Accounting Assistant (Part Time)

JOB THE POSITION: The Library & Cultural Arts Department of the City of Carlsbad currently has an opening available for a part-time (hourly) Accounting Assistant position in the Administration Division at the Carlsbad City Library on Dove Lane, with occasional travel to other library facilities and locations.
Part-time positions in the Library & Cultural Arts department are not to exceed 980 hours per fiscal year.
Scheduled work hours for the position are generally Monday through Friday from 8 a.
m.
to 12 p.
m.
at the Dove Library, for a total number of hours not to exceed 20 hours per week.
Interviews for this recruitment are expected to be the week of February 20.
Qualified applicants will be notified and scheduled for an interview.
DEI: The City of Carlsbad embraces diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and recognizes the vital relationship of a culturally diverse, engaged work environment and innovative excellence.
A diverse, equitable and inclusive work climate comprises personal experiences, values, and views shaped from differences of culture and circumstance.
Our organization appreciates belonging, creativity, recognition and retention of its employees and is committed to hiring and developing motivated, productive and talented employees who provide services and enhance our quality of life.
We work to embrace open and equitable access to opportunities for learning and development as our responsibility and goal.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Part-time (hourly) Accounting Assistants perform the following functions: Process accounts payable and receivableReconcile daily cash transactionsPrepare bank depositsProcess entries into cashiering softwareVerify library self-check-out transactionsMaintain various spreadsheets and provide general clerical assistanceInteract with department and city staff SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION: Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would qualify.
For the part-time (hourly) Accounting Assistant position, a typical way to acquire the skills and abilities would include at least one year of experience in cashiering, bookkeeping, accounts payable, and/or education involving accounts payable theories and practices.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: While performing the duties of this class, an employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand.
While performing the duties, employees of this class are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; observe and interpret people and situations; learn and apply new information or skills; and interact with staff and others encountered in the course of work.