Payroll Clerk I/II
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for prose. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "If interested... submit an online application" etc. Also remove "First Question is below:" etc. Also remove "The supplemental application form is an EXAMINATION..." etc. Also remove "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Bargaining Unit 01" etc. Also remove "The Provisions Of This Bulletin Do Not Constitute An Expressed Or Implied Contract And Are Subject To Change." etc. Also remove "College Cost Reduction Access Act" maybe keep? It's part of benefits? It's about student loan forgiveness; could be considered benefit info. It's substantive. Keep.
We need sections only when there is real specific content. Likely sections: About the role (maybe description of recruitment and vacancy), Salary, Schedule, Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (minimum qualifications), Skills (knowledge/skill/ability), Benefits. Pay and Schedule separate? The instruction says use headings for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we should only include sections that have content. We have salary info (Pay) and schedule info (Schedule). So include Pay and Schedule sections. Also About the role: description of recruitment establishing list, anticipated life, current vacancy location. That's substantive. Responsibilities: duties list. Requirements: minimum qualifications (education, experience). Skills: knowledge, skill/ability, license/certificate maybe. Benefits: benefits info.
We must not repeat job title. No need for Qualifications separate if we have Requirements? The instruction list includes both Requirements and Qualifications; but we can combine? Better to follow: Requirements for experience/education, Qualifications for maybe license? But we can just have Requirements and Skills. However to be safe, we can include Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (knowledge, skill/ability, license). Benefits separate.
We must not include placeholder like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract.
About the role: "This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies for those County departments that have this position. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. Current vacancy is with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department located in Visalia."
Salary: "Salary Information Level I: $3,574 - $4,355 Monthly Level II: $3,931 - $4,791 Monthly"
Schedule: "Work Schedule for both Level i and Level II: Monday -Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm"
Duties: list bullet points from "Typical Duties DUTY SAMPLE". We have several duty sentences. Also note "For a full list of duties for Level I, please click here." and Level II. We should not include those links as they are instructions; but we can keep the duty sentences we have. The duty sentences:
- Review and ensure accuracy of a variety of financial records and reports.
- Calculate payroll and maintain withholding and contribution records.
- Review time sheets for completeness and conformity to policy and procedures from MOUs and County Personnel Rules.
- Compile and maintain lists and/or records on a variety of payroll specialty issues.
- Calculate pay adjustments due to corrected time sheets and/or processing corrections.
We should output as
- each.
Minimum Qualifications: Education Level I/II - Equivalent to completion of twelfth (12th) grade.
Experience Level I: Requires one (1) year of highly successful general financial record keeping experience in a fast paced, detail-oriented business environment or completion of an approved full charge bookkeeper program or other office support program from an accredited business/community college or adult school.
Level II: Requires two (2) years of full-time experience processing payroll and maintaining personnel records with an organization using automated payroll systems or one (1) year of experience as a Payroll Clerk I for the County of Tulare.
Experience Equivalency For Level II Completion of an approved full-charge bookkeeper program or other office support program from an accredited business/community college or adult school and one (1) year of full-time experience processing payroll and maintaining personnel records with an organization using automated payroll systems.
We can combine.
Knowledge Of: list items:
- Personnel and Payroll terminology.
- Payroll preparation and accounting methods.
- Indexing, filing, and record keeping systems and procedures.
- Numerical and alphabetical filing systems.
Skill/Ability:
- To Work and communicate effectively with people of various education and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles and behaviors of both clients and co-workers.
- Operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of computer, keyboard, and all applicable electronic equipment.
- Accurately post figures to various documents and records.
- Proofread and rapidly correct errors in numbers, grammar, and spelling.
License/Certificate: Positions located within HHSA and Probation may require a Driver’s License.
We can put these under Skills section.
Benefits: lots of text. Need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract benefit details:
- Benefit Amount: An annual benefit amount is provided and may be applied towards health insurance premiums (medical, dental, vision, and life). This benefit is pro-rated and paid on a pay period basis (24 pay periods).
