INTERMEDIATE TYPIST-CLERK - Emergency Appointment

County of Los Angeles•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The LA County Department of Human Resources (DHR) is hiring for an Emergency Intermediate Typist-Clerk position on a limited and temporary basis to support a time-sensitive workforce initiative requiring immediate staffing to maintain critical public services. This role offers an opportunity to make an immediate impact. Child Support Services is seeking qualified candidates to fill these vacancies. Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with a possibility for permanent County employment. During the initial work period, performance will be assessed and weighted 100%. Successful candidates will be considered for permanent appointment.

Requirements

Option 1: Six months office clerical experience involving typewriting in the County service or in districts under the jurisdiction of the County.
Option 2: One year's office clerical experience involving typewriting outside the County service.
Option 3: A certificate or Associate of Arts degree in clerical procedures or office administration from an accredited college.
Ability to type at the rate of 40 net words per minute.
Must apply FOR THE TYPING TEST WITHIN (7) CALENDAR DAYS FROM SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION ONLINE to the "TYPING TEST - SCORE-BANKING ONLY" announcement bulletin.
Required experience/education must be fully met at the time of filing and clearly indicated on the application.
A valid California Calss "C" Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Nice To Haves

Opportunity for permanent County employment after initial 90-day period.
Opportunity to make an immediate impact.

Responsibilities

Typewrites abstracts of judgment, executive notices and similar documents requiring extreme accuracy or independent judgment in selecting materials.
Typewrites complex charts, forms, statistical and similar documents from rough draft requiring skill in arranging tabular material, setting up forms and extreme accuracy in typing.
Processes documents according to a predetermined but specialized procedure for such purposes as formulating property descriptions, and recording and indexing court papers, transcripts and legal process.
Checks documents for completeness, accuracy and compliance with legal and other requirements.
Answers questions and gives information to the Public concerning such matters as regulations, procedures and the preparation and filing of legal forms, applications and permit requests; acts as special receptionist or counter clerk.
Keeps records of a nature requiring specialized knowledge, discrimination and judgment in the selection, compilation or computation of data to be included such as cost data records and distribution and control ledger, which can be posted without extensive knowledge of bookkeeping principles.
Maintains clerical controls where work is divided among personnel performing separate parts of an entire operation.
Searches records and files for data where judgment and discrimination are required in selecting or abstracting material.
Answers correspondence requiring the selection of data necessary in formulating the reply, referring unusual cases to a superior for approval.
Estimates amounts due and collects fees.
May exercise minor supervision over the work of others.
Compares or segregates documents in cases where specialized knowledge of the function and more than a routine check for accuracy are involved, as in the auditing of warrants or purchase orders.
Operates office machines such as calculators incidental to the performance of other duties.
May routinely access such office equipment as video display terminals, word processors, or personal computers to input data, perform computations, or produce documents not requiring the formatting or programming of such equipment.