Clerk

UCSF • San Francisco, CA

3d • $25 - $27

About The Position

Clerical/Administrative employees perform and/or provide guidance to one or more general and specialized clerical and administrative services essential to the operation of all University departments; and perform other related duties as required.

Incumbents may participate in budget, grant, or contract preparation; administer and control departmental expenditures; maintain departmental personnel records and provide departmental personnel services; prepare reports and maintain pertinent files and other required records; provide non-laboratory business services such as purchasing, inventory and stores, facilities and space utilization; and provide general clerical as well as secretarial assistance to departmental staff.

This level is characterized by responsibility for an end product of work and by independent application of knowledge of standard office methods and procedures. Assignments entail some phases of a program or service involving performance of a variety of detailed operations in related sequence or series.

At this level, the following factors should be considered:

Work is performed under supervision of a higher- level clerical or administrative person. Assignments are given in clerical terms. Duties involving standard methods are performed independently, with guidance provided as requested, and those involving nonstandard methods or materials are performed from specific instructions or guides.

Guidelines include a variety of procedural rules and regulations which are detailed, directly applicable and readily available; but some judgment is required to select from among standard office methods or to devise working procedures for own desk. This requires knowledge of a variety of standard procedures, an understanding of the terminology of the unit served. and some familiarity with work done in related departments.

Incumbents are responsible for accuracy, completeness and end products of work, and may assign and check the work of others.

Requirements

• Independent application of knowledge of standard office methods and procedures.
• Ability to perform a variety of detailed operations in related sequence or series.
• Ability to perform duties involving standard methods independently.
• Ability to perform duties involving nonstandard methods or materials from specific instructions or guides.
• Judgment required to select from among standard office methods or to devise working procedures for own desk.
• Knowledge of a variety of standard procedures.
• Understanding of the terminology of the unit served.
• Familiarity with work done in related departments.
• Responsibility for accuracy and completeness of work.
• Supervision of a higher-level clerical or administrative person.

Responsibilities

• Participate in budget, grant, or contract preparation.
• Administer and control departmental expenditures.
• Maintain departmental personnel records and provide departmental personnel services.
• Prepare reports and maintain pertinent files and other required records.
• Provide non-laboratory business services such as purchasing, inventory and stores, facilities and space utilization.
• Provide general clerical as well as secretarial assistance to departmental staff.
• Assign and check the work of others.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed