Clerk Typist 2 - Area Agency of Aging

Job DescriptionThe Clerk Typist 2 – Area Agency on Aging position performs a range of clerical duties that require knowledge of computer operations and processing of documents in a variety of functions. This position reports directly to the Aging Care Management Supervisor 1 and is not responsible for the supervision of other employees. Essential duties of the position include answering the Area Agency on Aging's multi-line telephone, retrieving and distributing voicemail messages, opening and recording incoming mail, delivering mail to appropriate staff, processing outgoing U.S. mail, typing assignments from handwritten notes, proofreading finished work for accuracy, processing and maintaining membership lists, assisting with events and special projects, scanning and linking consumer records, taking daily meal counts from Senior Centers, collecting, copying, faxing, emailing, and mailing Senior Center menus and calendars, creating and maintaining daily agency sign-in and sign-out attendance forms, filing Voter Registration Declination Forms, performing monthly shredding, generating yearly contribution sheets, monitoring supplies of brochures, pamphlets, applications, and other necessary forms, compiling packets for Aging Care Managers, assisting fiscal with monthly mailing of cost share invoices, scheduling conference rooms, printing and hanging new job posting notices, printing labels and envelopes for unit, assisting with bulk mailings, adding new consumer data to Aging Data System, completing organizational unit transfers to other Area Agencies on Aging, assisting with scheduling appointments for Aging Care Managers, checking fax folder and sending faxes via email to appropriate staff, updating and creating Word and Excel documents as needed, and assisting with special projects.Required minimum qualifications include completion of a high school or general equivalency diploma and at least six (6) months as a Clerk Typist or completion of a high school business curriculum which included at least one typing course. Knowledge of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation, standard office procedures, practices, conduct, and actions, techniques applied in using the English dictionary, types, organization, and use of standard office files, logs, forms, and letter formats, intermediate arithmetic, using a desktop computer keyboard at a minimum speed rate of 40 words per minute, communicating appropriately with individuals by phone, face-to-face, email, and in correspondence, reading handwritten documents, operating PC, printer, calculator, writing implements, fax machine, copy machine, scanner, postage meter, shredder, and other office equipment, and reading, writing, speaking, understanding, and communicating in English to perform the duties of this position.Tools and equipment include telephone, personal computer (including word processing and spreadsheet software), calculator, writing implements, fax machine, copy machine, and paper shredder. Physical demands include frequently required to walk, sit, talk, and hear, and occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is moderately quiet.Selection guidelines include formal application, rating of education and experience, interview, and reference check as well as job related tests. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change. FLSA status is non-exempt (eligible for overtime), designation is career service pay grade is PS/GR27, and union status is PSSU. Updated September 2026. Northampton County