Purchasing Clerk Fiscal Accounts Clerk

Requirements

The main purpose of this full-time position will be to serve as the Purchasing Clerk for the St. Mary’s County Health Department, ensuring all procurement, travel, and supply‑management activities are completed accurately and in compliance with agency and State requirements. This position will also support SMCHD programs in obtaining the resources they need to deliver effective public health services, directly advancing the agency’s mission to protect and promote the health of St.

Mary’s County residents by:

• Coordinating purchases;
• Processing employee travel;
• Managing requisitions; and

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MDH St. Mary's County Health Department
21580 Peabody Street
Leonardtown, MD 20650

The main purpose of this full-time position will be to serve as the Purchasing Clerk for the St. Mary’s County Health Department, ensuring all procurement, travel, and supply‑management activities are completed accurately and in compliance with agency and State requirements. This position will also support SMCHD programs in obtaining the resources they need to deliver effective public health services, directly advancing the agency’s mission to protect and promote the health of St.

Mary’s County residents by:

• Coordinating purchases;
• Processing employee travel;
• Managing requisitions; and
• Maintaining essential administrative supplies.

Education :
Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience :
One year of experience reviewing, verifying, recording, adjusting and balancing financial transactions.

• Experience calculating and recording financial, statistical or other numerical data may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required high school education.
• Six credit hours in accounting from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
• A minimum of five courses or six months of accounting‑related training in a vocational training program in subjects such as journalizing transactions, analyzing transactions into debits and credits, posting to a general ledger, payroll, bank reconciliations, accounts payable, and accounts receivable may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in Financial Clerical/Finance Technicians classifications or specialty codes in the financial field of work at a rate of one year of military experience for the required experience.

• Experience processing requisitions and purchase orders
• Experience processing travel requests
• Customer service experience

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruitment, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.