Processing Technician


Job Location:

Middletown, DE - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 58046 - 75906
Posted on: 11 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Introduction


POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
This position is full-time first shift in Middletown CT with the potential for telework 40 hours per week 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM scheduled Monday - Friday.

The Legal Affairs Unit manages the agencys legal needs which include responding to records requests managing hearings and overseeing agency regulations legislative proposals ethics matters contracts and litigation.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
A Message from our Commissioner:
DESPP is committed to protecting and improving the quality of life for all by providing a broad range of public safety services training regulatory guidance and scientific services utilizing enforcement prevention education and state of the art science and technology. DESPP is structured on three key Strategic Pillars created by Commissioner Ronnell Higgins.

1. Operational Efficiency Efficacy and Excellence
  • Making decisions through the thoughtful and informed use of data.
  • Challenging the thats the way its always been done constructi.e. thinking outside the box as to how we can improve.
  • Constantly seeking better results.
2. Shared Fiscal Responsibility
  • Recognizing our collective responsibility to steward the agencys resources.
  • Realigning planned budgetary actions to ensure that they are in taxpayers interests.
  • Preparing together for potential budget stresses and fiscal challenges.
3. Ethics and Accountability
  • Critically and constantly measuring our practices against our policies.
  • Performing quarterly performance evaluations agency-wide to measure success and flag areas needing improvement.
  • Regularly engaging external partners for feedback and assessments.
  • Opening our doors to Connecticut students and workers for apprenticeships internships and career pathways.
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Selection Plan

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PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In a state agency this class is accountable for independently performing the most complex tasks in carrying out and maintaining a complex clerical processing service having a statewide impact. Services which have a statewide impact are defined as services which directly reach and assist members of the general public.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • Performs the most complex duties related to an agencys clerical processing functions;
  • Examines incoming materials for accuracy completeness and conformance to state statutes and regulations;
  • Makes corrections and/or additions;
  • Devises follow up procedures to efficiently and effectively carry out activities;
  • Initiates and maintains communications with a wide variety of resources to verify informationand complete transactions including other state employees offices and outside officials such as attorneys judicial and social welfare officials or representatives;
  • Interprets and applies state statutes and regulations relating to the particular processing service;
  • Makes decisions as to case status transaction permissibility or admissibility;
  • Responds to internal and external inquiries for information and assistance;
  • Sets up and maintains office procedures filing and indexing systems and forms for office useand to meet recurring needs;
  • Maintains calendars of due dates and initiates recurring work or special clerical projects accordingly;
  • Maintains records and logs;
  • Prepares status or statistical reports related to processing function;
  • Assists in maintaining general files in support of processing function;
  • Initiates correspondence in carrying out duties;
  • Types correspondence forms file documentation support of processing function;
  • May process fees and maintain financial records;
  • May lead lower level clerical employees assisting in carrying out processing responsibilities;
  • Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Knowledge of office systems and procedures;
  • Skills
    • interpersonal skills;
    • oral and written communication skills;
  • Ability to
    • compose effective correspondence and forms;
    • read comprehend and apply laws regulations and procedural guidelines;
    • organize and coordinate workflow;
    • articulate ideas and information effectively;
    • perform research assignments;
    • devise and maintain record keeping and filing systems;
    • examine documents for accuracy and completeness;
    • operate office equipment including computers tablets and other electronic equipment;
    • operate office suite software.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Three (3) years of clerical work experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have involved a full range of clerical duties.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of an Office Assistant or Interpreter Clerk.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of two (2) years.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience managing competing priorities while meeting deadlines.
  • Experience reviewing and applying statutory redactions for the disclosure of documents under the Freedom of Information Act or other state and federal laws.
  • Experience operating office equipment including a computer and a copy machine and experience using software including the Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Experience working in a law office setting a law enforcement agency or a criminal justice agency.
  • Experience independently drafting correspondence in a professional setting including communications with internal and external stakeholders.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women minorities and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

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