Environmental Protection Clerk Data, Records & Admin

Join the Department of Environmental Protection as a Clerical Assistant 2 and help keep important operations running smoothly. Your work will support staff who protect Pennsylvania’s natural resources.

This role offers a chance to learn new skills while making a difference each day. Step into a position where your effort truly matters.

This position plays a key role in supporting district office operations by managing records, data, and daily administrative tasks.

As a Clerical Assistant 2, you will perform the following duties:

• Timekeeping Support:Assist with time entry, leave requests, overtime processing, schedule adjustments, and correction of time errors while maintaining confidentiality
• Complaint Processing:Receive, enter, and route complaints, coordinate written responses, and track hydrogeologic reviews
• Data Entry Tasks:Maintain water sample information in the SIS system and format and distribute analyses
• File Management:Organize, sort, and file permits and documents, maintain folders, and prepare materials for scanning
• Vehicle Coordination:Manage vehicle inventory, track mileage and maintenance, arrange appointments, and prepare required forms and reports
• Travel and Office Support:Reserve lodging and meeting rooms, enter travel expenses, type documents, and address office equipment issues

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full time employment, 37.5 hours per week.
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Will have occasional travel for training.
• Telework:You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:Most selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $36,831 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Six months as a Clerical Assistant 1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Graduation from high school; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the
  PA residency requirement
  . For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the
  link
  and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Commonwealth employees who wish to use their seniority rights must apply to the internal posting for their seniority rights to be considered.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will notbe reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date.Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for…