Administrative Specialist II Regional Wastewater Reclamation

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5671 - Administrative Specialist II

Salary Grade: 8

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $49878 - $58635 Annually

Pay Range: $49878 - $67371 Annually

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.

Pima County Wastewater Reclamation (RWRD) is seeking talented individuals to assist the Field Engineering Division as an Administrative Specialist II. The Administrative Specialist II plays a vital role in assisting the Field Engineering Manager Supervisory Inspection and Blue Stake staff with reports work orders purchase orders timely invoice processing/payments service requests formulating statistical reports and creating/maintaining databases and spreadsheets. An effective Administrative Specialist will be willing to take on new duties and be an essential part of an established Field Engineering team to meet or exceed deadlines and goals within the Technical Services and Engineering Division.

RWRD has close to 400 employees each employee dedicated to our mission statement To protect the public health safety and the environment by providing quality service environmental stewardship and renewable resources. Come join our Team!

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 departments need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Provides complex administrative services of a specialized nature to a department division or program within Pima County;
• Negotiates and establishes Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA) contracts and other obligatory agreements and monitors compliance;
• Prepares work unit budgets oversees expenditures performs cost and statistical analyses and prepares reports and recommendations;
• Performs research prepares written reports and recommendations and informs management of issues concerns and problems of specialized work unit;
• Provides information status and recommendations to department directors division managers and professional staff regarding area of assignment and responds to public inquiries interpreting work unit and county policies and procedures;
• Ensures work unit policies procedures and activities comply with applicable federal/state statutes and regulations and county policy;
• Oversees internal services such as accounting payroll personnel management information services and/or purchasing;
• Represents work unit at various meetings conferences or on committees and provides specialized expertise related to area of assignment;
• Develops maintains and manages databases using automated information systems and compiles/reviews/monitors information for reporting purposes.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associates 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 AND one year of professional experience in public or business administration.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

OR:

One year with Pima County as an Administrative Specialist I 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 application.

Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):

• Experience with coordinating the training appointments and meetings for multiple personnel.
• Experience with managing the financial systems of a small office including preparing and updating budgets budget forecasting monitoring expenditures and purchasing functions.
• Experience with computer based software systems particularly Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience providing customer service to internal and external partners and the public.

Selection Procedure:

Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources. Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process.

Supplemental Information:

Licenses and Certificates : Some positions require a valid Arizona Class D driver license at the time of application or appointment. Failure to maintain the required licensure shall be grounds for termination.

Special Notice Items : The County requires pre-employment background checks. Successful candidates will receive a post-offer pre-employment background screening to include verification of work history education and criminal conviction history. A prior criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify a candidate from employment with the County. Pima County determines whether a position is eligible for visa sponsorship at the time of recruitment. Eligibility is based on the requirements of the position and applicable laws and regulations. Not all positions with Pima County are eligible for visa sponsorship. This position will require apost-job offer physicaland/or drug screen.

Physical/Sensory Requirements : Physical and sensory abilities will be determined by position. Frequently required to lift push or pull objects weighing up to 75 pounds.

Working Conditions : Working conditions will be determined by the position.

EEO Information : Pima County Government is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce and will not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race color religion national origin age disability gender sexual orientation kinship political interest or any other characteristic protected by law.

Required Experience:

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