Clerical Assistant

Company: State of Indiana
Location: Pendleton
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

Work for IndianaGrow your career with the State of Indiana! With more than 50 executive branch agencies, the State of Indiana is a diverse workforce offering employees stimulating and challenging projects across a broad scope of career opportunities. As a State of Indiana employee, you impact the well-being of Indianas communities every day.At the State of Indiana, we dont just talk about diversity and inclusion Our goal is to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace, with a workforce that is representative of the State of Indiana population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to interview and to perform the essential functions of a role.Next Level benefits at the State of Indiana are here! Be sure to review our expanded benefit package offerings below.About the Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility:
The Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility (PNJCF) is a maximum security facility that was established on July 5, 2000. The facility houses over 200 adjudicated, delinquent male juveniles. Youth assigned here may have been sentenced from any of the 92 counties in the State of Indiana. Pendleton offers a sex offender program along with other treatment, including vocational, academic, and volunteer strategies designed, in accordance with its mission, to facilitate a more successful habilitation program and, even more importantly, a successful community re-entry.Salary:
The salary for this position traditionally starts at $25,766.00 per year but maybe commensurate with education and/or experience.About the Job:As the Clerical Assistant, you will be responsible for performing a variety of office duties of a clerical nature. In this position, your duties will be in accordance with office procedures and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing, office machine operation, and filing.A Day in the Life:The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Prepare correspondence, maintaining reference and resource materials and updating files, forms, and reports.
• Prepare a variety of periodic statistical, informational and/or work activity reports.
• Compute and record information, such as records or reports.
• Accurately maintain and organize office files.
• Properly sort and deliver mail.
• Prepare information and take notes for meetings as needed.
• Direct incoming correspondence to the appropriate individual.
• Completes data entry and prepares reports in Excel on a variety of processes.The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.What You'll Need for Success:You must meet the following requirements to be considered for employment:
  • General knowledge of office administration functions.
  • Specialized knowledge of the procedures involved in applying policies, programs and activities of the department as well as working knowledge of other related agency programs and other departments within same agency.
  • Specialized knowledge of available records and resource material and an ability to trace required information.
  • Basic knowledge of computer procedures.
  • Ability to effectively communicate.
  • Ability to pay attention to details and priorities work.
  • Ability to establish cooperative work relationships.
  • Knowledge of and ability to use Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:This role may serve as a team lead for an assigned work group.Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees which includes:
    • Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans;
    • Wellness program (offers premium discount for the medical plan and gift cards);
    • Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution;
    • Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities;
    • Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to401k plan) with employer match;
    • Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options;
    • A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:
      • 150 hours of paid new parent leave;
      • Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave;
      • Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off;
      • 12 paid holidays, 14 on election years;
      • Education Reimbursement Program;
      • Group life insurance;
      • Referral Bonus program;
      • Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits;
      • Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program;
      • Free Parkingfor most positions;
      • Free LinkedIn Learningaccess;Equal Employment Opportunity:The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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