Senior Clerk Typist - IT Department (Full Time)
Department of Information Technology
Clerical Opportunity at the I.T. Department - Senior Clerk Typist
Description of Duties
- Types accounting and financial statements, payrolls, statistical tabulations and data, for letters, memoranda, vouchers, reports, requisitions and other material
- Reviews accounts, reports and other documents for completeness, accuracy and conformity with established procedures
- Indexes and files documents and correspondence
- Searches, locates, and records papers and documents
- Assembles a variety of data from office records for incorporation into various reports
- Prepares payrolls and maintains time cards
- Composes and types routine correspondence
- Assists in proofreading prepared documents
- Answers telephone, email or written correspondences, gives routine information to the public and makes appointments for superior
- Operates an adding machine, calculator or other office machines
- Ability to prepare and revise excel spreadsheets
- General database processing and data entry
- Prepare mail merges, coordinate e-mail blasts and e-newsletters to send out
- Transcribes material from Dictaphone cylinders and belts
- Collects and maintains records of fees collected by department
- Operates an alpha-numeric keyboard to transcribe data directly to a computer
- Maintains records of petty cash fund
- Utilizes enhanced computer systems and equipment in the completion of assigned clerical tasks
Qualifications
Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma, including or supplemented by a course in typing (see Note 1) and one (1) year of office clerical experience (see Notes 2 & 3).
NOTE 1: One year of office clerical experience, which included typing, may be substituted for the required typing course.
NOTE 2: Completion of a one (1) year or longer post high school secretarial course, which included typing, may be substituted for the required experience. Additional office clerical experience which included typing, may be substituted for the required experience. Additional office clerical experience which included typing, beyond the one year requirement, may be substituted for high school on a year-for-year basis.
NOTE 3: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.
Candidates with higher or lower qualifications/experience than described above will be considered and all interested candidates are strongly urged to apply.
Rate of Pay
$39,561 to $52,655.
Contact Information
Town of Amherst Human Resources
5583 Main Street
Williamsville NY 14221
716-631-7025
Fillable applications available online at: Fillable TOA employment application
How to Apply
Non-Town residents may be eligible for Town employment in certain positions – please contact the Town of Amherst Human Resources Department to find out if you may be eligible.
Application for Employment, Reference Release & Research Questionnaire
Forms should be mailed or delivered to:
Human Resources
5583 Main St
Williamsville, NY 14221
(716) 631-7025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Mon-Fri)