Senior Administrative Assistant

Salary : $49,524.80 Annually
Location : Durango, La Plata County, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: .1615
Department: Sheriff's Office
Division: Admin
Opening Date: 06/03/2026
Closing Date: 6/21/2026 4:00 PM Mountain

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This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities for this job. The duties, expectations and actions listed for this role may change at any time with or without notice.

Job Summary
Oversees, coordinates and performs complex administrative or technical functions in a specialized field to support a department or division. Examples of duties include: composing correspondence; developing various, complex reports by researching and gathering information/statistics; coordinating and attending meetings and composing minutes; coordinating and overseeing the administrative functions of department programs and activities; and tracking budget expenditures and assisting in the preparation of the budget;

serves as lead staff member.

Essential Job Functions
Essential functions may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills and other characteristics. The list that follows is not intended as a comprehensive list; it is intended to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed, and may be required to perform additional, position-specific tasks. Reasonable accommodations, as defined under the American with Disabilities Act, will be made when possible.

Carries out lead staff member responsibilities including: training in job skills, assigning and directing work; making recommendations in performance appraisal; and reporting problems to supervisor; may deal with sensitive and confidential personnel matters at the direction senior level staff and/or the department director.

Coordinates department programs, processes and records, including: preparing files; maintaining confidential records, documents and correspondence, purging records and files and assuring that reporting processes and procedures and followed; creating and maintaining filing systems; scheduling and coordinating services.

Prepares complex, routine and non-routine reports utilizing a variety of software; receives, sorts, and summarizes material for the preparation of daily, monthly and annual reports; prepares work reports; develops charts and graphs; relays and interprets administrative decisions, policies and instructions; performs specialized research and statistical work on assigned subjects for staff and management makes recommendation based on research.

Interacts with a variety of high-level individuals, both internally and within the community to provide information, disseminate departmental information and assist in resolving administrative issues.

Composes and prepares letters, memos, notices, agendas, reports or other correspondence in accordance with standard policies; proofs correspondence and related documents of staff; composes confidential correspondence and maintains files associated with same; processes routine and non-routine matters independently.

Maintains department or division financial records; oversees…