What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clerk II (Treasurer) position at Woodbury County?
Woodbury County benefits include: IPERS. Great Health Insurance Benefit, Free Dental, Life & LTD Insurance, Sick leave benefits, Vacation, 10 Paid Holidays, 2 Personal Days, and a moving allowance is negotiable.
Serves the public by phone and in person, performing a variety of duties and related paperwork in the accurate and timely preparation and other duties under direct authority of County Treasurer and/or Appointed Deputy.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:The following duties are typical for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all inclusive.
Other duties may be required and assigned.
- Answers phone inquiries within scope of responsibility and refers inquiries to proper resource when necessary by means of the spoken work in clearly spoken English
- Responsible for tactfully and courteously handling taxpayer inquiries related to real estate, mobile homes, and other taxes collected by the County Treasurer. Refers inquiries to proper resources when necessary as the first phone person
- Responsible the issuing titles and registration renewals for Motor Vehicles and all duties related to the scope of responsibility as required by legislative policies, procedures and maintain knowledge of the State Codes relative to designated responsibilities of the motor vehicle department
- Responsible for transferring the titles, including issuing junking certificates, replacement titles and registration renewals
- Various clerical duties as assigned including those associated with assisting with tax sales, including the maintenance of both physical and electronic files
- Assisting customers making payment, answering questions, including current or delinquent real estate, mobile home, specials, drainage, utilities, and grain taxes as well as tax sale redemptions
- Prepares all types of licenses, titles, and legal documents for the recording processes
- Prepares and maintains appropriate files and records
- Responsible for accurate, timely, and efficient posting and balancing of licenses, titles and legal documents
- Assures that all assignments are completed in a thorough and accurate manner
- Attendance is required
- Must possess High school diploma or General Equivalency Degree (GED).
- Specific knowledge of a body of rules or operations for a particular functional area or areas such as might be acquired in one (1) to three (3) years of prior related experience.
- Must have experience working with Excel, Microsoft and Outlook
- Ability to learn County software
- Keyboarding skill test taken in the Woodbury County Human Resources office or Iowa Workforce Development with a 40 words per minute (net score) within the last 12 months
- Personal maturity to safeguard confidential information
- Ability to tactfully and courteously communicate with others by means of the spoken work in clearly spoken English
- Candidate for hire must successfully pass a background check, a physical examination, and drug screening test prior to employment
Woodbury County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the County will consider reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the Employer.
Applicants for employment should contact the Human Resources Dept., Room 701 of the Woodbury County Court House between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for further information
A completed County application form and a resume are required.
Deadline for receipt of applications shall be: 4:30 p.m., August 10th, 2026 or until filled
Salary : $20 - $26