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Join the Carbon County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) as a Clerk Typist 3 and help support important services for older adults in the community. This position handles clerical and secretarial tasks for the agency and fiscal department, including preparing documents and worksheets for routine reports. The role also includes maintaining office records, assisting with phone calls, and greeting consumers who visit the agency. This opportunity allows you to build strong office skills while supporting programs that make a meaningful impact. Apply today!

This position supports the financial and administrative functions that help the agency serve consumers efficiently. The work involves processing payments, organizing records, reviewing information, and assisting staff across different areas. As a Clerk Typist 3, you will perform the following duties:

• Invoice Work: Process invoices for payment and prepare vouchers while maintaining an accurate voucher register
• Accounting Support: Assist in entering data in the automated accounting system to prepare consumer co-pay invoices using a sliding scale
• Payment Handling: Record and deposit consumer co-pays and donations with attention to accuracy and completeness
• Data Review: Analyze data to confirm completeness, accuracy, and compliance with rules and regulations
• Inventory Tasks: Conduct an annual physical inventory inspection to support inventory control processes
• Administrative Assistance: Assist with simple research for grants, budgets, reports, audits, payroll preparation, and staff support

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with 60-minute lunch.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• 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.

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 Guidelines.
• Hiring preference for this vacancy may be given to candidates who live within Carbon County. If no eligible candidates who live within Carbon County apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirement:

• A conditional offer of employment will require a drug screening.

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.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant's own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

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.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

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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.