What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clerical Assistant 2 position at State of Indiana?
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At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion - Our goal is to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace, with a workforce that is representative of the State of Indiana population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process, as well as perform the essential functions of a role.
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About the Reception Diagnostic Center:
The Reception Diagnostic Center (RDC) is a maximum security intake facility for adult males sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction. All adult males are received at RDC, classified and transferred to long-term facilities. This is with the exception of; those offenders sentenced to death bypass RDC and go directly to death row at Indiana State Prison and Juvenile offenders sentenced as adults are incarcerated at the Pendleton Juvenile facility until reaching the age of eighteen.
Salary:
The salary for this position traditionally starts at $27,638.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.
About the Job:
As the Clerical Assistant, you will be responsible for performing a variety of office duties of a clerical nature. In this position, your duties will be in accordance with office procedures and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing, office machine operation, and filing.
A Day in the Life:
The essential functions of this role are as follows:
- Prepare correspondence, maintaining reference and resource materials and updating files, forms, and reports.
- Prepare a variety of periodic statistical, informational and/or work activity reports.
- Compute and record information, such as records or reports.
- Accurately maintain and organize office files.
- Properly sort and deliver mail.
- Prepare information and take notes for meetings as needed.
- Direct incoming correspondence to the appropriate individual.
- Completes data entry and prepares reports in Excel on a variety of processes.
The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
What You'll Need for Success:
You must meet the following requirements to be considered for employment:
- General knowledge of office administration functions.
- Specialized knowledge of the procedures involved in applying policies, programs and activities of the department as well as working knowledge of other related agency programs and other departments within same agency.
- Specialized knowledge of available records and resource material and an ability to trace required information.
- Basic knowledge of computer procedures.
- Ability to effectively communicate.
- Ability to pay attention to details and prioritize work.
- Ability to establish cooperative work relationships.
- Knowledge of and ability to use Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:
Difficulty of Work:
Your work will be within generally accepted management guidelines on intricate administrative or procedural guidelines. Guidelines are complex and interrelated with agency mission, budget and/or public relations. Your work involves standardized operations requiring application of pertinent agency policies, laws and regulations to specific varying cases.
Responsibility:
You will exercise independent judgment in functioning as sole technical support position within specialized area. This individual makes decisions and uses judgment in solving problems and in determining procedures for unusual cases. Due to the high degree of independence, the clerical assistant is responsible for accuracy or records, files, forms, reports and technical information disseminated; therefore, errors in work or faulty judgment can cause substantial embarrassment and delay both in the agency and in other agencies. Specific tasks and functions are not reviewed; however, work is reviewed in terms of overall efficiency and smoothness of operations.
Personal Work Relationships:
You will work with employees in their own department as well as other departments within the agency. You will also work with the general public to interpret policy and procedures and to maintain coordination.
Personal Work Relationships:
Physical Effort:
Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:
The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees which includes:
- Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
- Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards
- Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution
- Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities
- Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to 401k plan) with employer match
- Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options
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A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:
- 150 hours of paid new parent leave
- Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave
- Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
- 12 paid holidays, 14 on election years
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Group life insurance
- Referral Bonus program
- Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
- Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Free Parking for most positions
- Free LinkedIn Learning access
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruit, select, develop, and promote employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at jobs@spd.IN.gov.
The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.
Salary : $27,638