Administrative Assistant

Please note that applications must be completed and submitted by 11:59 pm ET on the day prior to the close date listed on the job posting.

Mission: Provide Superior Services that Inspire Community Pride

Vision: To be the Community of Choice in Tampa Bay

Values: Integrity, Collaboration, Passion, Creativity

Largo's commitment to a High Performance Organization (HPO) model builds a flexible and resilient organization that intentionally builds leadership capacity at all levels of the organization.

CITY OF LARGO ... Naturally A Great Place to Work!

Closing:

04/10/2026

Salary:

$18.63 hourly rate

Job Summary:

Delivers diversified administrative support to department managers, supervisors, and employees. Handles purchasing transactions, assists with payroll management, and plays a key role in planning department events. Displays exceptional customer service to both internal employees and outside vendors while resolving issues independently. This position reports to an assigned supervisor.

Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

All employees share components of leadership, management, technical, and team skills to assist in making the City of Largo the community of choice in Tampa Bay.

Leadership

• Demonstrates an understanding and reflection of the City’s mission, vision, and values and a commitment to achieve organizational goals aligned with the City’s strategic plan

• Champions a high performance work culture that encourages and embraces new ideas, develops individuals and welcomes and encourages diverse perspectives

• Articulates strategic and innovative thinking and provides clarity to deliver superior services

• Approaches the job with enthusiasm and curiosity to promote a solutions-oriented work culture

Management

• Effectively manages assignments and priorities to ensure the fulfillment of projects, tasks, and responsibilities

• Follows suggested procedures to assure the highest standards of risk management, employee safety and risk avoidance

Technical

• Delivers diversified administrative support to department managers, supervisors, and team members

• Work may involve confidential and sensitive material

• Prepares, tracks, processes, and organizes credit card statements, purchase order requisitions, and invoice payments; tracks and logs expenditures

• Assists with payroll entries and serves as backup for Office Administrator

• Provides customer service to employees and citizens while resolving issues and complaints independently

• Processes personnel changes including new hires, separations, workers compensation, requisitions, and personnel action requests (PAR)

• Responsible for specific aspects of department events such as planning food and decorations

• Serves as key resource with procedural knowledge and updates standard operation procedures (SOP)

• Maintains various programs for department

• Orders office supplies and tracks inventory

• Fields telephone calls and transfers to appropriate person as necessary

• May assist with interviewing and/or on-boarding new employees

• Maintains files for department

Team Skills

• Supports honest and transparent decision-making

• Collaborates with all team members in a way that builds upon ideas and takes personal accountability and ownership of projects, roles, and assignments

• Openly exhibits a positive attitude, in words and action, and encourages others to do the same

Performs related work as required.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE STATUS: As a condition of employment, City of Largo employees will be required to work as directed during an undeclared and/or a declared emergency. All employees are subject to recall around the clock for emergency response operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the normal work location, and may include duties other than those specified in the official job description.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience: