Clerk Typist (Medicaid)

About the role

The role supports the school, office, or district by performing clerical duties. Duties include answering telephones, composing correspondence, managing office supplies, maintaining records, and interacting with the public.

Responsibilities

• Sits, stands, walks, stoops, kneels, and crouches/squats while performing duties
• Has oral and auditory capacity enabling interaction interpersonally and/or through communication devices
• Uses eyes, hands, and finger coordination enabling the use of equipment and writing utensils
• Lifts and carries up to 20 pounds, and may be higher for some assignments depending on position and student need
• Climb stairs, ladders, and/or stools
• Reach, hold, grasp and turn objects
• Use fingers to operate computer keyboards
• Feel the shape, size and temperature of objects
• Analyze, communicate, compare, compile, compute, coordinate, copy, evaluate, instruct, negotiate, synthesize, reason, and use interpersonal skills

Requirements

• High school graduate - high school diploma or equivalent

Qualifications

• Ability to adapt to changing technologies and to learn functionality of new equipment and systems
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Ability to create, access, input, retrieve, and manipulate information in various software systems
• Ability to establish and maintain accurate record keeping, document management, and filing systems
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals from many diverse backgrounds and professions including supervisors, administrators, coworkers, staff, students, parents, and the general public
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions
• Ability to greet and interact with the public in a courteous and professional manner
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to manage simultaneous demands and set clear priorities
• Ability to perform routine bookkeeping and clerical accounting tasks effectively and efficiently
• Ability to work days, hours, locations, and assignments as directed by the supervisor within the position responsibilities
• Ability to work independently without direct supervision
• Commitment to the education of students as a primary responsibility
• Communicates effectively with students and adults in a wide variety of settings
• Computer proficiency including office productivity applications
• Considerable knowledge of policies, procedures, and overall district functions
• Demonstrated ability to manage simultaneous demands and set clear priorities
• Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a team setting
• Understands data privacy laws and their implications for the educational community
• Willingness to participate in ongoing training as required

Skills

• Adapts to changing technologies and learns functionality of new equipment and systems
• Communicates effectively verbally and in writing
• Creates, accesses, inputs, retrieves, and manipulates information in various software systems
• Establishes and maintains accurate record keeping, document management, and filing systems
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with individuals from many diverse backgrounds and professions including supervisors, administrators, coworkers, staff, students, parents, and the general public
• Fulfills oral and written instructions
• Greet and interacts with the public in a courteous and professional manner
• Maintains confidentiality
• Manages simultaneous demands and sets clear priorities
• Performs routine bookkeeping and clerical accounting tasks effectively and efficiently
• Works days, hours, locations, and assignments as directed by the supervisor within the position responsibilities
• Works independently without direct supervision
• Understands data privacy laws and their implications for the educational community
• Willingness to participate in ongoing training as required

Benefits

Full-time - Regular

Pay

$18.75-19.69

Schedule

40 Hours Per Day 8.0 hour(s) per day