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JOB SUMMARY
This position is primarily responsible for administrative/financial tasks but will also provide clerical support for all Divisions of Adult Probation and Parole Services to include general data entry and reception coverage. This is complex clerical work involving the use of independent judgement. Work involves the skilled typing and review of correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, and similar documents and may also involve frequent interactions with departmental staff, other agencies, and community partners. Work may involve providing training and guidance to new employees. Work is performed with considerable independence and is subject to periodic changes in operating procedures.
This position reports directly to the Clerical Supervisor.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
20%- Assist with the purchasing process, including entering requisitions into data program (PeopleSoft), initiating payment, creating vouchers, ordering office supplies, and manage inventory for office supplies and drug test rooms.
20% - Provide administrative assistance to the Collective Leadership Team, Senior Leadership Team, and Administrative Services of Adult Probation & Parole Services.
15% - Complete state certifications, to include printing of sentence sheets and criminal complaints, retrieving fines, costs, and restitution information in data system, acquiring judges’ signatures, and filing packets.
15% - Process transfer-in client cases, to include printing packets, entering cases into data system, and sending client reporting letters.
15%- Entering state sentences into data system.
5%-Provide coverage for absent clerical support or those on breaks/lunch as follows: deliver and pick up Court documents to/from Judicial Chambers and other Court-related departments; provide reception and telephone coverage; perform various clerical tasks to include data entry, filing, and confidential paper shredding.
5%- Manage maintenance and upkeep of all copiers in APPS. This includes troubleshooting paper jams, scheduling maintenance requests, ordering supplies, and maintaining a current list of all equipment.
5%- Assist Clerical Supervisor with training and guidance of new employees and the retraining of current clerical staff.
Perform related work as required.
Education equivalent to completion of high school including course work in standard business practice office procedures or equivalent. Must possess some experience in clerical and/or typing experience in an administrative, professional or judicial setting; or any combination of acceptable education and experience which has provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities cited below.
Knowledge of general principles and policies of the criminal justice system.
Knowledge of practices and procedures governing filing, reception, and administrative assistance procedures.
Excellent organizational skills.
Ability to use and operate office equipment such as personal computer, facsimile machine, and copier. Proficiency in the use of, or willingness to learn, software applications as required by job duties.
Complete understanding of basic English to include usage, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Ability to communicate effectively with offenders, members of the Judiciary, co-workers, representatives of other agencies, and the public.
Ability to organize workload, establish priorities, and complete clerical processing requirements.
Must pass a criminal background check.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Ability to sit, sometimes for long periods of time.
Ability to operate a computer or laptop.
Ability to lift and move files weighing up to 10 pounds.
Ability to provide own transportation to and from meetings and other job-related appointments in a timely manner and ability to access those locations with reasonable accommodations.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The County of Lancaster offers comprehensive benefits to our employees. Read more about our benefits here.
Lancaster County Government provides Equal Employment Opportunity for all persons regardless of race, religion, age, sex, national origin, genetic information or disability. The County also observes all applicable laws regarding Veterans status. The County reflects this action in all areas of employment and compensation practices and policies. Employment with the County is based upon the ability to perform the job as well as dependability and reliability once an individual is hired.