Police Department Administrative Coordinator

The City of Redmond is a thriving, culturally diverse community and home to over 80,000 residents. Redmond is the hub of an array of commerce and industry ranging from technology, aerospace, and gaming to biomedical and innovation start-ups. In this role, you will represent the city, and our values of service, integrity, accountability, belonging and stewardship. The **Police Department Administrative Coordinator** for the **City of Redmond** provides advanced administrative, operational, and project coordination support to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of police department services. This role oversees office operations, enhances administrative processes, manages budgets, special projects, and prepares reports, analyses, and presentations to support organizational goals. The position also provides high-level customer service, and coordinates a wide range of administrative functions that promote operational excellence, compliance, and organizational effectiveness across the City of Redmond Police Department. - Coordinates and oversees office operations, identify resource needs, and develop action plans to achieve departmental objectives - Establish and update administrative processes, procedures and policies as advised by senior management. - Prepare documents for presentation to the Civil Service Commission. - Research, evaluate, and analyze data and provide advice and suggestions to others for use when making decisions regarding policy, procedural or operational changes including financial information, project closeouts and budget development. - Communicate information about city policies, procedures and programs to staff. - Research and review documents and data to determine how they will affect internal processes and determine appropriate course of action and respond within scope of authority. - Manage special projects; independently lead, coordinate and plan work assignments. - Independently develop conclusions and recommendations and present them to others; assemble and summarize data for management and prepare reports including budget summary/information as directed. - Provide advanced administrative support to department employees through travel/training registration and arrangements, expense reporting, and course completion records. - Answer customer questions on behalf of the department and consult with command staff and others as appropriate. - Onboard new employees on processes and procedures as they relate to the department. - Monitor, track and reconcile budgets and expenditures within the administrative scope of a project, program and/or unit. - Apply broad knowledge of City operations, policies, procedures, services and programs to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of a department. - Operate a variety of computer programs at an advanced level including MS Word, Excel, SharePoint etc. - Assist in updating intranet data and information for the department. - Act as a resource and/or backup to other departmental staff and assist with maintaining the effectiveness and efficiency of the department. - Coordinate onboarding and training processes for entry-level officers, including registering officers for the Basic Law Enforcement Academy, enrolling them in required Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) courses, and maintaining accurate and up-to-date training records in accordance with CJTC standards. - Support the hiring and onboarding process by assisting with background investigations, coordinating applicant scheduling and communication, tracking progress through each hiring stage, and facilitating the successful onboarding of new employees. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** - Advanced knowledge of office practices, methods and procedures as well as a variety of software and computer products including MS Word, Excel and SharePoint. - Applicable knowledge of grammar, mathematics, statistics, general budgeting practices and financial record keeping. - Skill in communic…