Administrative Support III - SHERIFF-KPERS

Department:  Sheriff-KPERS 

Job ID: 13309

Pay:  $18.79 per hour  

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm  

Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.  For more detailed information, please visit our benefits page at SCBenefits.

This position assists the Executive Administration division of the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office by working purchase orders, as well as making deposits, assisting with other administrative tasks and projects as needed.

Administrative Duties

• Answer phones, respond to various inquiries, and direct calls as needed
• Screen calls for the Sheriff and executive staff
• Sort mail and distribute to various Divisions within the Sheriff’s Office
• Order supplies for the Sheriff’s Office
• Process training requests, and complete registrations, booking and travel arrangements as needed
• Submit personnel action forms for transfers, promotions, and separations
• Request background checks for, issue, and cancel Law Enforcement commissions
• Organize and host retirement receptions
• Create staff profiles and assign ID numbers

Financial Assistance

• Process deposits for various Sheriff’s Office Divisions
• Create PO requests for the Sheriff’s Office and track them through approval, delivery, reconciliation, and final confirmation process
• Build and track monthly expenses for annual POs
• Research discrepancies within purchase orders
• Process invoices for direct payment
• Track all purchases, compile information, and produce statistics upon request
• Reconcile monthly credit card statements
• Provides data for yearly budget preparations
• File and track grant purchases

Minimum Qualifications: High School Diploma or equivalent.  One year of experience in an administrative setting. One year of experience working with money handling, basic financial calculations, or related duties. One year of experience with Microsoft Suite. Candidates will be required to pass pre-employment testing of 80% reading comprehension to be completed after interview.

Preferred Qualifications: Three years of experience in bookkeeping or accounting.

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