Administrative Services Officer

About the Department

Insurance: Your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans To learn more, visit: https://www.lacoe.edu

Online applications must be submitted by: 10/22/2025 5:00 P.M. (Pacific)

Retirement: PERS Defined Benefit Plan Paid Time Off: 24 vacation, 15 holidays, and 12 illness days.

The Los Angeles County of Education is seeking an innovative, adaptive, experienced leader for the Administrative Services Officer role.

The Administrative Services Officer plans, directs, organizes, coordinates, and manages a wide variety of centralized office and administrative services units in support of the daily operations of the Los Angeles County Office of Education.

The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following

Knowledge:

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• Provisions of the Education Code, Public Contract, Government, and Civil Codes of the State of California pertaining to administrative services areas
• Principles and techniques of budget preparation and administration, and related recordkeeping
• New and developing technology applicable to areas of responsibility
• Computer hardware and software related to database management and records management, including Microsoft Office Word and Excel
• Fundamental concepts of employment laws, codes, and regulations, including EEO, FLSA, FMLA, and Cal/OSHA and applicable provisions of collective bargaining agreements
  
  

Competencies:

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• Critical Thinking – Analytically and logically evaluating information, propositions, and claims
• Decision Thinking – Choosing optimal courses of action in a timely manner
• Legal & Regulatory Navigation – Understanding, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
• Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
• Innovation – Imagining and devising new and better ways of doing things
• Oral Communication – Engaging effectively in dialogue
• Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
• Handling Conflict – Managing interpersonally strained situations
• Relationship Building – Establishing rapport and maintaining mutually productive relationships
• Leadership – Guiding and encouraging others to accomplish a common goal
• Managing Performance – Ensuring superior individual and group performance 
• Business Process Analysis – Defining, assessing, and improving operational processes and workflow
• Managing Change – Addressing key factors that influence successful organizational change
• Project Management – Planning and tracking projects to ensure they are on-time, on-budget, and achieve their objectives
• Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communications and interactions that respect and include all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions and cultures
  
  

Required Education and Experience

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Education: A bachelor’s degree with major coursework in business administration, public administration, business management, or a field closely related to the job requirements of the classification from an institution of higher learning recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Experience: Five years of experience in public school business operations and/or administration, including two years of supervisory experience.

Additional Requirements: A valid California driver’s license and the availability of private transportation or the ability to obtain transportation between job sites is required.

Hybrid remote schedules may be available. To ensure the health and safety of its staff, LACOE may require employees to provide evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19. 

Selection Process

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Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of a performance assessment and/or technical interview.

Contact

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Additional Information

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Minimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For more information, please go to https://lacoe.edu/jobs/hr/classified.  For additional information on our testing procedures, please visit Applicant Resources on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans' Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application, testing, and employment are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.

The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is the nation’s largest regional education agency. We provide a range of programs and services to promote the academic and financial stability of the county’s 80 school districts and the achievement of more than 2 million preschool and school-age children.