Administrative Clerk - Towers Jail

Posting Date

08/31/26

Application Deadline

09/02/26

Pay Range

Min - Mid - Max
$17.50- $22.00 - $26.50

Job Type

Unclassified

Department

Sheriff

About the Position

The Administrative Clerk provides a variety of general clerical and administrative support services for Towers Jail, performing routine duties in accordance with well-established procedures and guidelines.

About the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office:

Do you possess integrity, strong interpersonal skills, and do you have a desire to serve your community?  We are seeking passionate individuals to join our team with a variety of openings for Civilian, Detention and Sworn personnel.  The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) invites you to become part of Arizona's leading law enforcement agency where we come together as a team to support and provide public safety. 

Position Qualifications

We recognize your time is valuable, so please apply if you meet the following required qualifications:

Education

• High School Diploma or GED

Experience

• Six (6) months of clerical work experience

OR

Combined education and experience qualifications

• Post secondary education may substitute for the experience requirement on a year for year basis.

Other requirements

• Must possess a valid Arizona driver’s license or have the ability to obtain by the time of hire.
• Training that may be provided on-the-job: Safety; Payroll; PREA.
• Prior to hiring, the Sheriff's Office requires that all candidates pass a background review.

Our Preferred Candidate has

• Experience in a law enforcement or detention setting

Compensation is more than a salary with MCSO

• Growth and stability since 1871
• Choice of three medical plans – starting as low as $70/month
• Holidays – 10/year + 1 personal day
• Enrollment in Arizona State Retirement System
• Paid sick and parental leaves (birth/adoption)
• 30% discount at Kindercare childcare facilities in the Valley.
• 50% discount at MCKids Club childcare located next to our headquarters. 
• MCSO Mentoring program to provide personal and professional growth opportunities for all employees
• Access to free County gyms
• Learn more at Benefits Overview 

Essential Job Tasks

(This is not an all-inclusive list of all job duties that may be required; employees will be required to perform other related duties as assigned.)

• Prepares, types, and proofreads routine forms, letters or memorandum.
• Enters and tracks computer database applications.
• Performs routine clerical work including filing, billing, verifying and recording information.
• Enters payroll time into Workday.
• Schedules appointments.
• Provides customer service via telephone, email, and in person for public and other County employees.
• Compiles and maintains data for statistical reports.
• Files and disseminates correspondence, reports, and mail.
• Inventories, orders and stocks supplies for Towers Jail.
• Attends meetings, generates reports and distributes to appropriate personnel.
• Be present at the work site to perform tasks as assigned/scheduled by supervisor.

Working Conditions

Maricopa County is an EEO/ADA Reasonable Accommodation Employer. 

The following environments described are only representative of how the essential job tasks are currently performed or envisioned. As such, in order to accommodate a disability or limitation, the essential job tasks may be performed in ways other than described on these pages.
 

Work occurs primarily indoors.  Tasks require sitting for long periods, managing time pressures and high work volumes with high degree of decision making, concentration, and accuracy. Position requires ethical conduct and a professional demeanor.

Work environment

• Indoors
• Rarely outdoors, above 90 degrees, below 40 degrees
• Conditions may rarely include confined spaces, stairs/ladders, unprotected heights, high noise level, dim/bright lighting, exposure to contagious diseases
   

Physical environment

• Sitting, standing, walking
• Driving a vehicle
• Speaking, hearing, seeing, reading, distinguishing colors
• Bending/kneeling, reaching, twisting, crouching
• Lifting floor to waist fifty (50) pounds
• Lifting waist to shoulder fifty (50) pounds
• Carrying a weight of fifty (50) pounds for a distance of twenty (20) feet
• Pushing/pulling a distance of one hundred (100) for a distance of forty (40) feet
   

Social environment

• High volume of work, handling multiple/complicated/ tasks
• Accuracy, decision making
• Teamwork and working in close proximity with others
• Conditions frequently include interruptions, time pressures, unscheduled tasks, frequently changing tasks, concentration/vigilance and public contact
• Conditions may rarely include emergencies, dangerous environment, isolation, overtime/rotating shifts

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of

• Basic to intermediate level grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Standard office practices and procedures.
• Basic to intermediate skill in operating various machines which includes a personal computer.

Skill in

• Using computer applications including spreadsheets, databases, and word processing software.
• Operating standard office equipment.  

Ability to

• Interpret and explain rules and regulations.
• Interact well with the general public and maintain effective working relationships.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Take and/or transcribe oral dictation.
• Use independent judgement.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

The hiring authority will select the successful candidate based on departmental needs.
 
All offers of employment made to new hires and rehires at Maricopa County are contingent upon successful completion of a post-offer, pre-employment thorough background investigation.  A background investigation is conducted on a current employee who changes to a Safety Sensitive Position or one having the potential for serious adverse impact on the integrity or efficiency of the County.  These requirements do not pertain to employees of elected officials who undergo background investigation processes administered through their respective offices.

Typically, successful candidates are hired at a salary rate, up to midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience, internal equity and budgetary allowances.

Selection Procedure

• Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications

• Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile

• Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive

 

Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application process or to perform the essential functions of the position under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact [email protected] to initiate the interactive process.

 

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