OFFICE Assistant II; Blythe, CA

The County of Riverside seeks to fill an Office Assistant II position to support the department of Riverside University Health Systems
- Behavioral Health.

This is a full-time position located in Blythe, CA only
. The work schedule is 9/80 Monday - Thursday 7:30am
-5pm every other Friday off Fridays 8am-4:30.

The Office Assistant III class is the advanced journey level classification in the Office Assistant series and reports to a supervisory level position. This class is used in County departments to provide clerical services. Incumbents typically type, file, sort, and process materials; process and maintain records; compose and edit reports and correspondence; gather information; provide information to the public concerning departmental or County operations;

receive and record payments; operate a variety of equipment, including, but not limited to, word processors, micro-computers, mini-computers, computer terminals, duplicating machines, and calculators; and prepare and complete a variety of forms and documents. Some positions may require a law enforcement background investigation which requires completion of an extensive questionnaire, meeting with a background investigator, and submitting several references. Incumbents in this class perform the most complex assignments where work is of a highly specialized nature requiring significant expertise and performed with a great degree of independence or act as lead personnel for a work unit performing a variety of clerical work.

The Office Assistant III class is distinguished from that of Supervising Office Assistant I in that the incumbents of the latter class have full supervisory responsibility for a clerical unit.

Salary Ranges:
Office Assistant III: $18.6893 - $25.7357

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To learn more about the benefits of working for the County:

• Assist the public by referring them to sources of information, giving out standard forms, explaining how to complete them, and answering requests for factual information by consulting various available sources.
• Insert and extract materials from subject matter files, classify material by nature of subject matter, and prepare new file folders as needed.
• Maintain informational or operational records; answer telephone and assist callers by providing information, taking messages, or routing calls to others.
• Type a variety of information such as statistical and budgetary tabulations, reports, manuscripts, contracts, pamphlets, letters, charts, and other documents from rough, plain, corrected copy, or dictated material utilizing information processing equipment.
• Utilize formerly recorded material to create new documents or files, incorporating all revisions; independently set up formats for reports, files, letters, and dual and multi-column documents, taking into consideration the special needs of originator.
• Gather information from a variety of source documents; establish and revise glossaries utilizing stored keystrokes; create multi-page documents with headers and footers; set up merged documents.
• Compile, store, and maintain a system of information retrieval on tapes or disks; edit copy for errors; compose routine letters on factual subjects; make out bills, abstracts, orders, notes, permits, licenses, etc.
• Receive fees when the amount is readily obtainable by simple computations or from fixed schedules; prepare receipts and accounts for money.
• Compare a variety of documents such as purchase orders, receival slips, and others to make extensions, batch totals, and to check for mathematical accuracy and general completeness.
• Post data, types, encode, and transmit alphanumeric and numeric data from source documents; key in commands to locate files; enter, store, retrieve, and delete information in order to update records and/or data bases.
• May verify the accuracy of information entered, and correct errors in transmission.
• Make computer inquiries to retrieve information and to print reports; may align carriage tapes and forms to print records, mailing lists, roster indexes, and similar listings; maintain informational and operational records.
• Serve as a receptionist and schedule appointments; as a secondary responsibility, may operate a telephone switchboard.

Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would provide the knowledge and abilities listed below.

Knowledge of: Correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation; office procedures, including…