Overview
The Clerk Typist performs various typing and clerical tasks, files records and reports, and performs general office work.
Responsibilities
- Types correspondence, reports, forms, cards, requisitions, and other related documents.
- Operates office equipment, including photocopiers, postage meters, and adding machines.
- Maintains control of documents that originate within or pass through the department through effective logging, posting, filing, and recordkeeping processes.
- Searches files and records to retrieve correspondence, reports, and other documents as needed.
- Answers telephone calls and takes messages.
- Receives, sorts, and distributes incoming mail.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Education
- High School diploma, commercial school graduate, or GED equivalent with coursework in typing and English required.
Preferred Experience
- Six (6) months to one (1) year of clerical or administrative experience preferred.
Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Ability to accurately type a minimum of 45 words per minute (WPM).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet analysis and Microsoft Word.
- Ability to prioritize work and collaborate closely with Materials Management staff and departmental requesters to troubleshoot issues involving Lawson.
- Working knowledge of grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Clerical experience or on-the-job training in posting, filing, and records maintenance methods.
- Clerical aptitude necessary to proofread documents and avoid transposition and other administrative errors.
- Basic computer knowledge.
