University of Kentucky
Extension Staff Assistant - Hardin County
🇺🇸 Elizabethtown, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $15 - $20 per Hour
💻 Other
🗓️ September 25th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Provide administrative support including office receptionist duties, word processing, and filing.
- Manage QuickBooks transactions and maintain databases and mailing lists.
- Develop and maintain websites and design newsletters.
- Support county agents and program assistants within the Extension office.
- Must have proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Office 365, Teams, Skype for Business), Zoom, and QuickBooks.
- Salary range is $15.30 to $20.00 per hour.
- No minimum education or experience requirements are set; previous administrative support experience preferred.
- Valid driver’s license required.
- Position reports to an Area Director and involves high interaction with the public.
- Position is full-time, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with occasional nights, weekends, or holidays.
Extension Staff Assistant - Hardin County Full Description
Requisition Number | RE51599
Working Title |
Department Name | 81W06: KCES Region West Area 06
Work Location | Elizabethtown, KY
Grade Level | 00
Salary Range |
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | No set minimum requirements.
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | No set minimum requirements.
Required License/Registration/Certification | Driver’s License Required
Physical Requirements | Lifting, pushing, pulling objects up to 50 pounds; sitting for long periods of time.
Shift | Monday-Friday (8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.); occasional nights, weekends or holidays may be required
Job Summary | Job Title: Extension Staff Assistant – Hardin County
Location: Elizabethtown, KY
As an Extension Staff Assistant, you will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Extension office.
General duties include: office management customer service record keeping and newsletters program support conducting yourself in a professional manner
Specific duties will include, but are not limited to: office receptionist word processing Quickbooks filing maintaining databases & mailing lists developing and maintaining websites designing newsletters providing support for county agents and program assistants
You will report to an Area Director and there will be a high level of interaction with the general public.
State law may require a national and state criminal background check and a letter from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services stating the employee is clear to hire based on no findings of substantiated child abuse or neglect found through a background check of child abuse and neglect records as a condition of employment or involvement in this program.
Salary Range: $15.30-$20.00
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Office 365, Teams, Skype for Business; Zoom; QuickBooks; organizational skills; and time management.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | No
Preferred Education/Experience | Previous experience working in an administrative support role
Deadline to Apply | 10/02/2025
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The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
- * Describe your experience with the following items: Microsoft Office Software, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Quicken, QuickBooks, PowerPoint, Publisher, Adobe, & Drupal as well as production and distribution of monthly newsletters, flyers, etc.
(Open Ended Question) - * Do you or a family member serve as a member on any county Extension District Board in Kentucky? If yes, please state the family member’s name and the county for which either you or this individual serves as a member of the Extension District Board.
(Open Ended Question) - * Where did you first see this position advertised?
- UK jobs, UK's online employment system (ukjobs.eky.edu)
- Newspaper
- Handshake
- Received an email about the posting
- Social Media
- Friend or Family
- Journal of Extension
- Indeed.com
- Other online job board
- Other
- * Do you have a valid driver’s license and are you able to drive?
- Yes
- No
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- Resume
- Cover Letter
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