MPD seeks Administrative Operations Clerk - $41k to $54k

There is only one city in the country that can say it is the Nation's Capital - Washington, D.C. Given that distinction, The Metropolitan Police Department is the premiere law enforcement organization in the city. The city receives over 22 million visitors a year, have over 700,000 residents, and 21,000 private businesses. The Department consists of more than 4500 members; approximately 3,850 sworn members and over 650 civilian employees. We are one of the most diverse and highly trained departments in the country. We have the honor of safeguarding and protecting not only our nation's residents, but also people from all over the world.

This position is located in the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) 3rd District. This position serves as the primary individual responsible for carrying out daily administrative support and time and attendance activities for the district. The Administrative Operations Clerk position is in the collective bargaining unit represented by the National Association for Government Employees (NAGE) R3-5.

The Incumbent will be responsible for the following:

  • Read and keep abreast of organizational changes, new department wide directives and procedures that affect the work of the unit.

  • Respond to written and verbal inquiries from employees, supervisors, payroll office of other agencies.

  • Prepare reports at the request of a supervisor or other superiors in order to summarize time and attendance and compensation data; extract information according to variables such as unioncode, organizational code, pay period, time keeper number, and salary rate.

  • Maintain a variety of records concerning assigned personnel activities and time and attendance, e.g., injuries, illnesses, disability compensation, leave restoration, leave forfeiture, etc.

  • Plan and implement time and attendance activities to meet deadlines for the submission of payroll data, to ensure the timely compensation of assigned personnel.

  • Serve as liaison to the Payroll Office. Review and enter information on a daily basis in the automated payroll system

  • Responsible for the time and attendance entries of assigned personnel or may work as a member of a team and be responsible for a segment of the work unit personnel.

  • Review various compensation forms and documents for accuracy and completion.

  • Compute and adjust various types of compensation requests

  • Prepare bi-weekly time and attendance reports.

  • Conduct audits of time and attendance records to ensure accuracy.

  • Perform other related duties as assigned.