Administrative Assistant

Terms of Employment: Full-time

NOTE: The immediate vacancy requires the ability to type 50 words per minute

Summary of Duties:

Performs highly complex clerical work and participates in performing complex clerical work; must be proficient in data entry, skilled typing and/or keyboarding work, and performs other duties as required. Must be computer literate and detail oriented. Customer interaction. Must have a good attitude.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

General Clerical Experience: Two and one-half (2 ½ ) years of work experience in an office setting which involved performance of a variety of clerical tasks, which demonstrated knowledge of English grammar, spelling, arithmetic, knowledge of common office appliances and equipment (Faxing, Scanning xeroxing); the ability to read and understand oral and written instructions, reconciling and matching up tickets, claims. Answer phones when needed

Non Qualifying Experience: Experience limited to the performance of simple and repetitious clerical work which primarily involved a short cycle of tasks and manual dexterity shall not be considered qualifying. Examples of such non-qualifying work include but is not limited to such tasks as wrapping and unwrapping articles; opening envelopes, folders and similar containers, affixing tags and labels; arranging, rearranging or tidying up office desks and equipment, delivering, distributing or collecting correspondence or parcels.

Selective Certification Requirement-Typing: Some positions require typing and/or keyboarding skills (50 net words per minute) and/or the ability to use typewriters, computers and word processing and/or other software applications.

Substitutions allowed:

1. Graduation from high school may be substituted for six (6) months of General Clerical Experience.

2. Education at an accredited community college, business or technical school in a substantially full-time clerical curriculum may be substituted for General Clerical Experience on the basis of 15 semester hours for six (6) months of experience up to a maximum of (2) years.

3. Education at an accredited community college or university in a baccalaureate program may be substituted for the General Clerical Experience on the basis of 15 semester hours for six (6) months of experience up to a maximum of (2) years.