Job Details

Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Houston, TX
Job Type: Regular Full-time
Job Number: 15879
Department: Commissioner Precinct 4
Opening Date: 11/18/2025
Closing Date: 1/31/2026 11:59 PM Central

Position Description
Position Description:
Harris County Precinct 4 seeks an organized and mission-driven Special Assistant to the Chief Policy and Innovation Officer ("CPIO"). The Policy and Innovationteam advances opportunity and justice through development and implementation of public policy and innovative partnerships. The Special Assistant reports directly to and is responsible for supporting the CPIO through administrative, project management, and quality control work. The role will also require personnel management, writing, editing, interfacing with both internal and external stakeholders, and other high-level administrative functions.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advisor and Assistant to CPIO: Assist CPIO in achieving Policy and Innovation's goals and objectives. Ensure accountability with kindness. Remain aware of the CPIO and the division's immediate and long-term commitments and plans, identify conflicts, flag problems, and course correct as appropriate.
• Personnel Management: Manage and oversee the work of the Policy Administrative Assistant. Ensure timely response to email inquiries, timely submission of Policy and Innovation memos, and scheduling to optimize Policy and Innovation workflow.
• Special Project Management: Oversee special projects assigned by the CPIO. Organize meetings with community stakeholders to discuss policy and innovation. Oversee utilization of project management tools.
• Quality Control: Support the CPIO in editing memos, grant applications, board agendas, and other written documents to ensure writing is clear, compelling, and accurate.
• Administrative Support: Schedule, prepare materials, attend, participate in, and ensure follow-up for various meetings. Manage the implementation of short-term and long-term administrative objectives. Draft and edit various documents including internal/external correspondence, minutes, presentations, and other documents. Manage files and records.
• Other duties as assigned to support the goals of the Policy and Innovation team.

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) ###-#### or email
Requirements
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Three (3) years of experience in nonprofit or public sector work.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of applications including, but not limited to, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Licensure:

• Valid Texas driver's license with a good driving record.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to concurrently prioritize multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Excellent professional judgment and situational awareness.
• Ability to organize reports and documents.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships across many divisions, departments, organizations, and the public.
• Ability to "manage up" to ensure deadlines are met and priorities are kept.
• Ability to hold self and a team to high standards.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.
Preferences

• Experience editing and revising policy memos.
• Experience editing and revising grant applications.
• Experience as administrative assistant or work in a similar role.
• Managerial or leadership experience.

General Information
Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:

• Regular | Full-time
• Hours will be discussed during departmental interview.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, arms, and fingers to handle, feel and reach; frequently required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear; regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

Location:

• 3131 Eastside, Houston, Texas 77098

What You Will Get in Return:
You will be surrounded by team members who bring "heart, hustle, and higher standards" to work each day. These leaders advance opportunity and justice as they deliver services to and advocate for the residents of Harris County. The team you will be joining is innovative, dynamic, and forward-looking.
Featured Benefits:

Harris County employees receive a competitive salary plus medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost to the employee after the first two months of full-time continued employment. Vacation, sick-time, and floating holidays allow our employees to recharge and balance work and personal time. Mandatory participation in our retirement program allows employees to save for retirement. Various other benefits and discounts lead to the satisfaction and engagement of our employees.
HARRIS COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) ###-#### or email ...@bmd.hctx.net.

Employment is contingent upon passing a background check and drug screen.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.

HARRIS COUNTY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Harris County offers a highly competitive benefits program, featuring a comprehensive group health plan and defined benefit retirement plan.
The following benefits are offered only to Harris County employees in regular (full-time) positions:
Health & Wellness Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Wellness Plan
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Ten (10) days of vacation leave per year (accrual rate increases after 5 years of service)
• Eleven (11) County-observed holidays
• One (1) floating holiday per year
• Paid Parental Leave*
• Sick Leave

Retirement Savings Benefit

• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

The following benefits are available to Harris County employees in full-time and select part-time positions:

• Professional learning & development opportunities
• Retirement pension (TCDRS defined benefit plan)
• Flexible work schedule*
• METRO RideSponsor Program*

* Participation may vary by County department. The employee benefits plans of Harris County are extended to all eligible participants across various departments with the exception of the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, for which the cited Health & Wellness Benefits are administered through the State of Texas.
In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, group health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Harris County Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.
For plan details, visit the Harris County Benefits & Wellness website:
01

Which of the following best describes your highest level of education completed as it relates to this position?

• High School or GED diploma
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree or higher
• None of the above

02

Which of the following best describes your verifiable experience in nonprofit or public sector work?(Note: To be eligible for consideration, relevant experience should be clearly outlined in the employment history section of your application.)

• Less than three (3) years
• Three (3) years or more but less than four (4) years
• Four (4) years or more but less than five (5) years
• Five (5) years or more
• I do not have this experience

03

In which of the following concepts do you have strong knowledge and/or professional experience?(Select all that apply)

• Experience in management or leadership roles
• Experience as administrative assistant or similar role.
• Experience editing and revising grant applications.
• Experience editing and revising policy memos.
• None of the above

04

Which of the following describes your level of proficiency using a personal computer and common office software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Please select your level of proficiency based on the following descriptions:Advanced:A person with this level of skills is able to produce very large, complex formal documents that require a table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, and other special elements; a wide range of graphic effects, and use advanced techniques for analyzing and manipulating data. Has full mastery of Macro commands and skills to tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications code. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.Intermediate:A person with this level of skills is able to customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports. Understands the concepts of databases and is able to work with charts and to use the list management capabilities of Excel. Able to use complex query techniques, create efficient forms and reports, and create Macros to automate these forms. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.Basic:A person with this level of skills is able to use basic formatting, editing, printing functions, and understands the document page setup. Has the ability to enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions. Understands the different database concepts and structures and is familiar with data validation and is able to create a simple presentation in PowerPoint, run it, and print it.Entry Level:A person with this level of skills has the ability to open, create, save and modify documents in Word, send and receive email in Outlook and create spreadsheets in Excel. Format documents for printing, comfortable using the printer menu to preview documents. Has ability to change the font, the margins, insert or delete pages and use the built-in spellchecker and grammar check.

• Advanced
• Intermediate
• Basic
• Entry Level
• Not proficient

05

Which of the following language(s) are you bilingual and fluent?Select all that apply:

• English and Spanish
• English and Vietnamese
• English and Chinese
• English and Arabic
• English and Urdu
• English and Tagalog
• English and Other Language(s)
• None of the Above

Required Question