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Public Safety Specialist - Sheriff Department

Pima County Government

Tucson, AZJob$18.79–25.38/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$18.79–25.38/hr
Location
Tucson, AZ
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Public Safety Specialist provides administrative, investigative, or operational support to law-enforcement or corrections operations without requiring commissioned or officer certification. Duties vary by assigned unit and may include visitor screening, communications, records and reports, database queries, vehicle readiness, inmate services, and facility monitoring. The position may require morning, evening, weekend, and holiday work, as well as schedule rotation.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Visitor ScreeningTelephone Call HandlingDatabase QueryingReport PreparationVehicle MaintenanceInvestigative ReportingReport Review

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GEDTwo Years Public Contact Experience or One Year County Administrative Experience or Related Education/Experience

Full job description

This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/7649540 Department - Sheriff's Department \ Job Type: Classified Job Classification: 5886 - Public Safety Specialist Salary Grade: 3 Pay Range Hiring Range: $18.79 - $22.09 Per Hour Pay Range: $18.79 - $25.38 Per Hour Range Explanation: - Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity. - Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.\ \ The Public Safety Specialist provides administrative, investigative, or operations support within an assigned unit in direct support of law-enforcement or corrections operations, not requiring commissioned or certification as a law enforcement or corrections officer. It is distinguished from the Office Support and Administrative Services classifications by the nature of the specialized duties and requirements of the assigned work-unit in law enforcement or corrections support. This position may be required to work mornings, evenings, weekends, and some holidays. Schedule rotation may be required.\ \ Essential Functions: As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the departments need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor. - Greets and monitors visitors, directing them to appropriate offices or activities, and ensures security by performing visitor screenings and security clearances; - Receives and directs telephone calls from the public, 911 communications center, and officers, referring inquiries or issues to appropriate staff; - Maintains logs, reports, briefing books, and related materials, ensuring proper documentation and distribution; - Monitors and responds to security, fire, and problem alarms, notifying staff and clearing alarm systems as needed; - Compiles, sorts, and distributes intra-departmental materials, reports, mail, and publications within and outside the department; - Queries databases and communications systems to gather required information, such as licenses, warrants, stolen property, or detainee status; - Prepares and compiles statistical, operational, and special reports for supervisory and command staff; - Maintains confidentiality and security of all materials and information encountered during duties; - Drives and performs maintenance on department vehicles, ensuring operational readiness; - Orders, inventories, and distributes supplies, equipment, forms, and materials, coordinating with the Materiel Management Unit; - Investigates and prepares police, case, incident, and situation reports based on inquiries from telephone calls, visitors, and officers; - Reviews field officer and traffic accident reports for compliance with standards, procedures, and deadlines, reporting findings to supervisory staff; - Processes subpoenas, manages the inmate phone system, and coordinates the distribution of telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD); - Searches U.S. mail for contraband, processes inmate money orders, and manages inmate phone call recordings; - Monitors jail or court video surveillance, operates electronic systems (doors, elevators, gates), and coordinates internal events and facility construction oversight. Minimum Qualifications: High chool diploma or General Education Development (GED) certification AND two years of public contact experience. \ OR: One year with Pima County as an Administrative Assistant I, Administrative Assistant II or related position as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment. \ (Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.) Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application. Selection Procedure:\ Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates mee

How this job compares

Set against the 5,319 open Administrative Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$18.79–25.38/hr
  • Arizona median$21–25/hr21 hourly ranges
  • US median$19–27/hr1,765 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $22.09/hr, is 4% below the Arizona median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Administrative Support hourly ranges in Arizona.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 81 open Administrative Support jobs in Arizona and 5,319 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Administrative Support postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (2,084 postings).
Education
142 of the 5,319 open Administrative Support jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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