Operations Coordinator

State Of Colorado

Posted on : 06-08-2025

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Denver, CO - USA

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$ 60000 - 70000

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1 Vacancy

Posted on : 06-08-2025

Job Description

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Love ColoradoThere is no better way to define your future and build your career than to work for the State of Colorado.

Finding Your Purpose

When you work for the State of Colorado youre working to improve your community impact the lives of those around you and ensure that our shared natural resources will be available for generations to come.

Finding Your Passion

Each position makes a difference by helping people enhancing our livelihood and making Colorado a better place to live. Learn more about the mission of each of ourDepartments and Institutionsand the unique roles they serve!

Colorado for All

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do including hiring employment and advancement opportunities.

Colorado For All - Colorado Employee Reflections

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Colorado Governor Jared Polis is committed to building a Colorado For All a place where everyone has an opportunity to succeed and live the Colorado way of life. Governor Polis is focused on lowering health care costs for hardworking Coloradans transitioning the state to renewable energy sources ensuring every Colorado child gets a quality education making housing more affordable and available improving public safety and building an economy that works for everyone. The Office of the Governors staff includes budgeting communications and outreach legal counsel legislative liaison operations policy and research and scheduling.

Mission of Governors Office of Operations:

To empower state agencies to deliver on the administrations core policy priorities while addressing urgent operational challenges and constantly improving performance. For more information about the Operations team visit our website here: of Job

Note: For full consideration please submit your application by 5:00 pm August 8 2025. Applications received after this date may be reviewed if the position remains open or the initial pool of candidates does not meet the hiring needs

Position Title:Operations Coordinator

Department:Governors Office of Operations and Cabinet Affairs

FLSA Status: Exempt

Work Schedule: This is a hybrid position working in office at least 3 days per week

Term Limited:The position is funded through December 2026

Organizational Relationships:The Operations Coordinator reports to the Director of Operations & Cabinet Affairs. This position supports the Office of Operations and Cabinet Affairs and the Scheduling and Advance Teams within the Governors Office. This position may occasionally be asked to support other Executive Assistants within the Governors Office as needed.

Expected Annual Travel: Occasional in-state travel.

Summary of Functions:The Operations Coordinator supports the Governors Office of Operations & Cabinet Affairs to ensure seamless coordination of team deliverables and administrative functions. This position assists with coordinating team-wide workflows and project management including implementing and maintaining team processes and timelines. The Operations Coordinator also serves as a liaison between Executive branch agencies and the Operations team and plays a critical role in maintaining timely and ongoing communication between the Governors Office and state agencies.

This position serves as the administrative lead for the Governors Office of Operations & Cabinet Affairs and plays an active role in day-to-day meetings and operations. This includes managing the Directors schedule coordinating meetings and events gathering briefing materials and providing quality control for information and task gathering. This role will attend meetings alongside members of the Operations Team and Executive Leadership to capture notes track action items and ensure completion of next steps.

Additionally this role will lead special projects as assigned and be provided opportunities to apply their skills in support of team objectives. The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented highly organized proactive collaborative and an innovative thinker. Candidates should also be able to demonstrate strong critical thinking pattern recognition and analytical skills and the ability to adapt quickly and operate nimbly in a fast-paced work environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Internal Operations

Serves as a liaison between the Governors Office state agencies and external parties. This includes fielding inquiries and facilitating ongoing communication across multiple organizations triaging information as needed.
Supports Operations team leadership with workstream tracking to ensure shared awareness of key deliverables priorities and timelines and help manage staff workloads. Develops and maintains systems of effective project and process management.
Creates and ensures timely delivery of relevant briefing materials for the Governor the Director of Operations and Cabinet Affairs and other members of Governors Office leadership.
Coordinates and attends all Operations team meetings as well as specific meetings alongside members of the Operations Team and Executive Leadership to distribute agendas capture notes and action items and help ensure completion of next steps.
Helps maintain the Operations team website inclusive of agency performance plans and performance reports. Ensures all public-facing information is current accurate and meets Colorados accessibility requirements.
Supports the Operations Data Analyst and Operations Advisors with data collection and quality control as needed. Helps ensure agency data is submitted and approved on time providing technical assistance when appropriate.
Serves as team lead for all event planning logistics and coordination. Events include staff retreats roundtable discussions site visits employee appreciation and other special events.
Supports hiring onboarding and offboarding processes for the Operations team including reviewing applications scheduling interviews and coordinating with human resources.
Provides day-to-day technical support for hybrid and virtual meetings (e.g. Zoom Webex and Google Meets) ensuring smooth setup troubleshooting issues and managing technical logistics. This entails coordination with the Governors Office IT Manager to elevate critical IT requests.

