Clerk II
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THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLEDEXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancelany existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended.
Applications and SupplementalQuestionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource ServicesDepartment by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.
Supplemental Questionnaire:Aproperly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with eachapplication. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in thepossession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the LastDay for Filing. Failure to submit the Supplemental Questionnaire will result indisqualification.
Qualified bilingual personswho speak English and are also fluent in:Spanish ChineseVietnamese Cambodian Laotian Korean Mien Tagalog Amharic Farsi DariTigrinya Russian Romanian or Sign Languages are especially encouraged toapply. There is anadditional bi-weekly compensationforpersons in positions designated bilingual. Qualified candidates may be testedto demonstrate language proficiency.
Applicationsand Supplemental Questionnaires will only be accepted on-line.
DESCRIPTION
THE COUNTY:
Alameda County located on theeast side of San Francisco Bay is Californias seventh-largest County employs 9080 full-time employees and operates on an annual budgetof $2.39 billion. Oakland the County seat is Californias eighth largestcity. One and a half million people call Alameda County home and live ina variety of incorporated cities unincorporated communities and ruralareas. As a major urban county Alameda provides a full range of servicesto its citizens. The County is a blend of culturally and ethnically diversecommunities and its mixture of cosmopolitan
and suburban areas providesthe perfect environment for families and their active lifestyles. TheCounty offers extensive cultural resources countless recreationalopportunities and an array of fine public and private colleges and universities.
THE POSITION:
Clerk II is the journey levelgeneral clerical classification. Incumbents in this class perform functionswhich require the exercise of initiative and judgment. Incumbents perform awide variety of moderately difficult clerical work requiring the ability tochoose among a limited number of alternatives in solving routine are assigned duties involving work with a variety of documentsformats or persons frequently involving arithmetic calculations typingspecific information from a group of standardized source documents for entryinto a data processing system or performing a search and retrieval of computerfile information by way of computer terminal (CRT) or personal at this level require that incumbents have the ability to identifyerrors in basic English spelling and grammar or arithmetic in documents whichgenerally are not reviewed for technical detail or accuracy.
For more detailed informationabout the job classification please visit:ClerkII (#1120)
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:
In addition to meeting theminimum qualifications stated below the ideal candidate will have demonstrateda track record of success in the following areas:
- Provided exceptional service to internal and external customers.
- Actively participated as a valued member of a work team.
- Maintained effectiveness when experiencing major changes in priorities procedures and/or responsibilities.
- Assimilated and applied newly learned information on the job.
- Maintained quality performance while under presser or opposition.
- Ensured the quality and accuracy of your work products.
- Utilized effective approaches for choosing a course of action.
VACANCIES:
This is a countywide recruitmentand the immediate vacancies are in theAssessors OfficeSheriffs OfficeProbation DepartmentCounty LibraryAlameda County HealthPublic Works AgencySocial ServicesAgency the eligible list resulting from this recruitmentmay be used by any County department or agency needing to fill a vacancy.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Either I
The equivalent of six months ofexperience in the class of Clerk I in the Alameda County classified service.(Non-classified includes District Attorneys Office Hospital Authority andthe Consolidated Courts.)
Or II
Or III
Completion of a post high school clerical training program from a businessschool vocational training center or a clerical internship program whichwould enable the applicant to acquire the knowledge and abilities listed below.
License: Possession of a valid Drivers license may be required for certainpositions.
NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualificationsin the announcement of an examination.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
The most suitably qualified candidates will possess thefollowing competencies:
Knowledge of:
Basic elements of correct English usage grammar spelling punctuation andarithmetic.
General office practices equipment business correspondence.
Multi-line telephone system.
Ability to:
Perform general clerical work (typing filing reception) and learn thespecific operations procedures and equipment of the office.
Perform arithmetical computations.
Understand and follow oral and written directions.
Establish and maintain cooperative relations with the public and otheremployees.
Identify and correct errors in basic spelling English grammar and math.
Learn specific operations and procedures of job.
Plan and organize ones own workload and files.
Screen telephone calls and take complete and accurate messages.
Selective Certification Criteria:
A. For positions requiring the ability to type at a speed of not less than 40net words per minute from clear copy. Typing occupies more than 10 percent ofworking time.
B. For positions required to type at a speed of not less than 40 net words perminute from clear copy and to transcribe dictation from dictating occupies more than 10 percent of working time. (Candidatesindicating a willingness to use dictating equipment will be certified to thosepositions where using the equipment is required without having to take aperformance test).
Alternate Range Criteria:
1. For positions required to transcribe dictation from dictating machinerecording these duties occupying more than 10 percent of working time.
EXAMINATION COMPONENTS
THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
1) A review of applicants applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidateswho possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the nextstep in the examination process.
2) A virtual multiple-choice written component that will be weighted as qualifyingonly (pass/fail).
3) A virtual computer skills assessment with the followingcomponents (pass/fail):
A. Typing Test
B. Microsoft Word
C. Microsoft Excel
Only candidates who pass the written examination andcomputer skills assessment will be invited to the oral interview process.
4) A virtual oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of thecandidates final examination score. The oral interview may contain situationalexercises.
CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACHPORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.
We reserve the right to make changes to the announcedexamination components.
Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection Systemfounded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitmentefforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in anexamination process designed to determine the qualifications fitness andability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of ourrecruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacantposition in which case the eligible list may be exclusively used for thatcurrent vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for bothcurrent and future vacancies or for other alternate jobs with comparablescopes of work.
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