Job Description

Posting number: 26-06087

Department: Police

Job classification: Administrative Technician, Senior*

Posting type: Open

Categories: Administration, Administrative Assistant, Clerical & Data Entry, Office and Administrative Support

Summary

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Salary Hiring Range: $52,606 - $60,892

Work Days/Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with occasional evening/weekend hours due to programming demands

Our internationally accredited Durham Police Department is dedicated to hiring and training officers and staff who represent the best the law enforcement profession has to offer. We are a progressive agency committed to reducing crime by providing the best quality service. We work to foster public confidence and maintain the highest standards of excellence as a community partner for positive change. If you’re interested in delivering superior emergency response services and working collaboratively to serve our community, join our team in Durham!

Devoted to providing clerical and/or office support activities for city functions and staff. Incumbents assigned to this class provide more advanced transaction processing involving basic research, verification, reconciliation and mathematical calculations, as well as respond to internal and external customer questions and inquiries by communicating standard policies and procedures. Incumbents may be assigned to confidential positions or handle confidential materials.

An incumbent is responsible for providing administrative support to staff, projects and/or an office or field function including processing more complex financial and service-related transactions and monitoring their status; processing customer-related transactions such as service requests, registrations and/or cash-handling; preparing documents, reports and presentations; entering and retrieving data; and ensuring the accuracy of information contained in databases and systems.

Examples of duties

• Community outreach planning and support to include summer camps/ Police Athletic League/ Safety Pop-Up events.
• Enters data for reports, databases, work orders, payroll and/or tracking information; retrieves and compiles data.
• Monitors transactions for progress and performs research as required.
• Prepares and produces documents, reports and/or presentations from verbal information and/or written drafts; provides general administrative support to staff and/or projects.
• Receives, processes and routes calls, which may include dispatching calls for service, as assigned.
• Updates web pages, as assigned.
• Opens, logs and distributes mail.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).
• Three years of related clerical/administrative support experience.

Supplemental information

North Carolina Public Notary registration.