About Our Job

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $56,176-$92,690. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

About Denver Arts & Venues

So that all may thrive, Denver Arts & Venues enriches and advances Denver’s quality of life and economic vitality through premier public venues, arts, cultural and entertainment opportunities. DAV is also responsible for operating some of the region’s most renowned facilities including Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, the Denver Performing Arts Complex, Colorado Convention Center, Denver Coliseum and McNichols Civic Center Building. Arts & Venues also oversees numerous cultural investments and grant programs such as Denver’s Public Art Program, McNichols Cultural Partner Program, Music Advancement Fund, P.S. You Are Here, SCFD Tier III granting process, and other entertainment and cultural events such as the Five Points Jazz Festival, Urban Arts Fund, and implementation of Denver’s Cultural Plan.

Diversity in the City

Denver Arts & Venues is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in all our programs, initiatives and decision-making processes. To address historic inequities and systemic racism, the City’s Equity Platform is focused on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) and other historically marginalized communities, including people with disabilities and LGBTQ+. Ensuring meaningful representation from historically untapped and under resourced communities is essential to these practices.

Location

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. In this position you can expect to work on site at the Ellie Caulks Opera House at least 3 days a week. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

What You’ll Do

This position will perform a wide variety of process that support agency-wide administration and operations. Job duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Administration Coordinator:
  • Manage agency-wide administrative tasks and processes
  • Serve as a liaison and point of contact for internal staff and external stakeholders
  • Provide back-up support for Executive Assistant
• Support coordination of agency contracting and procurements
• Support Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests
• Track and coordinate technology assets
• Coordinate and facilitate tasks related to Human Resources
• Manage employee onboarding and offboarding
• Coordinate and process P-Card usage and reconciliation?
• Coordinate, process, and track agencywide travel
• Act as agencywide timekeeping system coordinator
• Provide administrative support to and participate in the internal employee engagement committee
• Support Operations Manager with work related to continuity of operations and standard operating procedures
• Support and help build out centralized document storage (SharePoint, Teams)
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Denver Arts and Venues is deeply committed to an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) practice that closes access gaps in arts and culture with urgency and accountability. We believe long term impact requires changing traditional processes, creating new systems, and developing authentic relationships to transformative work.

What You’ll Bring

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• Strong attention to detail and superior organizational skills
• Ability to meet firm deadlines and thrive in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment
• Customer service oriented
• Ability to learn systems
• Strong communications skills
• Ability to analyze and recognize problems and develop solutions
• Ability to coordinate tasks across large teams in different locations

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree.

Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of experience administering business operations or operational programs and/or assisting professional/management staff with administrative or operational functions.

Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education.

Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until Sunday, October 20th, 2024. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than October 20th, 2024 at midnight to ensure consideration.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CA2379 Business Operations Administrator

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Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$56,176.00 - $92,690.00

Starting Pay

Based on education and experience

Agency

Arts & Venues Denver

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.

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