Clerk Typist ; Local Government), File Room - Westmoreland County C&Y

THE POSITION

Would you like a rewarding career that can make a positive difference in the lives of others? Get your start in public service as a Clerk Typist 1 with Westmoreland County Children & Youth. This opportunity allows you to build valuable clerical and administrative skills while working in an organized setting and contributing to a team with an important mission. Join us and experience the satisfaction of public service while enjoying professional career growth and numerous promotional opportunities!

This position focuses on routine clerical work to support office operations. It involves following set procedures, keeping files organized, helping office visitors, and typing, proofreading, and processing a variety of documents. As a Clerk Typist 1 with our File Room, you will perform the following duties:

• Document Preparation:
  Type letters, reports, schedules, charts, forms, labels, envelopes, and other materials in specific formats from handwritten drafts or dictated sources
• Data Entry:
  Update computer records for personnel, fiscal, accounting, or similar information
• Reception Support:
  Greet visitors, direct individuals to proper office locations, screen and rout phone calls, and provide basic information
• File Organization:
  File, retrieve, and systematically sort and store documents alphabetically, numerically, chronologically, or using similar methods
• Mail Procedures:
  Open, sort, and track incoming mail; label and prepare outgoing mail
• Form Processing:
  Receive applications, documents, forms, and fees, then screen, sort, and assemble for further actions by our team

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Possession of the required knowledges, skills, and abilities.

• 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.
• Hiring preference for this vacancy may be given to candidates who live within Westmoreland County. If no eligible candidates who live within Westmoreland County apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation.
• A conditional offer of employment will require a drug screening.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
• Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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