Administrative

Coordinates all aspects of the Director of Operations schedule and provides ongoing management of the calendar with regular check-ins. Provides scheduling assistance for other members of the Operations team as needed.
Assists Operations team leadership with approving timecards and tracking time off requests.
Manages all administrative requests and purchasing needs including office supply orders and all related expense claims and reporting.
Facilitates approval processes and triages approval requests across the organization.
Oversees document management for the Operations team.
Maintains and regularly updates relevant organization charts listserves and contact sheets.

Project Support

Assists with specific research and analysis assignments as directed by supervisor and leadership team.
Leads and coordinates special projects as directed by supervisor and leadership team.
Contributes to strategy and planning work meetings and other activities such as process improvement and professional development.
Other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills:

This position requires a self-starter with strong problem-solving critical thinking and pattern recognition skills who can operate independently and nimbly in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. Candidates should also demonstrate personal integrity confidence and diplomacy.

High level of professionalism in all written and oral communications. A strong understanding of executive-level communication is preferred.
Exceptional time management organizational skills and attention to detail.
Proficiency in Google Apps and Microsoft Suite is essential. Experience with Salesforce is preferred but not required.
Strong relationship-building skills and ability to collaborate effectively.
Excellent project management and coordination skills including the ability to create and maintain project and action item trackers.
Basic data management and analysis skills are preferred but not required.
Ability to work with high levels of confidentiality and discretion.

Minimum Qualifications Substitutions Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Education/Experience:At least five (5) years of relevant experience. This may be exclusively work experience ORa combination of higher education training and work experience.

Five (5) years of professional experience in a related field

A bachelors degree and one (1) year of relevant work experience

An associate degree and three (3) years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

A degree in political science public policy business administration organizational effectiveness or another related field.
Previous experience in government or business administration project management process improvement data analytics customer service or another related field.

Conditions of Employment:Applicants must pass a thorough background check prior to employment and reside in Colorado once employed.

Supplemental Information

To Apply:

A cover letter and resume must be submitted with the application for consideration.Your cover letter and resume must provide sufficient detail about your background and experience to allow the screening panel to properly assess your experience in the required elements including your experience and achievements.

The State of Colorado/Office of the Governor offers a generous benefits package including:

Annual leave accrued at 13.33 hours per month (4 weeks a year)
Sick leave accrued at 6.66 hours a month (10 days a year)
12 paid holidays per year
Medical and dental plans
State paid life insurance policy of a minimum of $50000 or 1x annual salary
Choice of 2 retirement plans
401K and 457 plans
State paid Short Term Disability coverage
Additional optional life and disability plans
Credit Union Membership
RTD pass
Training and professional development

To learn more about State of Colorado benefits visit: and Belonging

The State of Colorado believes thatequity diversity and inclusion drive our success and we encourage candidates from all identities backgrounds and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore in all aspects of the employment process we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex disability age sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy medical condition related to pregnancy creed ancestry national origin marital status genetic information or military status (with preference given to military veterans) or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

ADAAA Accommodations

The Office of the Governor is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment including completing the application process interviewing completing any pre-employment testing participating in the employee selection process and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Staffing Coordinator (the Senior Human Resources Director) at

Please submit an online application for this position at Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Operations Coordinator

State Of Colorado

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