Purchasing Technician

Bakersfield City School District; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bakersfield City School District in Education Center is seeking a Purchasing Technician to support the district's procurement functions. You will assist with purchasing procedures, maintain records, and help manage budget allocations for schools and departments, ensuring accurate data and timely order processing.

Responsibilities include auditing purchase requests, issuing and tracking purchase orders, expediting shipments, initiating receiving reports, and maintaining stock levels to

Qualifications

• Knowledge of purchasing procedures.
• Knowledge of record keeping techniques.
• Ability to learn and apply policies, practices, and terminology used in purchasing supplies and materials for a school district
• Ability to perform clerical support duties filing and record keeping
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions
• Ability to communicate well with personnel and public

Responsibilities

• Audits purchase requests for vendor names, budget allocation, and appropriate authorization prior to preparing purchase orders
• Prepares and processes purchase orders on computer system and disseminates assigned purchase orders to proper schools, departments, and vendors as required
• Completes purchase order follow-up and expediting of assigned purchase orders, incomplete shipments, etc., and notifies appropriate school or department personnel of disposition
• Initiates receiving reports in order to expedite processing of payment at Accounts Payable.
• Maintain appropriate levels of regular store stock items
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Skills

Purchasing procedures

Record keeping

Policy learning

Clerical support

Oral and written directions

Communication skills

Job description

• Date Posted: 8/27/2026
• Location: Education Center
• Closing Date: 09/09/2026

PURCHASING TECHNICIAN

QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of purchasing procedures
• Knowledge of record keeping techniques
• Ability to learn and apply policies, practices, and terminology used in purchasing supplies and materials for a school district
• Ability to perform a variety of clerical support duties filing and record keeping
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions
• Ability to communicate well with personnel and public

REPORTS TO

Administrator as Assigned

JOB GOALS

To provide professional services which will contribute to effectiveness of department and services it renders

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Audits purchase requests for vendor names, budget allocation, and appropriate authorization prior to preparing purchase orders
• Prepares and processes purchase orders on computer system and disseminates assigned purchase orders toproper schools, departments, and vendors as required
• Completes purchase order follow-up and expediting of assigned purchase orders, incomplete shipments, etc., andnotifies appropriate school or department personnel of disposition
• Initiates receiving reports in order to expedite processing of payment at Accounts Payable.
• Maintain appropriate levels of regular store stock items
• Performs other related duties as assigned

SALARY

$21.49 - $34.89 per hour

EVALUATION

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the District's "Improvement of Professional Services" handbook,Board Policies and Procedures and consistent with collective bargaining agreements when applicable

PROBATIONARY POLICY

A new employee, or a permanent employee who is changed to a new classification, shall serve a probationary period, which shall not exceed six (6) months of duty time exclusive of leaves of absence or other absences. During this probationary period the employee must meet the required standards of performance to be recommended for permanent status in the classification. A probationary classified service employee may be terminated from the probationary classification at any time without cause, without right of appeal or hearing before the Board of Education. Pursuant to Education Code section 45113, a permanent employee who accepts a promotion and fails to complete the probationary period for that promotional position, shall be employed in the classification from which he or she was promoted.

MINIMUM APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Typing certificate - 35 net wpm (Valid certificate within three years of the deadline of this bulletin) Typing/shorthandcertificates will be accepted from accredited colleges or business colleges.(Copy acceptable for application purposes;original must be presented upon offer of employment)
• Resume

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Some positions may require proof of privately owned automobile insurance and the possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle operator's license. Fingerprint clearance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California Department of Justice is a condition of appointment after all other required job conditions have been met. Must present verification of completion of Child Abuse Mandated Reporter training or obtain verification within six (6) weeks of hire and annually thereafter, as required by the California Child Abuse Neglect Reporting Act.

AB2534 and SB848

Effective January 1, 2025, Assembly Bill (AB2534) and January 1, 2026, Senate Bill (SB848), mandates all certificated and classified applicants provide a complete and accurate list ofevery school district, county office of education, charter school, and/or state special school (Local Educational Agencies (LEA)) where the applicant has previously worked, regardless of the length of service, including full-time, part-time and substitute employment. If multiple LEAs are within the same district, only the district information is required. Failure to disclose any previous educational employment and/or providing false information in a job application may result in the disqualification of your application.

ANTI-INFLUENCE POLICY

Any candidates contacting, directly or indirectly, any member of the Board of Education and/or administration with the intention of influencing their or another candidates selection to any administrative position shall be disqualified without recourse.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

The Bakersfield City School District (BCSD) is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education and in employment. BCSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis and/or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics of age, ethnicity or race, which is inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks, and twists, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identifications, religion, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, physical disability, mental disability, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, medical information, genetic information, homelessness, foster status, military veteran status, political affiliation or any other basis prohibited by California state and federal nondiscrimination laws consistent with Education Code 200, 220 and 234.1, Penal Code 422.55, Government Code 11135, Section 504, and Title IX. Not all bases of discrimination will apply to both education services and employment. If you believe you, or your student, have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying you should contact your school site principal and/or the District's Chief Equity Compliance Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, and Title IX Coordinator, Rona Chacon Mellon , by phone at [phone], by email [e-mail] , or in person at 1300 Baker Street, Bakersfield, CA 93305. Copies of BCSD's Uniform Complaint policy, Sexual Harassment policy, and Nondiscrimination policies are available upon request.