Keyboard Specialist - .5 Adult Ed, .5 CTE

Keyboard Specialist - .5 Adult Education, .5 CTE

Division:
Career and Technical Education/Adult Education

Supervisor:
Principal for CTE/Adult Education

Position Details: Position requires some evening hours; Monday and Friday - day time, Tuesday through Thursday evening hours (10am to 6pm). Please note that evening hours may occasionally be adjusted based on need.

• .5 FTE for Adult Education
• .5 FTE for Career and Technical Education

Please Note: This is a Civil Service Position.

Description:  This position involves responsibility for the performance of standardized clerical tasks and the full-time or substantial part-time operation of equipment requiring the manipulating of an alphanumeric keyboard to produce printed copy. Specific duties vary with the needs of the department. Supervisors are available for consultation concerning new or difficult assignments. Work is reviewed by immediate observation, checking completed work, periodic or spot checks, cross-checking or other steps in the clerical process. Supervision over the work of others is not a responsibility of employees in this class. A Keyboard Specialist does related work as required

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Receives and organizes work to be typed determining document format;
• Types correspondence, documents, records and other written material in final or draft form using handwritten, rough drafts, marked copy, oral recordings or data from various equipment as the source material;
• Proofreads and corrects work producing accurate, clean and complete typed copy;
• Makes arithmetical computations, compiles and types simple statistical reports;
• Prepares, stores and retrieves lists and documents;
• Answers telephone and gives out routine information or relieves at switchboard;
• Updates and stores department forms on word processor;
• Orders office supplies and maintains inventory of supplies and equipment;
• Sorts, date stamps and distributes mail and packages;
• Performs routine equipment maintenance tasks;
• Serves as receptionist and greets clients and/or visitors;
• Maintains alphabetic, numeric and/or chronological files of correspondence, documents and materials by coding and filing new material, searching for requested material and periodically purging obsolete material;
• Schedules meetings and appointments;
• May collect fees and account for monies received;
• May prepare and maintain time records and payroll data

Minimum Starting Salary:  $32,293.91 per year as per BESPA Contract

Job Qualifications

Must meet competitive Civil Service Requirements and be on the current Keyboard Specialist Eligible Civil Service list from Cattaraugus County.  Applicants may apply for this examination at any time at https://cattco-portal.mycivilservice.com/ .

Minimum Qualifications:  Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma or one year of clerical office experience and; either
A) Successful completion of a course involving the use of personal computers; OR
B) Three months experience in a clerical position which regularly required a candidate to utilize word processing or personal computer equipment to produce printed copy; OR
C) Knowledge of personal computer equipment, operations and functions

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT FOR APPOINTMENT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS / BOCES:
Per regulations of the Commissioner of Education, to be employed in a position designated by a school district or BOCES as involving direct contact with students, a clearance for employment from the State Education Department is required.

Application Procedure:
Apply online