Substitute Typist

Location: City of Poughkeepsie

Distinguishing Features Of The Class

This position provides secretarial and clerical support to a unit or department. While the specific duties vary with the needs of the office, the incumbent provides skilled keyboarding services in addition to a range of routine clerical services such as filing, photocopying, faxing, maintaining office supplies, sorting and distributing mail and other similar activities. While initially, assignments are limited in scope, employees eventually will be assigned duties of increasing difficulty.

Work is performed under direct supervision and detailed instruction.

Anticipated Vacancy

Substitute Typist

LOCATION(S): Various

Distinguishing Features Of The Class

This position provides secretarial and clerical support to a unit or department. While the specific duties vary with the needs of the office, the incumbent provides skilled keyboarding services in addition to a range of routine clerical services such as filing, photocopying, faxing, maintaining office supplies, sorting and distributing mail and other similar activities. While initially, assignments are limited in scope, employees eventually will be assigned duties of increasing difficulty.

Work is performed under direct supervision and detailed instruction.

Typical Work Activities

The following is indicative of the level and types of activities performed by incumbents in this title. It is

not meant to be all-inclusive and does not preclude a supervisor from assigning activities not listed that

could reasonably be expected to be performed by an employee in this title.

• Performs skilled keyboarding to produce correspondence, reports, tables, charts, and to

maintain large databases;

• Gathers, extracts and copies information for use by technical and professional staff;
• Takes longhand minutes, prepares summary notes and submits to supervisor for approval

before distribution;

• Receives calls and callers and gives out routine information;
• Files correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other materials in record system in accordance

with departmental guidelines; pulls records for use by staff or disposition to storage or

destruction;

• Reviews records and documents for completeness, compliance with departmental standards and

for accuracy;

• Indexes materials and performs simple record-keeping tasks;
• Performs a variety of clerical support work based on unit needs including logging records,

photocopying, faxing, maintaining office supplies, processing bulk mailings and similar

activities;

• May enter data into terminal from forms and printed copy;
• May maintain records of time and benefit usage, employee certification and training.

Full Performance Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Knowledge of business English necessary to recognize and correct common errors in correspondence, records, and reports;
Knowledge of arithmetic to verify calculations and report on work activities;
Knowledge of record keeping necessary to organize data from several sources, scheduling, and for maintaining a record system using running balances;
Skill in operating office automation equipment sufficient to produce work accurately and efficiently;
Ability to operate a keyboard at not less than 35 words per minute;

Ability to learn software packages for word processing to produce a variety of information;
Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions;
Ability to take minutes and prepare summary notes;
Ability to learn and work within departmental procedures and guidelines;
Ability to provide basic information and direction to the public;
Personal characteristics necessary to perform the duties of the position;
Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.



Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma.



Special Requirements

Candidates must indicate keyboarding ability; i.e., courses in keyboarding or keyboarding work

experience.

CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLY

GRADE LEVEL: N/A

START DATE: September 1, 2026

SALARY: $ 17.50 per hour