Transportation Administrative Coordinator

Department:

Transportation

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Are you a detail-driven professional who loves turning data and strategy into action? Join our Field Services team in the Transportation Department! You’ll play a key role in supporting daily operations — analyzing trends, managing schedules, coordinating procurement, and assisting with personnel and project logistics. Bring your analytical expertise and make an impact — apply today!

• Enter and manage invoices, budget requests, purchase orders, and P-Card transactions, ensuring accurate records and timely processing
• Create, assign, and track tasks and work orders in Cartegraph; generate monthly reports and maintain inventories
• Coordinate employee training and certifications, track license expirations, and ensure compliance with required courses
• Manage uniforms, safety apparel, and equipment, including streetlights, fire extinguisher inspections, and departmental assets
• Monitor vendor activity, shipments, and departmental programs; maintain and update spreadsheets, reports, and internal communications
• Assist with facilities requests and ensure smooth departmental operations. Provide general office support, including scanning, filing, data entry, mail distribution, and event coordination
• Enters labor, materials and equipment used on work orders in work management system once work is completed

Work Hours:  Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate's degree from an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Business, Finance, or a related field AND three (3) years of job-related experience

• -OR- Bachelor's degree in an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Business, Finance, or a related field AND one year of job-related experience

• -OR- Five (5) years of professional-related experience can be substituted for the degree at management's discretion

• A valid Florida Driver's License at the time of hire

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Knowledge of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

• Expereince working with; Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project

Physical Demands:

• May occasionally lift and/or move more than 25 pounds

Subject to Passing Substance Screening:  This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening.  An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment for a period of five (5) years

About Everything Else

Starting Pay Range: $25.70 - $27.50/hour, based on your experience

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents. You will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

• If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)  

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)  

Benefits:

• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!
• For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.
• Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations. 
• Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)​​

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We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally. 

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.