Pay Range: $20.44/hr. - 25.55/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

An Administrative Technician job is available with The City of Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department (PARD) - Administration Division. This position will be a member of the department’s new centralized purchasing team. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate Degree from an accredited college with major course work in Business, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, Office Administration, or related field
• Two years of clerical and administrative experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience processing invoices/vouchers
• Knowledge of and experience with State and local government purchasing policies and procedures
• Experience working in Oracle PeopleSoft (ERP) Financials and Procurement Systems and an Automated Invoice Management System (Perceptive)

The Administrative Technician job responsibilities include:

• Monitoring invoices for compliance with contractually agreed upon rates, resolving invoice exceptions, communicating with suppliers regarding discrepancies and preparing and analyzing invoice reports
• Assisting with cooperative purchasing, including researching vendors and requesting quotes on the BuyBoard or other cooperative purchasing websites
• Submitting purchasing requests using the Oracle PeopleSoft (ERP) Procurement System
• Answering questions and providing information to internal and external customers, including PARD staff, suppliers, other departments, etc.
• Other purchasing-related tasks and assignments as assigned

Working Conditions

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Physical Demand

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.