Typist - Spanish Speaking

Typist - Spanish Speaking

The Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Gregory Mott, is interested in receiving applications from qualified candidates for the position of:

Typist - Spanish Speaking

Poughkeepsie City School District

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma.
• Candidates must indicate keyboarding ability; i.e., courses in keyboarding or keyboarding work experience.
• Candidates must have the ability to speak, understand, read, and write vernacular Spanish.
• Note: A performance test in keyboarding will be required.

Distinguishing Features of the Class:

This position provides secretarial and clerical support to a unit or department. While the specific duties vary with the needs of the office, the incumbent provides skilled keyboarding services in addition to a range of routine clerical services such as filing, photocopying, faxing, maintaining office supplies, sorting and distributing mail and other similar activities. In addition, this position serves as a Spanish translator for the department. While initially, assignments are limited in scope, employees eventually will be assigned duties of increasing difficulty. Work is performed under direct supervision and detailed instructions are given for new or difficult tasks. Supervision of others is not normally a function of this class.

Typical Work Activities:

• Performs skilled keyboarding to produce correspondence, reports, tables, charts, and to maintain large databases
• Gathers, extracts and copies information for use by technical and professional staff
• Takes longhand minutes, prepares summary notes and submits to supervisor for approval before distribution
• Receives calls and callers and gives out routine information
• Files correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other materials in record system in accordance with departmental guidelines; pulls records for use by staff or disposition to storage or destruction
• Reviews records and documents for completeness, compliance with departmental standards and for accuracy
• Indexes materials and performs simple record-keeping tasks
• Performs a variety of clerical support work based on unit needs including logging records, photocopying, faxing, maintaining office supplies, processing bulk mailings and similar activities
• May enter data into terminal from forms and printed copy
• May maintain records of time and benefit usage, employee certification and training
• Translates written correspondence and conversations from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English
• May provide bilingual services in connection with departmental business in court or at other offsite locations as needed

Full Performance Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of business English necessary to recognize and correct common errors in correspondence, records, and reports
• Knowledge of arithmetic to verify calculations and report on work activities
• Knowledge of record keeping necessary to organize data from several sources, scheduling, and for maintaining a record system using running balances
• Skill in operating office automation equipment sufficient to produce work accurately and efficiently
• Ability to operate a keyboard at not less than 35 words per minute
• Ability to learn software packages for word processing to produce a variety of information
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions
• Ability to take minutes and prepare summary notes
• Ability to learn and work within departmental procedures and guidelines
• Ability to provide basic information and direction to the public
• Personal characteristics necessary to perform the duties of the position; Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position

Appointment will be made by the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent following assessment of training, experience, certifications, credentials and evaluation of service. Personal interviews shall be conducted where appropriate. Effective date: as soon as practicable. Salary: in accordance with the PPSOPA contract, $44,026 - $53,427. Final date to apply: open until filled. To apply: please complete an online application available at *Please refer to Job ID: 1394. The Poughkeepsie City School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, disability, age, or marital status; nor does it apply any other arbitrary measure, which would would tend to deprive persons of their constitutional rights.