Administrative Specialist - Community & Workforce Development

Position: Administrative Specialist I - Community & Workforce Development
Job Description Summary Department - Community & Workforce Development

Job Description Job Type: Classified Job Classification: 5754 - Administrative Specialist ISalary Grade: 6

Pay Range Hiring Range: $21.76 - $25.56 Per Hour Pay Range: $21.76 - $29.36 Per Hour Range Explanation:

Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

Community Workforce & Development (CWD) is recruiting to fill the position of Administrative Specialist I, which is part of the CWD Operations Team. CWD provides services to at least 30,000 individuals a year. It is funded with multiple federal, state, and local grants as well as the County general fund. The position duties include providing administrative and fiscal support to the operations team, assisting with daily financial and procurement operations, and ensuring accuracy and compliance with established policies and procedures.

Community & Workforce Development Department works with vulnerable populations and minors. A Level one Fingerprint Clearance Card, a Criminal History Self Disclosure Affidavit, and a Central Registry background check are requirements for employment.

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

Coordinates unit activity with other departmental sections/divisions and other County departments or outside agencies directly or through assigned staff, and acts as an internal departmental coordinator for support activities such as personnel, purchasing, payroll, or program specific functions;

Responds to public and staff inquiries and provides information or resolves problems which require explanation or application of departmental or program rules and policies, or refers questions to appropriate staff;

Represents unit/department on various committees and working groups and may be granted authority to commit unit/department support to issues;

Coordinates, schedules and organizes unit, program, or departmental calendars and meetings;

Leads and participates in the preparation and processing of accounting documentation such as requisitions, purchase orders, claims and fund transfers;

Creates, maintains, and/or directs the maintenance of specialized databases including inputting and retrieving data and producing complex computer-based reports;

Coordinates and monitors standard departmental Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA), contracts, and other obligatory agreements with affected agencies, contractors and service providers;

Researches, compiles and performs initial analysis of information, and prepares routine, recurring and special reports, correspondence, memoranda, personnel forms, operations manuals and other documents for supervisory review and approval;

Compiles and summarizes statistical and operational data, and prepares periodic and special reports;

Compiles information utilized in unit budget preparation, monitors miscellaneous expenditures, and reports to supervisor on program budget activities;

Conducts and documents confidential or sensitive inquiries for management and maintains appropriate security and confidentiality of information encountered or created;

Establishes and maintains specialized reference files and reference materials.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following disciplines: public administration, business administration, management, or a closely related field as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment.(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)OR:

One year with Pima County as an Administrative Assistant III or closely related professional administrative classification.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the  Education  and  Work Experience  sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write  see resume  on your…