Administrative Assistant - Police Administration

JOB OPENING

CITY OF FARMINGTON

JOB POSITION #182: Administrative Assistant - Police Administration

NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1

DEPARTMENT: Police/Administration

WORK LOCATION: Farmington Police Department

PAY CLASS: I

HIRING RANGE: $19.5182 - $30.3725/hour

DAYS WORKED: Monday-Thursday

HOURS WORKED: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

TYPE OF POSITION: Regular, Full-Time

POSITION CLOSES: Friday, October 18, 2024

JOB DUTIES

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Performs a variety of routine and complex clerical, secretarial and administrative duties in keeping official records, providing administrative support to the police command staff, and assisting in the administration of the standard operating policies and procedures of the police department.

Works under the close supervision of the Police Chief, Deputy Chief and Captains.

Supervises work tasks and schedules of other police administrative secretaries, and trains co workers in all functions and responsibilities of the Administrative office.

Performs routine clerical and administrative work in answering phones, receiving the public, providing customer assistance, data processing, and bookkeeping.

Operates a motor vehicle to assist in carrying out the business of the department and the City.

Answers in-coming calls and routes callers or provides information as required.

Receives the public and answers questions; responds to inquiries from employees, citizens and others and refers, when necessary, to appropriate persons.

Assists in the procurement of department materials and supplies.

Responsible for entry of all payroll time sheets, balancing the hours and assuring accuracy of the payroll at all departmental levels. As payroll administrator, complies audit information for numerous grants.

Responsible for Department procurement cards, including submission of applications, inputting proper account codes for all transactions and reconciling statements.

Receives and distributes incoming mail, processes outgoing mail.

Composes, types, and edits a variety of correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other material requiring judgment as to content, accuracy, and completeness

Inputs data to standard Federal, State, City, and department forms; makes simple postings to various reports such as quarterly and annual reports and tabulated data.

Plans intra-departments meetings, conferences, and training sessions. Arranges travel for Command Staff, officers and civilian personnel, adhering to City rules and regulations.

Serves as liaison between defense attorneys, officers, and the District Attorney's office to schedule officer interviews.

May assist administrative and line personnel in software instruction to the extent of providing some formalized training.

Prepares records such as notices, minutes, and resolutions.

May be required to transcribe sensitive and confidential materials.

Acts as custodian of departmental documents and records.

Establishes and maintains filing systems, control records and indexes using moderate independent judgment.

Maintains inventories and orders office supplies and materials, maintains departmental personnel records.

Schedules appointments and performs other administrative and clerical duties.

Acts as informational liaison for the police department with various organizations such as Big Brothers/ Big Sisters, San Juan College, Motor Vehicle Division (DWI Scheduling), district, magistrate and municipal courts and other similar agencies.

Assist the department public information officer with management of online presence: social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube), website, etc.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES

May serve on various employee committees, as required, and assigned.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical