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Clerk Typist 3 (Local Government) - Lehigh County C&Y

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Salary
Allentown, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/22/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/21/2025

THE POSITION

Are you an ambitious administrative professional looking for a new opportunity? Lehigh County Office of Children & Youth Services (OCYS)is eager to welcome a Clerk Typist 3 to our team. In this position, you will play a vital role in our mission to protect children from abuse and neglect and strengthen families. Come join our dedicated team and help us accomplish our goals!

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

As a Clerk Typist 3, responsibilities include processing Family Service Plans, case files, and incoming mail in addition to clerical duties related to filing, copying, and scanning documents. You will act as an agency support staff floater with the ability to cover various units in the event the agency is experiencing support staff shortages or there is a need to provide intensive support to a specific area of the agency. You will have the opportunity to assist with the process of training new employees hired to the Clerical Unit.

Other duties to include but not limited to :

  • Acting as the agency contact person and coordinator of staff access to Government Center, Department of Human Services' high-density file room
  • Serving as a backup for maintaining agency database for staff phone lists and organizational chart to ensure lists are updated and distributed
  • Maintaining maintenance logs for agency copy machines assuring machine maintenance is managed timely and on an emergency basis as needed
  • Acting as the agency liaison for maintenance requests by agency staff
  • Determining supply needs and maintaining supplies for the clerical unit

Work Schedule and Additional Information :

  • Full-time employment.
  • Work hours are 8 : 00 AM to 4 : 00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
  • Salary : In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
  • You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam / junk folders, for these notices.
  • REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY

    QUALIFICATIONS

    Minimum Experience and Training Requirements :

  • Six months as a Clerk Typist 2, and educational development to the level of completion of high school; or
  • One year of progressively complex clerical typing experience and completion of high school; or
  • Six months of moderately complex clerical typing work and completion of a post high school business curriculum; or
  • Any equivalent experience and / or training which provided the required knowledges, skills, and abilities.
  • Other Requirements :

  • You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
  • Hiring preference for this vacancy may be given to candidates who live within Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, or Schuylkill counties. If no eligible candidates who live within these counties apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
  • You must be able to perform essential job functions.
  • Legal Requirements :

  • You must pass a background investigation.
  • This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
  • Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

    How to Apply :

  • Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience / education).
  • If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
  • Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date . Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
  • Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
  • Veterans :

  • Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S.
  • 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.employment.pa.gov / Additional Info / Pages / default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ra-cs-vetpreference@pa.gov.
  • Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) :

  • 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
  • If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

    The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

    EXAMINATION INFORMATION

  • Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
  • Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
  • Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
  • You must provide complete and accurate information or :
  • your score may be lower than deserved.

  • you may be disqualified.
  • You may only apply / test once for this posting.
  • Your results will be provided via email.
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