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  Field Operations Command > Human Resources Bureau > Recruiting/Background Investigations Unit > Job Descriptions

Clerk

GENERAL SUMMARY

PERFORMS REPETITIVE TASKS OF TYPING, FILING AND COMPUTER DATA ENTRY AND IS ASSIGNED GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY. HAS ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES

A. PERFORMS GENERAL CLERICAL DUTIES

B. ANSWERS TELEPHONES AND TAKES MESSAGES

C. DATA ENTRY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

D. FILE LETTERS, DOCUMENTS AND OTHER MATERIAL AS DIRECTED

E. PHOTOCOPYING AND FAXING

F. MAY BE REQUIRED TO REVIEW, VALIDATE AND PROCESS A WIDE VARIETY OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

G. MAINTAIN MANUAL AND COMPUTERIZED RECORDS AND FILES

H. PERFORMS OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND DUTIES AS REQUIRED AND/OR NECESSARY

I. REPORTS TO A DESIGNATED SUPERVISOR

J. TYPES REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS FOR APPROVAL

K. COMPLIES WITH CIVIL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT BUREAU AND DIVISION RULES, REGULATIONS AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE 

QUALIFICATIONS

VISUAL ACUITY IS NEEDED TO WORK ON DETAILED REPORTS, COMPUTER TERMINALS, AND FOR THE PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MAY REQUIRE: STANDING, SITTING, KNEELING, STOOPING, LIFTING, BENDING, CLIMBING, TWISTING UPPER BODY, WALKING, CARRYING LARGE BOXES, LISTENING, TALKING, USE OF TELEPHONE AND RADIO, EXPOSURE TO COMPUTER MONITOR SCREENS AND REPETITIVE DATA ENTRY.

USE INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT ON ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES AND THEN APPLYING PROCEDURES TO MANAGE WORKLOAD WITH MINIMAL SUPERVISION.

BE ABLE TO OPERATE OFFICE EQUIPMENT TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO TYPEWRITER, COMPUTER TERMINAL, COPIER, CALCULATOR, PRINTER AND FACSIMILE MACHINE.

ABLE TO COMPREHEND VERBAL, WRITTEN AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS IN AN ADEQUATE MANNER WITH A PROFESSIONAL AND COURTEOUS DEMEANOR IN WHICH OTHERS CAN COMPREHEND.

ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

WORKING CONDITIONS

PRIMARILY LOCATED IN A COMFORTABLE, INSIDE ENVIRONMENT MAY INVOLVE SITUATIONS WHERE EXPOSURE TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COULD OCCUR.


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