Administrative Assistant III

Salary

$45,255\.39 \- $75,424\.96 Annually

LocationFAIRFAX (EJ28\), VA

Job Type

FT Hourly W BN

Job Number

26\-00475

Department

Police

Opening Date

03/21/2026

Closing Date

3/27/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Pay Grade

S15

Posting Type

Open to General Public

Job Announcement

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This position serves as an integral part of the Financial Resources Division supporting and coordinating the Fairfax County Police Department's extensive travel needs. On a daily basis manages a portfolio of forty\-two travel p\-cards along with the travel section supervisor. This role serves as the subject matter expert in the countywide and department specific travel policies and accounting guidelines and interprets the policies to various employees in the agency across pay grades and supervisory levels. Under the supervision of the Administrative Assistant IV, Travel Coordinator, serves as the assistant travel coordinator and handles all responsibilities of the travel coordinator except the supervisory role. This role handles the reconciliation of the travel section including monthly reconciliation of the entire operational and training travel general ledger accounts. The assigned functional areas of this position are Fiscal Administration, Accounting and/or Purchasing, Office Administration, and General Administrative duties.

Illustrative Duties

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(The illustrative duties listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all\-inclusive list. A complete list of position duties and unique physical requirements can be found in the position job description.)

General Financial Duties

Uses spreadsheets or databases to organize information and produce standard reports;

Prepares a variety of complex disbursement forms (e.g., check requests, travel forms, cash sheets, and journal entries) for routing and approval;

May approve some disbursement forms;

Compiles and maintains monthly, quarterly, semi\-annual, and annual totals, reports, and financial statements;

Explains fiscal rules and procedures to employees to ensure uniform application.

Fiscal Administration

Sets up accounts through corporate systems;

Reconciles ledgers;

Prepares status reports;

Gathers data for use by others in preparing budget;

Prepares transfer vouchers and interfund billing;

Monitors external accounts for discrepancies.

Accounting

Prepares wide variety of accounting forms;

Reconciles daily receipts or accounts receivable/payable;

Identifies discrepancies and makes corrections;

Collects required documents;

Prepares and authorizes expense vouchers and/or invoices within limited authorization levels.

Office Management

Provides administrative support and implements procedures;

Establishes/modifies and maintains a system for tracking the progress of work;

Trains and orients new employees;

Provides and explains relevant policies and procedures.

General Administrative

Composes routine correspondence on behalf of the executive/work unit head.

Receptionist/Public Contact

Schedule appointments;

Explains departmental policy/procedure but does not interpret them;

Responds to inquiries that require referencing a variety of sources and utilizing

knowledge of the department/county operations.

Word Processing/Typing

Keys/types complex documents (e.g., technical);

Proofs spelling and grammar;

Uses multiple software packages to prepare equations, statistics, tables and/or presentations;

Compiles reports from edited drafts;

Information Systems/Software

Performs data entry with some knowledge of department/work unit/program;

Manipulates screens for additional entries;

Generates routine reports;

Creates simple spreadsheets;

Maintains databases.

Reports

Compiles routine factual/numerical reports using readily available information.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

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(The knowledge, skills and abilities listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all\-inclusive list.)

Knowledge of standard rules and interpretations within own functional area and a working knowledge of established methods and procedures used in related areas;

Significant nonstandard skill/knowledge is required involving production of an end product such as a report.

Word Processing/Typing

Basic skills in the use of Microsoft Word.

Math Skills

Basic math skills.

PC Skills

Basic skills in the use of applicable Microsoft Office Suite software.

Communication

Ability to write simple documents.

Information Abilities

Ability to process and integrate complex data.

Interpersonal Abilities

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with both external and internal contacts.

Executive Assistance

Ability to maintain confidentiality and be sensitive to political issues.

Employment Standards

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education, experience and training equivalent to high school graduation and two years of experience providing administrative support in the assigned functional area(s).

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

The appointee to the position will be required to complete a criminal background check and credit check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Clear and concise oral and written communication skills.
• Experience processing travel requests, registrations, scheduling, and accounting for travel expenses.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Employment contingent on completion of background investigation and employee is subject to random drug testing. Job is generally sedentary in nature; however, visual acuity is required to read data on computer monitor. Incumbent must be able to operate keyboard driven equipment, communicate, written and verbally. May be required to lift up to 25–40\-pound files. Subject to background investigation. All duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Panel interview; may include exercise.

Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo\-European, and many others.) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703\-222\-7314\. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov EEO/AA/TTY.

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