Typist - Summer - Temp Not to Exceed

Typist – Summer Support – Temporary, Not to Exceed 90 Days

Salary
: $41,923.00

Location
:
To be determined – based on need for summer support; may be a school or central office assignment.

You must be a resident of the city of Buffalo for at least 90 days prior to the application. (The City of Buffalo Civil Service does not require residency within the city of Buffalo for Native Americans. The City of Buffalo Civil Service does require tribal enrollment or community recognition as a Native American.)

• Type correspondence, reports, documents, records and other materials from various sources using keyboard equipment.
• Set up, make adjustments and operate a variety of equipment to produce typed copies from various sources.
• Proofread typed copy and make corrections.
• Compose and type routine correspondence and memoranda from verbal and/or written instructions.
• Perform various non-typing clerical tasks as assigned.
• Files and maintain records, reports and other documents:
  • Check for clerical accuracy and completeness.
  • Open, date, sort, distribute and file mail.
  • Sort, index and file bills, requisitions, ledger cards and other material alphabetically and/or numerically.
  • Post and make entries from original sources and maintain records, bills, control cards and ledgers.
  • Make file searches and pull needed material.
• Issue and record licenses, permits and applications.
• Collect fees and account for monies received.
• Maintain time reports and payroll data.
• Assist in compiling data, statistics and other basic information for research purposes.
• Answer telephone or switchboard messages and give routine information.
• Act as receptionist, directing callers to proper persons or sources of information.
• Input and retrieve data using a computer terminal.
• Operate copy machines, microfilm, simple computing and other office machines.
• Perform related duties as required.

Graduation from high school, business school, GED or an equivalency diploma, including or supplemented by a course in typing or keyboarding.

Appointments are subject to the approval of the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent following the approval of the Civil Service Administration. Personal interviews will be scheduled where appropriate.

The Buffalo Public School District does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, religious practice, national origin, ethnic group, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, political affiliation, age, marital status, military status, veteran status, disability, weight, domestic violence victim status, arrest or conviction record, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by New York state and/or federal non-discrimination laws in its programs and activities.

The district provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

Tami Hollie-McGee, Chief of Human Resources