Posting Clerk

Department Information

This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

The Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) provides the infrastructure by which the rest of state government operates. The programs and services provided by DPA are vitally important to the efficient and effective operation of state government. Due to the nature of the Department’s business, service to customers is the Department’s driving force. The Department’s customer base is three fold: DPA serves state agencies, state employees, and the public.

Our values are:
Integrity – Being honest and fair in our work and relationships

Teamwork – Collaborating with and empowering each other to achieve success

Responsiveness – Engaging and following through in a way that promotes respect, energy, creativity, and adaptability

Transparency – Operating with accountability, clarity, and ethics in a way that builds and sustains trust

Service – Being helpful, useful, timely, and efficient in our actions, results, and communications

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and build greater public confidence in good government, consider joining the dedicated people of the State of Colorado. Our professionals strive to support state government and the citizens of Colorado. Customer service is a key component for every position in state government as is the focus on ideas and ways to redesign the delivery of services in making state government more:

Effective. Measure every aspect of government to be sure it’s doing what it’s supposed to do and to look at outcomes to judge whether our programs are successful.

Efficient. Deliver services in ways that are timely and effective including identifying waste and duplication and measure for efficiency.

Elegant. Deliver state services in a way that elevates both the state employee and the person receiving state services.

In addition to a great location and rewarding meaningful work, we offer:

Excellent work-life programs, such as training opportunities and more

Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans

Medical and dental health plans

Paid basic life insurance

Short and optional long-term disability coverage

10 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

Description of Job

This position is part of the Accounting and Administrative Unit that ensures the financial integrity of Central Collection Services systems and records. Duties include:

Enters information in the system

Interacts with clients, customers and staff to adjust records as appropriate

Provides support to staff in the Accounting and Administrative Unit

Develops desk procedures for this position and two other accounting technician positions

Serves as back up to the two other accounting technician positions

Serves as a liaison between private collections agencies, client agencies and Central Collection Services

Assists clients with accounting reconciliation of their accounts

Enters and reviews general accounting expense documents in the state’s financial system for client payments and debtor refunds.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Only your on-line application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications and/or substitutions. “See Resume” will not be accepted. You may attach a resume and cover letter to your on-line application.

Part of, or the entire comparative analysis for this position, may involve a review of the information you submit in your on-line application, resume and/or cover letter. Therefore, it is paramount that in the experience portion of your on-line application you describe the extent to which you possess the education, experience outlined in the job announcement as well as the preferred qualifications. Failure to include adequate information or follow instructions may affect the assessment of your submittal and prevent you from competing in subsequent measures used to arrive at a top group of applicants. Candidates may also be required to pass a pre-employment test as part of the comparative analysis process in order to move on to the next step in the process.

Minimum Qualifications

Three years of technical accounting experience.

OR

Two years of college, university or non-correspondence business school which included eighteen (18) semester credit hours of accounting can substitute for up to two years of the required experience.

Conditions of Employment

A pre-employment criminal background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. Felony convictions or conviction of crimes of moral turpitude or convictions of misdemeanors related to job duties may disqualify you from being considered for this position. Should your background check reveal any charges or convictions, it is your responsibility to provide the Department of Personnel & Administration’s Human Resources Unit with an official disposition of any charges.

Former employees of the State of Colorado MUST have concluded employment in good standing to be eligible for rehire.

APPEAL RIGHTS:
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for the position, you may protest the action by filing an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the date you receive notice of the elimination.

Also, if you wish to challenge the selection and comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the receipt of notice or knowledge of the action you are challenging.

Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director’s Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for more information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director’s Administrative Procedures are available at www.colorado.gov/spb.

A standard appeal form is available at: www.colorado.gov/spb. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.