Temporary Part Time Administrative Assistant

**This role is located in the Corporate Headquarters in West Des Moines, Iowa. Hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00am-3:00pm with one day off during the week (day off can't be Monday or Friday)**

Who We Are: With Farm Bureau Financial Services, our client/members can feel confident knowing their family, home, cars and other property are protected. We value a culture where integrity, teamwork, passion, service, leadership and accountability are at the heart of every decision we make and every action we take. We're proud of our more than 80-year commitment to protecting the livelihoods and futures of our client/members and creating an atmosphere where our employees thrive.

What You'll Do: As a Temporary Administrative Assistant you will perform administrative, clerical and general duties (often of a confidential nature) for department management and claim staff as well as assisting with projects within the department or in other areas as needed. Other duties may include:

• Respond to and resolve customer service requests according to FBL Financial Group, Inc., policies in a prompt, efficient and courteous manner for external customers, departmental staff, and other FBL personnel at all times.

• Perform administrative and general office support to the department including keeping inventory of office and ordering supplies.
• Act in an administrative support role for claims staff and management.
• Participate in planning and implementation of company or department-wide meetings. Attend selected meetings; prepare agenda, provide minutes, and document resulting decisions and action plans.
• Perform administrative and general office support to the department including keeping inventory of office and ordering supplies.
• Distribute, prepare memos and various reports for the Claims department as needed.
• Open, sort and distribute interoffice mail.

• Submit expense accounts for payment and deliver or mail checks when received.

• Assign claims across the department as needed.
• Provide support and/or back-up assistance to full-time department administrative assistant as needed.

What It Takes to Join Our Team:

• High School diploma, associates degree or equivalent required.
• Must have organizational skills.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
• Keyboard skills of at least 50 NWPM.
• Strong customer service and public relations skills are necessary.
• Oral and written communication skills as appropriate to this position.
• Ability to write, speak and read the English language.
• Reasonably regular and predictable attendance.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We are not able to sponsor now or in the future, or take over sponsorship of, an employment visa or work authorization for this role. For example, we are not able to sponsor OPT status.