Clerk Typist Job Description
Clerk Typist Duties & Responsibilities
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Clerk Typist Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Clerk Typist
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Clerk Typist Examples
Clerk Typist Job Description
- Assist with light processing duties when needed
- Prepares SRD’s for broken equipment repair through Purchasing Department
- Checks with Purchasing Department on status of back orders
- Records memos, reports, minutes, relating to department’s activities
- Assists with putting together staff in-service educational material
- Keep files and records neat and up-to-date
- Keep file cabinets organized
- Puts away stock supplies in designated places
- Relays messages for tray requests or other to appropriate personnel
- Xeroxes and files copies of orders, reports or related material
- Reports directly to the Team Leader or Business Operations Manager
- Informs Business Operations Manager of identified problems or concerns related to all aspects of operation
- Offer suggestions/ideas to solve them to the Business Operations Manager
- Timely and accurately reviews and assigns Fraud referrals and updates all appropriate systems including FLORIDA with status of all assignments daily
- Timely and accurately scans and or indexes documents for AIP Unit according to established procedures
- Timely and accurately updates and maintains various tracking logs
Clerk Typist Job Description
- Maintains various reports and disseminates information to appropriate personnel
- Compiles and verifies information, files, and retrieves materials, and prepares, stores, and prints material
- Reviews typed material for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with established standards and policies
- Shares responsibility for maintenance of Security Department filing system, which consists of daily filing of correspondence and routine documentation, occasional revision of the File Guide Headings
- Maintains a thorough knowledge of the Security Department’s filing system
- Answers telephone calls directed to the Security Department professionally and screens and refers calls to appropriate person for action
- Has the ability to communicate with patients under mental and/or physical stress
- Obtains and secures all necessary signatures on forms and to appropriate consents according to established policies and procedures and insures that all information is complete and accurate
- Interacts with visitors, patients, families, Refers and guides them to appropriate locations
- Answers telephone calls from patients, families, staff, agencies, applicants, Maintains established telephone performance standards, takes appropriate messages and/or directs calls appropriately
- Prepares schedules, assignments and reports for management review
- Prepares correspondence, memorandums, and assists/performs clerical duties for the Facility Staff
- Shares responsibility for maintenance of Classification Department filing system, which consists of daily filing of correspondence and routine documentation, occasional revision of the File Guide Headings
- Maintains a thorough knowledge of the Classification Department’s filing system
- Answers telephone calls directed to the Classification Department professionally and screens and refers calls to appropriate person for action
- Must be organized and have ability to work under pressure
Clerk Typist Job Description
- Operates all office machines and equipment including computers, printers copiers, postage meters, and adding machines
- Prepares purchase orders, check vouchers, and payment requests
- Sets up new files as needed
- Answers telephone calls directed to the Classification Department professionally and screens and refers calls to appropriate person for action while providing customer service to include assisting inmate families
- Received, date stamps/sorts mail for the Classification Department and distributes to appropriate staff
- Provides any requested clerical assistant and support with Special Projects assigned to the Classification Department
- Manning of the main telephone lines, Screens, places/receives and transfers calls to their intended destination
- Receives and screens visitors coming into the office, responding to routine enquiries
- Types correspondence, documents and reports from plain copy, forms,handwritten or rough draft materials for programme offices, reviews and corrects capitalization, spelling and punctuations with word processing (MS Word)
- Maintains correspondence logs, updates the staff telephone directory, carries out task for production and distribution of reports, scanning of documents for email transmission
- Maintains interoffice and external mail system as required
- Three (3) years of secretarial or clerical work experience
- Must possess two (2) or more years of data entry experience
- Must be willing to work in direct contact with inmates
- Must possess the ability to plan/work productively in a busy environment and meet required deadlines
- 1 year of experience in office work
Clerk Typist Job Description
- Creates inmate files for new arrivals
- Prepares files and materials for weekly Substance Abuse Orientation class
- Enters program enrollment, completion or removal dates and program evaluation scores on state’s computer system
- Prints and Distributes inmate schedules to Shift Supervisors for delivery to and acknowledgment from inmates
- Prints and distributes classroom rosters to Instructors and Chief of Security
- Assists management in preparing weekly and monthly statistical reports
- Ability to refer calls to appropriate personnel and to assist in the administrative operation of the department as directed by Operations Manager
- Reports directly to the Operations Manager
- Informs Operations Manager of identified problems or concerns related to all aspects of housekeeping operation
- Offer suggestions/ideas to solve them to the Operations Manager
- Must be willing to be cross-trained within the department
- Three or more years of secretarial or clerical work experience
- Experience working in a law enforcement or correctional enforcement setting
- Knowledge of working office equipment (copier, fax)
- Informs Business Operations manager of identified problems or concerns related to all aspects of housekeeping operation
- Prepare correspondence, memorandums, and assists/performs clerical duties for the Classification Department
Clerk Typist Job Description
- Customer Service/Contract Development — Transfer clients catering requests to contract form, detailing specific requests for menu/room set-up/delivery time/staff/building access Generate catering contracts to clients within 24 hours
- Development and maintenance of server schedule — Schedules catering staff based on contractual needs and server availability
- Quality of Operations — Updates contracts as needed to reflect client changes
- Record Keeping — Maintain up to date filing of current and past contracts
- Extensive knowledge and proficiency of excel, Microsoft word, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint software
- Timely and accurately scans and or indexes documents for BI Unit according to established procedures
- Ability to refer calls to appropriate personnel and to assist in the administrative operation of the department in the absence of the Team Leader
- Receives, date stamps and sorts mail for the Classification Department and distributes to appropriate staff
- Types forms and prepares inmates files for transfer
- Reports directly to the Busines Opreation Manager
- Requires demonstrated data entry/word-processing/typing skills plus working knowledge and the ability to use basic spreadsheet, word-processing, database software, and/or email
- Strong customer service skills, with courteous, professional demeanor
- Strong time management skills, with the ability to efficiently & effectively multi task in a high volume catering office, producing over 5000 events annually
- Working knowledge of computer graphic, Event Master, and publishing software preferred
- Minimum 2 years Laboratory Experience is preferred
- Proficient in MS Office and Excel and Internet Explorer