- Health Insurance: A choice of PPO and HMO medical plans which include PPO and HMO dental plans and include dental and vision coverage. Dependent coverage is available. Providers include Anthem Blue Cross, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, and Vision Services Plan (VSP).
- Retirement: The retirement plan is a defined benefit plan administered pursuant to the 1937 Act County Employees Retirement Act and integrated with Social Security. In addition to ordinary retirement benefits, the plan provides disability and death benefits. Retirement contributions are made by both the County and the employee. The County has reciprocity with the State of California, contracting PERS agencies, and all County 1937 Act Retirement Systems.
- Paid Holiday Leave: 12 set days and 1 personal holiday.
- Vacation Accrual: 2 weeks per year (0-3 years of service) 3 weeks per year (3-7 years of service) 4 weeks per year (7-11 years of service) 5 weeks per year (11+ years of service) Limit of 300 hours.
- Sick Leave Accrual: 12 days per year with unlimited accumulation, 60 hours of which may be used toward family sick leave.
- Career Incentive Pay: Employees who have completed five (5) or more Years of Service with Tulare County and meet the eligibility criteria described in Administrative Regulation - 52, earn additional pay according to the schedule below.
Years of Service % Increase Total
5 3% 3%
10 2% 5%
15 3% 8%
20 2% 10%
- Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D: $10,000; Provided by Standard Insurance Company.
- Disability Insurance: Employees are covered by State Disability Insurance. The premium is paid by the employee.
- Deferred Compensation: A voluntary deferred compensation plan is available.
- College Cost Reduction Access Act: This may be a qualifying position for student loan forgiveness through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA). Only student loan payments made after October 1, 2007 and in a qualified repayment plan are eligible. For more information you are encouraged to speak with your student loan service or visit: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service
We should keep the URL? It's substantive info. Probably okay.
We must not include boilerplate like "The information listed is a general summary of benefits. These provisions do not constitute an expressed or implied contract and are subject to change." That's boilerplate; remove. Also "The Provisions Of This Bulletin Do Not Constitute An Expressed Or Implied Contract And Are Subject To Change." remove. Also "Only student loan payments made after October 1, 2007 and in a qualified repayment plan are eligible." that's part of CCRAA info, keep.
We also need to remove duplicated lines. Ensure no repetition.
Now construct HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies for those County departments that have this position. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. Current vacancy is with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department located in Visalia.
Pay
Salary Information Level I: $3,574 - $4,355 Monthly
Level II: $3,931 - $4,791 Monthly
Schedule
Work Schedule for both Level I and Level II: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Responsibilities
- Review and ensure accuracy of a variety of financial records and reports.
- Calculate payroll and maintain withholding and contribution records.
- Review time sheets for completeness and conformity to policy and procedures from MOUs and County Personnel Rules.
- Compile and maintain lists and/or records on a variety of payroll specialty issues.
- Calculate pay adjustments due to corrected time sheets and/or processing corrections.
Requirements
Education: Equivalent to completion of twelfth (12th) grade.
Experience Level I: One (1) year of highly successful general financial record keeping experience in a fast paced, detail‑oriented business environment or completion of an approved full‑charge bookkeeper program or other office support program from an accredited business/community college or adult school.
Experience Level II: Two (2) years of full‑time experience processing payroll and maintaining personnel records with an organization using automated payroll systems or one (1) year of experience as a Payroll Clerk I for the County of Tulare.
Experience Equivalency for Level II: Completion of an approved full‑charge bookkeeper program or other office support program from an accredited business/community college or adult school and one (1) year of full‑time experience processing payroll and maintaining personnel records with an organization using automated payroll systems.
Skills
Knowledge of:
- Personnel and Payroll terminology.
- Payroll preparation and accounting methods.
- Indexing, filing, and record keeping systems and procedures.
- Numerical and alphabetical filing systems.
Skill/Ability to:
- Work and communicate effectively with people of various education and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles and behaviors of both clients and co‑workers.
- Operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of computer, keyboard, and all applicable electronic equipment.
- Accurately post figures to various documents and records.
- Proofread and rapidly correct errors in numbers, grammar, and spelling.
License/Certificate: Positions located within HHSA and Probation may require a Driver’s License.
Benefits
Benefit Amount: An annual benefit amount is provided and may be applied towards health insurance premiums (medical, dental, vision, and life). This benefit is pro‑rated and paid on a pay period basis (24 pay periods).
Health Insurance: A choice of P
for prose. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "If interested... submit an online application" etc. Also remove "First Question is below:" etc. Also remove "The supplemental application form is an EXAMINATION..." etc. Also remove "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Bargaining Unit 01" etc. Also remove "The Provisions Of This Bulletin Do Not Constitute An Expressed Or Implied Contract And Are Subject To Change." etc. Also remove "College Cost Reduction Access Act" maybe keep? It's part of benefits? It's about student loan forgiveness; could be considered benefit info. It's substantive. Keep. We need sections only when there is real specific content. Likely sections: About the role (maybe description of recruitment and vacancy), Salary, Schedule, Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (minimum qualifications), Skills (knowledge/skill/ability), Benefits. Pay and Schedule separate? The instruction says use headings for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we should only include sections that have content. We have salary info (Pay) and schedule info (Schedule). So include Pay and Schedule sections. Also About the role: description of recruitment establishing list, anticipated life, current vacancy location. That's substantive. Responsibilities: duties list. Requirements: minimum qualifications (education, experience). Skills: knowledge, skill/ability, license/certificate maybe. Benefits: benefits info. We must not repeat job title. No need for Qualifications separate if we have Requirements? The instruction list includes both Requirements and Qualifications; but we can combine? Better to follow: Requirements for experience/education, Qualifications for maybe license? But we can just have Requirements and Skills. However to be safe, we can include Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (knowledge, skill/ability, license). Benefits separate. We must not include placeholder like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract. About the role: "This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies for those County departments that have this position. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. Current vacancy is with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department located in Visalia." Salary: "Salary Information Level I: $3,574 - $4,355 Monthly Level II: $3,931 - $4,791 Monthly" Schedule: "Work Schedule for both Level i and Level II: Monday -Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm" Duties: list bullet points from "Typical Duties DUTY SAMPLE". We have several duty sentences. Also note "For a full list of duties for Level I, please click here." and Level II. We should not include those links as they are instructions; but we can keep the duty sentences we have. The duty sentences: - Review and ensure accuracy of a variety of financial records and reports. - Calculate payroll and maintain withholding and contribution records. - Review time sheets for completeness and conformity to policy and procedures from MOUs and County Personnel Rules. - Compile and maintain lists and/or records on a variety of payroll specialty issues. - Calculate pay adjustments due to corrected time sheets and/or processing corrections. We should output as
- each.
Minimum Qualifications: Education Level I/II - Equivalent to completion of twelfth (12th) grade.
Experience Level I: Requires one (1) year of highly successful general financial record keeping experience in a fast paced, detail-oriented business environment or completion of an approved full charge bookkeeper program or other office support program from an accredited business/community college or adult school.
Level II: Requires two (2) years of full-time experience processing payroll and maintaining personnel records with an organization using automated payroll systems or one (1) year of experience as a Payroll Clerk I for the County of Tulare.
Experience Equivalency For Level II Completion of an approved full-charge bookkeeper program or other office support program from an accredited business/community college or adult school and one (1) year of full-time experience processing payroll and maintaining personnel records with an organization using automated payroll systems.
We can combine.
Knowledge Of: list items:
- Personnel and Payroll terminology.
- Payroll preparation and accounting methods.
- Indexing, filing, and record keeping systems and procedures.
- Numerical and alphabetical filing systems.
Skill/Ability:
- To Work and communicate effectively with people of various education and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles and behaviors of both clients and co-workers.
- Operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of computer, keyboard, and all applicable electronic equipment.
