PURCHASING SPECIALIST, TEMPORARY

EMILY GRIFFITH TECHNICAL COLLEGE

FTE: Temporary

Salary Range: $21.289 to $25.380 Hourly

Essential Functions and Objectives:

With a solid financial/accounting foundation, perform duties in the Business Services Office at Emily Griffith Technical College, to include all aspects of procurement and sourcing, analysis and verifying financial data for use in maintaining student accounts, according to accounting procedures, and related policies and procedures, purchasing responsibilities and an array of other ad-hoc financial duties.

Administers and manages activities within a specific area of a responsibility. Serves as the subject matter expert and applies gained knowledge to execute, maintain and improve systems, programs, or processes.

-Lead the purchasing/ procurement and accounts payable efforts for Emily Griffith Technical College, including being the SME for all purchasing related questions, inquiries and requests.

-Perform all aspects of the purchasing process in accordance with Denver Public Schools policies. This includes entering requisitions to be turned into purchase orders by DPS, purchasing items on EGTC's Visa card, processing employee reimbursement and travel expense requests, reconciling invoices and submitting them to DPS for payment, reconciling Visa transactions in the accounting system, and other duties as needed.

-Check the accuracy of figures, calculations, orders, and postings recorded by other workers.

-Perform various ad-hoc financial and accounting duties, as needed by the team.

-Compile, organize, track and update data for various reports. Update, organize and file accurate record. Perform other duties as requested.

-Provides various support and conducts activities related to logistics, reporting, training, communications, and processes.

-Participates in the planning and implementation of new initiative.

-Asesses and troubleshoots escalated problems and applies expert understanding to resolve complex challenges of stakeholders; focuses on root cause identification in order to achieve systemic and sustainable improvement.

-Approves and documents exceptions for compliance record keeping and reporting.

-Ensures appropriate key stakeholder involvement in planning, goal-setting, and implementation to achieve buy-in of work products.

-Ensures purposeful, positive and professional interactions and relationships with all stakeholders; enables consistent application of work products across the district.

-Identifies opportunities for improvement, prioritizes, and recommends solutions to management.

-Implements approved enhancements to ensure consistency across the district.

-Identifies opportunities to reduce costs; analyzes available data, trends, and feedback, and ensures compliance with expectations for optimal operation and goal achievement.

Knowledge, Experience & Other Qualification:

-Two or more years of related experience accounting, finance or bookkeeping.

-Experience with variety of computer applications, including spreadsheets, word processing and databases, automated on-line accounting systems, and payroll software (e.g. Lawson).

-Knowledge with Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel and Outlook.

-Effective time management and organizational skills.

-Effective communication skills.

-Strong attention to detail.

-Effectively handle multiple demands and competing deadlines.

-The ability to take responsibility for one's own performance.

-Work collaboratively with others on a team.

-Aptitude for variety and changing expectations and fast-paced environment.

-Ability to work effectively with staff all levels of supervision and the public.

-Ability to receive, coordinate, and assign various job related tasks simultaneously.

-Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Education Requirements:

-Bachelor's Degree Preferred.

-Minimum High School Diploma.

About Emily Griffith Technical College:

Emily Griffith Technical College, a division of Denver Public Schools, is Colorado's most unique public college. We offer an extensive curriculum including nearly 50 certificate programs and 500 courses. We have established a reputation for being one of the region's most diverse learning environments assisting more than 1.6 million students since our inception.

The Emily Griffith Technical College was founded nearly 100 years ago, and we still use the motto coined by Emily Griffith herself: For all who wish to learn and expand their horizons and chart their own course for success. We are looking for individuals that demonstrate and share the DPS Core Values of Integrity, Equity, Accountability, Collaboration, Fun and putting Students First. Come join the DPS team at Emily Griffith Technical College and make an impact at a great organization!

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.