Clerk, Office Job Description

Clerk, Office Job Description

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Clerk, office provides administrative support to customer service and purchasing in order to ensure effective and efficient office operations.

Clerk, Office Duties & Responsibilities

To write an effective clerk, office job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included clerk, office job description templates that you can modify and use.

Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Restocking of office supplies
Running reports in Quickbooks
Assisting the Accounting Department with administrative duties
Assisting customers with product questions
Handling data entry functions
Picking up mail and documents from different locations and direct them to designated places
Delivering packages to different destinations
Driving Executives around the city, occasionally
Providing office support in the main offices, as needed
Responsible for creating a welcoming and informative office environment that promotes quality customer service and excellence

Clerk, Office Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Clerk, Office

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Education for Clerk, Office

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the clerk, office job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Bachelor's Degree in Education, Technical, Associates, General Education, Business, Graduate, Accounting, High School Education, Supervision, Department of Education

Skills for Clerk, Office

Desired skills for clerk, office include:

Telephone etiquette
Excel
AV equipment and limited technology in a meeting environment
Lotus Notes
Microsoft Office suite and Outlook
Efficient & effective filing and recordkeeping procedures
ADP
Accounting package
Adaptive Planning
Areas of the registrar’s office in order to better serve students

Desired experience for clerk, office includes:

Monitoring & assisting members with check-in process
Answering member inquiries and providing front office assistance to DFC members
Providing administrative and clerical support to include data entry, copying and filing
Providing prospective members with informative tours of the facility
Other general office tasks and Special Events support as needed
Covering/uncovering the lap pool during the spring and fall

Clerk, Office Examples

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Clerk, Office Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of clerk, office. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for clerk, office
  • Understand and anticipate needs and deliver high quality service
  • Organize, tidy, and maintain common areas
  • Retrieve and distribute mail, courier shipments, and overnight packages to employees
  • Ensure all kitchens and break rooms are clean, tidy and well stocked with supplies
  • Clean and stock all hoteled workspaces and conference rooms
  • Assist with copying and binding materials for Word Processing
  • Assist with training room set up for meetings as needed
  • Manages development, implementation and coordination of internal and external communication strategies for Prints and delivers all outgoing reports
  • Investigates error conditions in printers and other equipment malfunctions and determines and/or applies required corrective procedure or action
  • Maintains physical inventory of paper and other required supplies in a designated storage area and maintains supply level necessary for daily production
Qualifications for clerk, office
  • Organized and highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently and complete assigned tasks in a timely manner
  • 2-5 Years of travel related experience a plus, but not required
  • Energetic, flexible team player
  • Self-directed, results oriented, takes initiative
  • 1 year of job experience preferred but not required
  • Knowledge of banking/balancing
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Clerk, Office Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of clerk, office. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for clerk, office
  • Check general voicemail box for Outreach team
  • Other work-related duties may be assigned
  • Facilitates package/mail delivery and related duties for HAL Brisbane Facility
  • Provide back up support for Reception Desk during breaks, answering phone and checking in guest/visitors
  • Restock supplies for coffee machine, condiments and kitchen break areas
  • Process company issued ID Access/Photo Badges and Monitor Video Surveillance System
  • Coordinate with Building Management on facilities related service issues
  • Process company FedEx packages and US Mail business correspondences
  • Manage in-house recycling and confidential document shredding program with outside vendor
  • Special assignments as assigned by Facilities Sr
Qualifications for clerk, office
  • Skill using office equipment including large printers and sorters
  • Must have a High School diploma or General Education Degree
  • A minimum of six (6) months general clerical experience and knowledge of office equipment is necessary
  • Strong written, organization, customer service, multi-tasking skills and strong verbal communication skills are required
  • Must be able to operate large machinery such as printers
  • Must be able to perform physical requirements of the job such as sitting and/or standing for extended periods of time
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Clerk, Office Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of clerk, office. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for clerk, office
  • Provide Proof Of Deliveries for customers
  • Provide rate quotes for customers
  • Delivery intervention and expediting when necessary
  • Updating, keeping current all logs and reports associated with the day-to-day activities
  • Documents, completes forms, and performs mail distribution activities
  • Produces lists, labels, forms or other documents
  • Counts documents, materials, , and groups into batches
  • Tabulates batch totals
  • Types simple documents
  • Checks, analyzes, classifies or alphabetizes materials, conducting limited research when necessary
Qualifications for clerk, office
  • Reliability and flexibility is a must
  • Previous experience preferred but candidates without experience will be considered
  • Must be able to work in close quarters with other workers
  • Previous construction background a plus
  • Ability to answer a multi-line phone
  • Ability to make quick, reliable decisions
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Clerk, Office Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of clerk, office. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for clerk, office
  • Maintain all files as necessary
  • Open, sort and route incoming mail and prepare outgoing mail
  • Type material incidental to other duties
  • Answer telephone, make appointments within prescribed schedule when needed
  • Answer phones and delegate customer requests (take messages and/or transfer calls)
  • Use Quickbooks accounting software to look up customer information, to fulfill simple sales orders, and to process invoices
  • File packing slips, vendor invoices, (incl
  • Receive merchandise and stock on shelves (for smaller items)
  • Pack and ship UPS orders
  • Perform other administrative tasks as needed
Qualifications for clerk, office
  • Office duties such as operating a fax machine, filing, inventory management, debit card machine, postage meter and scale and stereo/video system may be required from time to time
  • Ability to perform clerical duties and use basic office equipment such as computers, faxes, scanners
  • Ability to work in a highly distractive environment
  • Know when to voice an opinion and when not
  • Accurately handle cash, check and credit card transactions
  • Understand chain of command
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Clerk, Office Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a clerk, office. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for clerk, office
  • Occasionally supports other areas/departments of the Fulfillment Center as needed
  • Prepare paperwork to process overages, shortages, and damages to merchandise
  • Maintain and update sku information in appropriate systems
  • Coordinate documents/paperwork required for corporate and government compliance
  • Maintain knowledge of officer's activities and assist in accomplishing departmental and corporate objectives
  • Maintain daily calendar and appointment schedules, coordinating and arranging meetings that vary in scope and size
  • Serve as the liaison between the officer and other staff within the organization and with outside business contacts
  • Open, organize and maintain confidential and other files
  • Prepare and edit emails, letters, reports, presentations, memos, from standing instructions or from oral instructions
  • Schedule meetings, departmental activities and other events for the officer and other departmental personnel
Qualifications for clerk, office
  • Will interact well with customers, both internal and external
  • Adaptable to new challenges & changing environment
  • Must be very organized and have the ability to prioritize work
  • Must be able to analyze information and use appropriate judgment, to achieve expected results
  • Must possess good verbal, written and telephone communication skills
  • Ability to sit for prolonged period of time

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