Data Entry Specialist

Duration: 6 Months

JOB PURPOSE:

Enter data from a source document into a computer system and verify entries for accuracy and completeness. Maintain complex databases and develop tools and guidelines for data collection and integrity. Work is performed by exercising independent judgment and initiative in performing tasks.

Requirements:

• Education & Experience: High school diploma, G.E.D., or equivalent and three years of relevant experience or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• Strong clerical, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Ability to exercise judgment and employ basic reasoning skills.
• Strong attention to detail.

Core Duties:

• Establish complex record-keeping procedures, including cross-indexing by several factors and the designing of necessary forms.
• Maintain existing databases and develop guidelines to ensure data integrity; may integrate data from several sources.
• Identify and select usable data from extremely subtle and complex data patterns, applying practical understanding.
• Utilize computer applications to manipulate and report complex data.
• Develop new tools to assist with data collection and analysis.
• Work with data providers to discuss and clarify data ambiguities, inconsistencies etc.
• Perform audits of own work or that of others to ensure conformance with established procedure.
• Select and apply appropriate formulas, computer programs, or applications depending on data content.
• May provide administrative support.