Education. High school diploma or equivalent.
Experience. Five (5) years’ full time-time experience in increasingly responsible administrative, accounting, budgeting, or support services experience. Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
Education/Experience substitution. In accordance with County policy
Licenses/Certifications. Valid driver’s license. Must maintain an acceptable driving record in accordance with policy.
Other (e.g., post-offer medical exam, polygraph, background check, driver’s license record, etc.). Must pass a background check and driver’s license record check.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED BY THE POSITION: Must have knowledge of:
- Principles and practices of administration.
- Administrative research methods, techniques, and methods of report presentation.
- Established Policies, Ordinances, Resolutions and state and federal laws.
- Principles and procedures of budget preparation, control, financial record keeping and reporting.
- Business correspondence standards including English grammar, formatting, basic mathematics, spelling and punctuation.
- Computer software; proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe.
Must have the ability to:
- Maintain confidentiality and demonstrate the appropriate level of discretion as it relates to sensitive and confidential matters.
- Use considerable tact, discretion, professionalism, and independent judgment.
- Provide excellent customer service including the handling of sensitive and/or delicate public relations situations with an appropriate tact, diplomacy, and customer service.
- Be productive and efficient under varying volumes of workload and shifting priorities.
- Communicate orally in the English language with customers, clients, and the public in face-to-face, one-on-one settings, in group settings, and using a telephone.
- Produce written documents in the English language with clearly organized thoughts, with proper sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar.
- Comprehend and make inferences from written material in the English language.
- Work under pressure (i.e., handling significant problems and tasks which come up simultaneously and/or unexpectedly).
- Develop professional relationships and work cooperatively with various constituencies including Elected Officials, County employees, and the public.
Must be skilled in:
- Exercising independent judgement in various situations to determine appropriate action.
- Fact-finding, problem analysis, problem resolution and development of action plans to solve problems.
- Communicating effectively (orally and in writing).
- Planning, organizing work and meeting deadlines.
- Prioritizing projects and assignments.
- Attention to detail. Excellent writing, proof reading, and editing skills.