Senior Clerk

Police Officer

This is a civil service position and requires our civil service application. For further consideration, please submit the City of Saratoga Springs application. The full Police Officer announcement can be found on Applications are available in the Civil Service Office in City Hall, or online under Civil Service, or email View email address on click.appcast.io to request one be sent to you. Completed applications can be emailed in to View email address on click.appcast.io, mailed in, or dropped off to the office. This is in office employment. This is not remote employment.

Salary: $52,549 City Hall Departments NYS Retirement; Health, Dental, Vision Benefits; Paid time off; Yearly Increases, CSEA Union (salary will vary if used by the Public Library, the Housing Authority, the City Center or the School District).

Location: City of Saratoga Springs, NY.

Minimum Qualifications: The following qualification(s) MUST be met and clearly detailed on the application form on or before the last filing date:

Open Competitive

• Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Associate's Degree and TWO (2) YEARS of full time paid clerical experience. OR
• Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered business school and TWO (2) YEARS of full time paid clerical experience. OR
• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and FOUR (4) YEARS of full time paid clerical experience.

Special Notes:

• Clerical experience is defined as performance of routine office tasks, such as keeping of records and accounts, correspondence, recording/entering and retrieving data and/or information, in accordance with prescribed procedures.
• Degree must have been awarded by a college or university by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the US Department of Education/US Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the internet at You must pay the required evaluation fee.

Duties:

The work involves responsibility for performing moderately difficult clerical duties requiring a general understanding of specific law, office rules, procedures and policies. The work is performed under general supervision with leeway allowed for the use of independent judgment in carrying out the details of the work. Supervision may be exercised over the work of subordinates. Does related work as required.