Administrative Specialist - City

This position is located in the Community Development Division of the Planning Department within the City of Oklahoma City. The Administrative Specialist is primarily responsible for performing special projects, conducting research, monitoring budget goals and objectives, exchanging information, and performing general administrative tasks.

What You Will Do

Essential job functions include identifying problems, evaluating and developing alternatives, and making written and verbal recommendations to improve organization programs, procedures, and operations. Specific duties and responsibilities may include representing the department as staff advisor and attending various meetings, preparing Council memos for various department activities, and conducting specialized feasibility, time, and cost analyses.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of current organizational, managerial, and administrative concepts and principles, skill in basic research principles and practices, and standard budgeting and financial management procedures and practices. The candidate will also have the ability to develop alternatives and make recommendations leading to improvements of organizational activities and programs.

Requirements

• Knowledge of and ability to utilize standard budgeting and finance procedures and practices in performance of duties.
• Knowledge of and skill in utilizing basic research principles and practices.
• Knowledge of current organizational, managerial, and administrative concepts and principles.
• Skill in assessing and following research through to logical conclusion.
• Skill in communicating verbally and in writing, using tact and diplomacy.
• Skill in making long and short-range projections based on current and future needs.
• Ability to develop alternatives and make recommendations leading to improvements of organizational activities and programs.
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of the citywide organization and administrative structure, operations, practices, and procedures.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• An average of $22,000 annually contributed toward your benefits and retirement
• A comprehensive package designed to support your health and wellness, financial security, work-life balance, and personal and professional growth and development