What are the responsibilities and job description for the Administrative Support Specialist position at City of Glendale (AZ)?
Salary: | ||
| This position is a Grade 313 with an annual salary between $49,446-$74,169. | ||
About Us and the Role: | ||
| The City of Glendale's Transportation Department provides quality public transit facilities and services that support and enhance a safe and high quality of life for our residents, while helping to improve and sustain the environment. The Administrative Support Specialist is the second level in the administrative support series. This position performs more difficult administrative support duties under limited supervision. This may include handling fees and fines, scheduling meetings, managing calendars, responding to more complicated general inquiries, high speed typing and volume word processing. The ideal candidate for the role will have two years of administrative support experience. | ||
Benefits: | ||
| The City of Glendale offers a generous benefits package with competitive rates that become effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment. You can review the FY26-27 Benefits Guide or visit the City of Glendale’s Benefits page for more information. | ||
Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Leave: | ||
Regular status position’s offer:
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- Answers incoming phone calls and greets walk-in customers, answering varied inquiries and providing general department, division, or program information to internal and external customers; refers customers to appropriate department staff as needed.
- Processes and verifies general financial and purchasing functions and entries which may include purchase requisitions, service orders, invoices, and check requests. May collect payments and fees from customers.
- Receives, processes, and accepts applications, registrations, reservations, forms, and permits; inputs data into electronic databases.
- Creates, updates, and maintains basic spreadsheets, reports, and databases from established content; verifies and tabulates data; run basic reports and queries as requested.
- Updates, edits and proofreads a variety of documents including letters, memos, notices, flyers, forms, brochures, and other related materials.
- Gathers and compiles readily available data for reports and projects; interprets routine data.
- Makes travel arrangements.
- May attend divisional/department meetings; takes and transcribes minutes as necessary.
- Organizes and maintains filing systems; scans and indexes records into electronic document management systems; assists with records retention and destruction.
- Schedules appointments, meetings, interviews, and training for work unit including scheduling rooms and ordering supplies.
- Maintains inventories, divisional/departmental records, plans, manuals and standard operating procedures.
- May assist in coordinating events or programs, including scheduling rooms, ordering supplies, awards, and refreshments and sending invitations.
- Assembles and reviews files or records, updates materials, prepares material for action, and makes final distribution of records, files, or information.
- May research and compile information for Public Records Requests.
- May act as department procard liaison; reallocate charges as needed and appropriate.
- May prepare department Personnel Action Forms and/or manage the time and labor system for the department.
- May act as point of contact for department IT requests and maintenance requests.
- Schedules meetings, conference room bookings; maintains various electronic calendars and prepares reference materials.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. One year of relevant experience may be substituted for each year of required education.
Knowledge of:
- Departmental policies and procedures
- Record keeping practices and procedures
- Customer service procedures and techniques
- Standard office practices and procedures
- Alphabetizing and filing systems
- General bookkeeping practices and methods
Ability to:
- Follow oral and written instructions;
- Respond to requests and inquiries tactfully and courteously;
- Keep and maintain complete and accurate records and filing systems for easy retrieval of information;
- Learn department programs, policies, procedures and processes sufficiently enough to convey related information to the public and other city staff
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Accurately proofread numerical and text data
- Operate a computer and related software and demonstrate proficiency to prepare work orders, documents, spreadsheets, databases, email and timesheets
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships
Success Factor Classification Level - Foundational
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This position description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the position change.
Office setting
Salary : $49,446 - $74,169