Prevailing Wage Coordinator; Management Aide

This position announcement will be used to fill a Full-Time, Permanent, Prevailing Wage Coordinator (Management Aide) in the Office of Central Services with Anne Arundel County Government.

Work involves para-professional administrative support. Includes providing support and assistance to management personnel and supervising lower-level office support employees. Most personal contacts are with employees in the same or other departments and agencies of the County government, State and Federal agencies, and non-profit and private sector organizations. The purpose of the contacts are to coordinate or carry out program assignments in a cooperative nature towards mutual goals.

Some employees in this class of work meet with the public to assist in providing direct public assistance.

NOTE:

The duties and responsibilities enumerated in this class specification are for the purpose of determining a common set of minimum qualifications and salary level for all positions in this class. They are not intended to include all of the essential functions of all positions in the class.

• Compiles, organizes, and/or reconciles and analyzes data from various sources to maintain a variety of reports or databases on program services and activities; prepares reports of varying dimensions and complexity and maintains statistics and/or databases on information relating to program services, activities, or participants; creates and maintains files and records in support of the program.
• Analyzes, evaluates, and makes recommendations intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of programs.
• Performs data entry and uses computer and applicable software applications to prepare records, documents, notices, reports, tables, and correspondence.
• Performs administrative tasks to facilitate the operation to include database applications, reviewing documentation for accuracy/completeness and preparing correspondence.
• Provides administrative and technical staff support to boards and committees, applicants, and other agencies, and responds to inquiries from the general public to define, interpret, and/or explain regulations and requirements.
• Tracks and/or monitors the status of a client population in support of program activities.
• Reviews work of supervised lower-level office support employees or employees determined by calculating full-time equivalent positions.
• Establishes and maintains files and records in support of the program.
• Performs related duties as required.

• Knowledge of the program area associated with the department/agency to which the position is assigned.
• Knowledge of County policies and procedures, supervisory principles and practices, and office methods and procedures.
• Ability to operate computers and applicable software; automated office equipment and other related equipment necessary to efficiently accomplish work.
• Ability to obtain the necessary data and information needed to accomplish required work assignments; analyze data from various sources to compile reports and other work products; prepare reports; and maintain accurate filing/records systems.
• Ability to supervise the work of assigned office support staff and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to operate computer equipment and software applications related to program assignment.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally, and in writing.
• Ability to deal tactfully, effectively, and equitably with people.
• Ability to attend meetings or perform other assignments at locations outside the office, if necessary.

Preference will be given to candidates with government work experience.

• Completion of an associate degree from an accredited college
• Two (2) or more years of paraprofessional experience in Prevailing Wage and/or Local Hiring

NOTE:

Accredited University or College is the recognition from an accrediting agency that an institution maintains a certain level of educational standards. The U.S. Department of Education maintains a database of accrediting agencies it recognizes for schools within the United States. For a University or College outside the United States, the applicant must provide documentation of accreditation and educational equivalency, which can be accomplished through a credential evaluation service.

Applicants with a foreign degree must provide this documentation upon the close of the announcement.

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Completion of an associate degree from an accredited college may be…