Overview
Operations Support Specialist, Administrative/Clerical Jobs in Paola, USA at Miami County, KS
Salary: $18.69 – $20.37 Hourly
Location : Miami County Clerk – Suite 102
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number:
Department: County Clerk
Opening Date: 05/15/2026
Closing Date: 7/3/2026 11:59 PM Central
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Description
The Operations Support Specialist is responsible for general, accounting, and administrative support for office and events. Performs clerical work in support of department/program. Assignments vary and require knowledge of specific departmental procedures and practices of varying complexity and interpretation. Works under varied levels of supervision.
Examples of Duties
Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Duties:
- Provide customer service support.
- Answer phones.
- Process wildlife and parks licenses.
- Process Homestead/Safe Senior filings.
- Inventory
- Maintain and record inventory for the department.
- Prepare and submit county wide inventory in compliance with statutory requirements.
- Airport Records
- Process billing for airport hangar rentals and deposit payments.
- Maintain and balance airport fuel usage records.
- Elections
- Recruit election poll workers and schedule training.
- Management of polling sites during elections.
- Process candidate filings.
- Prepare budget estimate for motor vehicle, excise tax, recreational vehicles and heavy trucks.
- Maintain and make updates to the department webpage on the County website and social media accounts.
- Process moving permits.
- On a rotating basis, process and balance the daily Treasurer’s packet, including daily motor vehicle receipts. Enter data, balance, and verify against the Treasurer’s records.
- All other duties as assigned by the County Clerk.
Serve as backup for the following positions within the department:
- Operations Support Assistant
- Operations Support Specialist – Front Desk
- Commission meeting minutes and records.
- Maintain cemetery records and information.
- Process special events permit, pawn broker/precious metal licenses, and wild animal licenses.
- Operations Support Specialist – Real Estate
- Assist with processing deed work for the tax roll.
- Assist with tax abstracting and statement preparation.
- Election Specialist
- Election setup, election programming, and voter registration.
- Process temporary liquor permit, annual CMB license.
- Office Coordinator II
- Process accounts payable.
Typical Qualifications
Position Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent required; plus 3-5 years accounting or related experience generally preferred.
- Valid Driver’s License required
- Required to work mandatory overtime, sometimes on short notice, as needed.
Knowledge:
- Computer software programs and applications such as MS Office.
- County and/or city government administration.
- Office administrative practices and procedures, including filing.
- Basic business data processing principles.
- Policies and procedures related to the department to which assigned.
- Proper form for typed materials.
- Business arithmetic, including percentages and decimals.
- Correct English usage, including spelling, grammar and punctuation.
- Record keeping principles and procedures.
Skills
- Excellent customer service skills with the ability to interact in a positive and professional manner to develop and maintain strong working relationships with co-workers, management and general public.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate goals, interests, and positions during discussions.
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to prioritize.
Abilities:
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documents and/or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and/or the general public.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Must be able to analyze many variables and choose the most effective course of…
Title: Operations Support Specialist, Administrative/Clerical
Company: Miami County, KS
Location: Paola, USA
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