Montague Water Conservation District
Administration Clerk – Job Opening - Apply by March 10, 2026
Under the direction of the Board of Directors:
Administration Clerk completes many customer service and administrative organization tasks to promote efficient operations in the office. Their duties and responsibilities may include:
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Answering the phone
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Sorting and delivering incoming mail and collecting and sending outgoing mail
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Create documents, maintaining databases and sending memos and emails
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Collecting, filing and organizing office documents, such as reports and confidential records
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Managing digital document filing and email correspondence
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Monitoring office inventory and ordering supplies
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Taking notes during meetings and writing minutes, memos and/or agendas
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Preparing or processing invoices or estimates
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Assisting with accounts payable and accounts receivable, including simple bookkeeping and banking tasks
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Create Budgets
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Prepare Payroll and Quarterly reports
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Grant Management at times
Minimum Education Requirement:
High School Graduate/GED
Experience required:
1+ year general office experience
Strong Computer skills including working with Adobe and saving to files
Strong experience and skills with Excel spreadsheets
Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Access
Quickbooks
Agriculture background and irrigation knowledge
Skills and Capabilities Required:
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Knowledge of general office practices.
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Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures and terminology.
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Knowledge of correct English usage and grammar.
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Ability to compare data from a variety of sources for accuracy, completeness, grammar and format.
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Ability to perform mathematical calculations.
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Ability to follow, apply, interpret, and explain instructions and/or guidelines.
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Ability to determine work priorities.
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Ability to meet schedules and deadlines.
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Ability to communicate effectively.
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Ability to compose routine correspondence and reports.
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Ability to type.
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Ability to operate standard office equipment
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Ability to function in often changing, busy office environment
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Must be cooperative and able to work as part of a team
What We Offer:
Montague Water Conservation District provides the following benefits
(Eligibility for the following benefits depends on employment status.)
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Competitive pay
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457 Deferred Compensation Plan
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10 Paid Holidays
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Generous paid time off policy(after probation period)
Montague Water Conservation District is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the District to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled Type: Part time (Approximately 20 hours per week)
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About the Montague Water Conservation District
The Montague Water Conservation District (MWCD) is a Special District that provides irrigation water to landowners within the District boundaries. The District owns and operates Dwinnell Reservoir/Shasta River Dam No 60 located in the southern portion of Shasta Valley in Siskiyou County California that delivers water via a main canal to properties in the northern part of the Shasta Valley near the town of Montague and Montague City.
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Dr. G.W. Dwinnell had a vision and through feasibility studies and a vote of the people the Montague Irrigation District was formed in April 1925. The name was later changed to Montague Water Conservation District. Engineer John A. Beemer was employed to design and supervise the building of Dwinnell Dam which is designated by the Department of Resources as Shasta River Dam No 60. The building of the Dam was completed in 1928. The lake was later named Lake Shastina.
The current storage of the Dam can be found on the California Data Exchange Center (CDEC). The Station ID is DRE
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Current Releases to the Shasta River from Dwinnell Reservoir are also on the CDEC website. The Station ID is SRD
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The current scheduled release for environmental water is at 1 cfs . A pulse flow accrued in April and May 2025. Prior Rights releases (rights that existed before the construction of the Dam) began around April 1and end on November 1st.
The year type is determined by the storage in Dwinnell Reservoir on March 1, April 1 and May 1. There are 5 year types; Very Dry, Dry, Normal, Wet and Very Wet Year. 2025 is currently considered a very wet year.
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The operation and maintenance of the District is under the exclusive management and control of a five person Board of Directors. The Directors meet as a Board on the second Tuesday of the Month. The current Board of Directors are:
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Division 1 David Cowley
Division 2 Chase Mercier
Division 3 Tristan Allen
Division 4 John Hinton-President
Division 5 Rex Houghton
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Temporary Office hours:
Tuesday thru Thursday
2:30 to 4:30
MWCD District Office:
120 S. 11th Street
P.O. Box 247
Montague, CA 96064
530-459-3371
Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the Month at the District Office at 7:00 pm
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