Job Description Summary

Job Description

Hiring Range: $49,878 - $58,635 Annually 

Pay Range: $49,878 - $67,371 Annually 

Range Explanation:

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

We are seeking a highly organized, compassionate, and customer-focused professional to serve as the first point of contact at Pima County’s Housing Center, home to Pima County’s Community Action Agency, the Outside Agency Program, and the Homelessness Prevention Hub. The ideal individual will thrive in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment, skillfully managing reception activities while providing accurate information, connecting community members to resources, and supporting essential administrative operations. This role is perfect for someone who is dependable, detail‑driven, and passionate about helping our community navigate housing and community assistance services.

Community & Workforce Development Department works with vulnerable populations and minors. A Level one Fingerprint Clearance Card, a Criminal History Self Disclosure Affidavit, and a Central Registry background check are requirements for employment.

Essential Functions:  

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Provides complex administrative services of a specialized nature to a department, division, or program within Pima County;

• Negotiates and establishes Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA), contracts and other obligatory agreements and monitors compliance;

• Prepares work unit budgets, oversees expenditures, performs cost and statistical analyses and prepares reports and recommendations;

• Performs research, prepares written reports and recommendations and informs management of issues, concerns and problems of specialized work unit;

• Provides information, status, and recommendations to department directors, division managers and professional staff regarding area of assignment and responds to public inquiries interpreting work unit and county policies and procedures;

• Ensures work unit policies, procedures and activities comply with applicable federal/state statutes and regulations and county policy;

• Oversees internal services such as accounting, payroll, personnel, management information services and/or purchasing;

• Represents work unit at various meetings, conferences, or on committees and provides specialized expertise related to area of assignment;

• Develops, maintains and manages databases using automated information systems and compiles/reviews/monitors information for reporting purposes.

Minimum Qualifications:  

Associate’s Degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following disciplines: public administration, business administration, management, or a closely related field as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment AND one year of professional experience in public or business administration.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

OR:

One year with Pima County as an Administrative Specialist I or closely related professional administrative classification.