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Purchasing Specialist

Available Title(s):
151E-YN_CS_NPS - Fiscal Specialist 1

Business Title:
Purchasing Specialist

Employee Type:
Classified

Time Type:
Full time

Position Term:
12 Month

Position Details:

Summary of Duties:

This position provides fiscal and administrative support for responsible departments within Cougar Health Services; Duties include Daily closing, balancing of the Pharmacy Point of Sale System, prepares cash deposits; tracks and prepares invoice vouchers; coordinating departmental purchasing transactions; verify and authorize purchasing invoices for payment; reconcile expenses; research and reconcile vendor payments with database; research purchasing requests for the best price; prepare department purchasing requests, ascertaining that expenditures are assigned to appropriate budget coding and are allowable with university policies; coordinates & prepares all travel arrangements unit wide within Cougar Health Services, maintains continuing education balances unit wide, prepares and compiles fiscal reports.

Required Qualifications:

• Three years of fiscal record keeping experience; OR equivalent education/experience.
  
• Fiscal record keeping experience.
  
• Demonstrated cash handling experience.
  
• Demonstrated experience creating and editing databases, and spreadsheets.
  
• Demonstrated experience in preparing, compiling and providing fiscal reports.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience/familiarity with WSU Policies and Procedures pertaining to Purchasing.
  
• Experience/familiarity with Workday.
  

COVID-19 Vaccine Information:

Washington State University requires employees in healthcare facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19. As a condition of employment, you must be fully vaccinated or have an approved medical/religious accommodation by time of hire. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving their last shot in a vaccine series. Full vaccination status or an approved accommodation will be verified prior to your first day of work. Should you not be fully vaccinated or have an approved medical/religious accommodation you will not be able to start employment with WSU. Please contact HRS at hrs@wsu.edu or 509-335-4521 for information regarding vaccine verification and/or requesting a medical/religious accommodation.

Additional Information:

Area/College:

Student Affairs

Department Name:

Cougar Health Services

City, State, Zip:

Pullman, WA 99164

Department Link:

https://cougarhealth.wsu.edu/

Monthly Salary:

Range 40 | $3,376 to $4,497 (Steps A-M) | Successful candidates typically begin at the beginning of the salary range and receive scheduled salary increment increases in accordance with WAC 357-28.

WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes: paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts.

For a more detailed summary of benefits offered by WSU for classified staff visit: https://hrs.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-Benefit-Overview-for-Civil-Service.pdf.

Find total compensation here: https://hrs.wsu.edu/managers/recruitment-toolkit/total-compensation/.

Overtime Eligibility:

Overtime eligible

FTE: 100%

This is a Permanent position.

Posting Close Date:

Applicants must submit their completed application by Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.

Background Check:

This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34, engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business-related need. A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.

Application Instructions:

All applicants must upload a cover letter and resume/cv to their online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications.

• External candidates, please upload all documents in the 'Resume/CV' section of your application. Internal candidates, please upload all documents in the 'Resume/Cover Letter' section of your application.
  
• All documents must be attached before submitting the application. The application cannot be edited once submitted.
  
• Documents may be submitted in one file or separate files.
  
• Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF if possible.
  
• Applicants will be requested to provide contact information for professional references within the online application.
  

Required Documents:

• Resume
  
• Cover Letter
  

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335-4521 (v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD Callers: 1-800-833-6388, 509-335-1259(f), or hrs@wsu.edu.

To apply, visit https://wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jobs/job/Pullman-WA/Purchasing-Specialist_R-10751

Washington State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Educator and Employer.







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