Administrative Technician

Pay Range: $21.26 - $26.57/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, November 18, 2026 📅

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆

An Administrative Technician job is available with the City of Fort Worth Police Department Tactical Operations Division. This position will primary be providing routine clerical and administrative support to the daily operations of Tactical Operations Division and other mission critical duties to support Tactical Command. This individual will be performing a variety of routine fiscal and administrative tasks for staff and management personnel in assigned areas of responsibility.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associates degree in Business, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, Office Administration or related field
• Two (2) years of clerical and administrative experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel)
• Extensive public contact customer service skills
• Experience in human resources, payroll, financial reports or accounting
• Experience in PeopleSoft (E.R.P.) or a similar human resources system
• Extensive telephone and public contract customer service skills
• Experience with sworn civil service and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of an organization coupled with the ability to maintain a strict level of confidentiality at all times

The Administrative Technician job responsibilities include:

• Provides administrative assistance to staff by preparing documents, scheduling meetings, and screening clients and phone calls. Maintains appointment calendars
• Prepares travel documents, employee travel reimbursement requests and conference registrations
• Provides service to internal and external customers by answering inquiries, resolving complaints or directing callers to appropriate department or personnel. Evaluates and reviews customer applications, documents, files and records to determine eligibility or status for various City services. Maintains records and application data
• Provides administrative support by verifying costs for various budget items, gathering data, and entering data into City systems for the annual budget. Ensuring financial/budget practices adherence to department budget and budget guidelines
• Receives and applies payments and fees. Compiles fiscal, statistical and related program reports. Calculates financial data, balances books, updates accounts and provides program expenditures and available balances. Updates and inputs records and documents and maintains files
• Prepares and processes payroll and personnel transactions for an assigned area. Assists the section/division and Human Resources for hiring or other issues
• Processes requisitions and purchases materials and supplies to maintain inventory. Prepares bid information, and coordinates with staff for purchasing. Works with various vendors in regard to quotes, billing issues, credits and invoices. Receives materials or supplies
• Participates in special projects, providing input as needed
• Renews department licenses, certificates, permits and other required documentation
• Attends, records, and composes minutes of various commissions and board meetings. May serve as notary for assigned department
• Provides staff support to an assigned department. Serves as back up for various staff positions as needed
• Adheres to assigned work schedule as outlined in the Department and City attendance policies and procedures; ensures all behaviors comply with the City’s Personnel Rules and Regulation
• Perform other duties as required

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Final candidates selected for hire in the Police Department will be subject to a fingerprint/criminal history background check and polygraph examination.  Applicants must not have used marijuana during the previous two (2) years, nor illegally used any controlled substances within the last five (5) years. 

Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Background Check

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility.  Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position:  Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

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Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.