Cashier

CashierCity of Litchfield Park Recreation Center Incumbents perform routine duties related to collecting fees, balancing drawers, printing billing receipts and providing customer services.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Dependable and prompt attendance.Greets customers in a courteous, friendly manner, and directs them to appropriate individuals; provides customers with information.Performs various clerical duties, utilizing standard office equipment, to include; screening incoming calls; taking and transmitting messages; distributing mail; making photocopies; performing data entry; typing, database management and word processing.Receives payments, issues receipts, records and posts receipts, and balances cash drawer.Assists customers with registrations, information, and/or other related information.Assists in keeping the reception area clean and inviting, including preparing bulletin boards with community information.Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.Qualification Requirements:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Education and/or Experience:Completion of 8th Grade (ability to read, write, and follow directions), and one year of cash handling and/or customer service experience.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (position requirements at entry):Knowledge of: Principles and practices of basic bookkeeping; Office procedures, methods, and equipment; Keyboarding techniques; Basic mathematical concepts; Customer service principles; Cash handling and bank deposit procedures.Skill in: Using a computer and related software applications; Providing customer service; Performing basic mathematical calculations; Keyboarding, 30 words per minute; Operating standard office equipment; Tabulating, recording, and balancing transactions; Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc., sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work directions.Physical Requirements:Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions. Medium Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Work involves standing and walking much of the time.Work Environment:The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.