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Temporary Clerk/Typist II – Transportation Department

Limited Term (ends 12/31/26) - Temporary Clerk/Typist II – Transportation Department POSITION SUMMARY Paradise Unified School District is seeking a dependable, organized, and service-oriented Temporary Clerk/Typist II to provide clerical and operational support to the Transportation Department. This position will assist Transportation staff during daily student transportation operations, with particular emphasis on supporting afternoon bus routes when telephone and radio activity is highest. The successful candidate must be able to remain calm, professional, and attentive while managing multiple incoming requests and communicating effectively with staff, parents, and the public. When transportation activity is lighter, the Clerk/Typist II will assist with data entry, records, filing, and other general clerical duties.

Job Title: CLERK TYPIST II Range 15

Position Purpose: To perform a variety of clerical activities including typing, filing and record keeping in support of assigned school or District program/office operations. Employees in this classification receive general supervision within a framework of standard policies and procedures. Employees in this job class may train, coordinate and monitor the work of student aides in a lead capacity. This job class performs a wide variety of responsible clerical support duties and requires a knowledge of standard procedures, precedents and requirements associated with the operation of an assigned office/program. This job class must be able to choose among a limited number of alternatives in solving the standard range of problems. This job class functions at a journey level of job classification.

Supervisor: As assigned

Essential Job Duties:

• Performs a variety of clerical activities related to the function(s) of an assigned office/program.
• Keyboards correspondence, purchase orders, work orders, newsletters, records and reports from clearly defined sources.
• Answers telephone, takes messages, refers caller.
• Receives, screens and assists students, faculty, parents ad the public providing requested information or referring to appropriate person.
• Maintains records and prepares reports related to specialized office/program operations such as attendance, time sheets, purchases, gas/fuel consumption, bus schedules, student driver training and standardized test scores.
• Collects, verifies, sorts, tabulates and files a variety of data and information according to predetermined classifications; maintaining alphabetical, numerical, index and cross-reference files as required.
• Enters routine data related to assigned office functions into a computer terminal such as daily attendance, student grades, standardized test scores, etc.
• Calculates, posts to and maintains records associated with assigned office functions; verifies account balances.
• Receives, sorts and distributes incoming and outgoing mail.
• Orders, sorts and delivers office or instructional supplies and maintains an inventory of assigned supplies.
• Performs related duties as required.

Minimum Knowledge, Skill and Ability:

Knowledge of:

• Proper English usage, spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary.
• Proper office methods, procedures and practices.
• Standard procedures, methods and/or policies pertaining to assigned office/program.
• Basic bookkeeping practices and procedures.

Skill and Ability to:

• Operate designated office machines and equipment with speed and accuracy.
• Accurately keyboard at a rate of 45 wpm.
• Operate standard office equipment/machines such as copier, typewriter, computer, printer, calculator, etc.
• Perform routine arithmetical calculations using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
• Establish and maintain accurate, routine records and files.
• Effectively communicate in both oral and written form.
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties.

Training and Experience:

Any combination equivalent to training and experience that could likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be: completion of the high school and one year clerical experience.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

In order to perform this job successfully an individual must meet the physical requirements necessary to complete the essential job duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job duties.

• Require mobility of arms to reach and dexterity of hands to grasp and manipulate small objects. Lower body mobility may not be required.
• Perform work which is primarily sedentary
• Is subject to inside environmental conditions.