programs that strengthen families and communities, this is a meaningful opportunity to put your skills to work—apply today!

An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:

Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, State Civil Service rules, and organizational policies.
Thinking Critically: The ability to analyze information objectively, identify connections across sources, and form logical, well supported conclusions.

Requirements

Three years of experience in administrative services.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 15 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as six months of experience.

Qualifications

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.Job Duties:
  • Provide direct supervision over 1-2 Administrative Coordinator 3's. Responsible for training, orientation and continued performance of subordinates. Prepares and conducts performance planning of subordinate and evaluates employee's performance. Advise employee(s) of performance problems and work with employee(s) to correct problem areas. Provide counseling as needed on work related problems. Reviews completed assignments for accuracy and adherence to established policies and office procedures, ensuring assignments and ongoing duties are carried out efficiently and timely.
  • Serve as Time Administrator for the local parish office. Forwards completed forms to HR for the FMLA quota to be setup.
  • Serve as Telecommunications Coordinator, Computer Coordinator and Inventory Control Coordinator for local office. Maintain records of all computer equipment assigned to employees in office. Maintain records of all telecommunication devices assigned to employees in office. Complete annual inventory and maintain records of all property for local office.
  • Serve as Safety Officer for local office. Conducts quarterly safety training with staff. Completes all Safety Incident Reports. Conducts random safety walk-throughs of building to identify potential safety hazards. Maintains office safety binder.
  • Maintain a state of readiness to respond to disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, chemical spills, radiation spill, flooding, earthquakes, train derailments, ice storms, terrorist incidents, etc., and maintaining and activating a calling tree for use in contacting staff.

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Medical Vendor Administration / ES Baton Rouge Region 2-FSA 3 (ES TRI-REGION 3) / Ascension Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a Probationary appointment, Promotional appointment, Job appointment (temporary appointment that may last up to 48 months) or Detail to Special Duty 

Cost Center:   3052130102

Position Number(s): 50688963


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 the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).  Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.


For information on how to check your application status and understand status updates, please click HERE.


Contact Information:

Patricia Walker

Patricia.Walker.DCFS@la.gov

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

225-342-6477


This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218. 


LDH supports Louisiana’s commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities. 


Information on the Louisiana Works, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available here.


LDH is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees. Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non-merit factor.


Date Posted
06/16/2026
Job Reference
MVA/PAW/222306
Organization
LDH-Medical Vendor Administration
Location
Donaldsonville, LA 70802
Category
Administrative
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