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Clerical Assistant

Provides clerical assistance that contributes to the effective operation of the office by performing the following duties:

Enters information into computer, using keyboard.

Prepares correspondence or other documents.

Counts or measures materials.

Sorts and files records.

Assists visitors.

Photocopies documents.

Answers telephone, screens calls and routes accordingly.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualification Requirements

Education & Experience:

Minimum of two years of post-secondary or equivalent coursework.

Language Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routing reports and correspondence.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and climb stairs. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. The employee must occasionally lift, push, pull, and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Salary schedules are found on the main Decatur City Schools website. Listed below are items that may be necessary to complete your employment process in order to compute your annual salary. It is your responsibility to provide us with this requested information in order to receive your accurate salary. Verification of previous public school teaching experience is needed. Use the following information when requesting verification of experience from your past employment at other boards of education: Within the state of Alabama, experience must be verified on Supplement EXP. Outside the state of Alabama, we must have a letter (on school district letterhead) or public school district form showing beginning and ending dates stating your years of service and position held while employed. Credit is awarded for public school experience only, private, parochial, or similar experience will not be accepted. Experience must be full time at least 50%-100% of the academic year. Administrative credit will be awarded only for experience in the same position, i.e., principal for principal position as stated in the salary schedule. Transfer Sick Leave: If you have sick leave from another state school system or from another state of Alabama agency, you must have a Sick Leave Transfer form sent from your previous employer to our Human Resources department.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee(s) within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of an employee(s) for this job. The Decatur City School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, disability, sex, religion, national origin, or age in its programs, activities, or employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The Title IX Coordinator for Decatur City Schools is responsible for handling inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies. The Title IX Coordinator can be reached by calling the Decatur City Board of Education at (256) 552-3000.