About the role
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.