- Accurately post figures to various documents and records.
- Proofread and rapidly correct errors in numbers, grammar, and spelling.
License/Certificate: Positions located within HHSA and Probation may require a Driver’s License.
We can put these under Skills section.
Benefits: lots of text. Need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract benefit details:
- Benefit Amount: An annual benefit amount is provided and may be applied towards health insurance premiums (medical, dental, vision, and life). This benefit is pro-rated and paid on a pay period basis (24 pay periods).
- Health Insurance: A choice of PPO and HMO medical plans which include PPO and HMO dental plans and include dental and vision coverage. Dependent coverage is available. Providers include Anthem Blue Cross, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, and Vision Services Plan (VSP).
- Retirement: The retirement plan is a defined benefit plan administered pursuant to the 1937 Act County Employees Retirement Act and integrated with Social Security. In addition to ordinary retirement benefits, the plan provides disability and death benefits. Retirement contributions are made by both the County and the employee. The County has reciprocity with the State of California, contracting PERS agencies, and all County 1937 Act Retirement Systems.
- Paid Holiday Leave: 12 set days and 1 personal holiday.
- Vacation Accrual: 2 weeks per year (0-3 years of service) 3 weeks per year (3-7 years of service) 4 weeks per year (7-11 years of service) 5 weeks per year (11+ years of service) Limit of 300 hours.
- Sick Leave Accrual: 12 days per year with unlimited accumulation, 60 hours of which may be used toward family sick leave.
- Career Incentive Pay: Employees who have completed five (5) or more Years of Service with Tulare County and meet the eligibility criteria described in Administrative Regulation - 52, earn additional pay according to the schedule below.
Years of Service % Increase Total
5 3% 3%
10 2% 5%
15 3% 8%
20 2% 10%
- Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D: $10,000; Provided by Standard Insurance Company.
- Disability Insurance: Employees are covered by State Disability Insurance. The premium is paid by the employee.
- Deferred Compensation: A voluntary deferred compensation plan is available.
- College Cost Reduction Access Act: This may be a qualifying position for student loan forgiveness through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA). Only student loan payments made after October 1, 2007 and in a qualified repayment plan are eligible. For more information you are encouraged to speak with your student loan service or visit: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service
We should keep the URL? It's substantive info. Probably okay.
We must not include boilerplate like "The information listed is a general summary of benefits. These provisions do not constitute an expressed or implied contract and are subject to change." That's boilerplate; remove. Also "The Provisions Of This Bulletin Do Not Constitute An Expressed Or Implied Contract And Are Subject To Change." remove. Also "Only student loan payments made after October 1, 2007 and in a qualified repayment plan are eligible." that's part of CCRAA info, keep.
We also need to remove duplicated lines. Ensure no repetition.
Now construct HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies for those County departments that have this position. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. Current vacancy is with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department located in Visalia.
Pay
Salary Information Level I: $3,574 - $4,355 Monthly
Level II: $3,931 - $4,791 MonthlySchedule
Work Schedule for both Level I and Level II: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Responsibilities
- Review and ensure accuracy of a variety of financial records and reports.
- Calculate payroll and maintain withholding and contribution records.
- Review time sheets for completeness and conformity to policy and procedures from MOUs and County Personnel Rules.
- Compile and maintain lists and/or records on a variety of payroll specialty issues.
- Calculate pay adjustments due to corrected time sheets and/or processing corrections.
Requirements
Education: Equivalent to completion of twelfth (12th) grade.
Experience Level I: One (1) year of highly successful general financial record keeping experience in a fast paced, detail‑oriented business environment or completion of an approved full‑charge bookkeeper program or other office support program from an accredited business/community college or adult school.
Experience Level II: Two (2) years of full‑time experience processing payroll and maintaining personnel records with an organization using automated payroll systems or one (1) year of experience as a Payroll Clerk I for the County of Tulare.
Experience Equivalency for Level II: Completion of an approved full‑charge bookkeeper program or other office support program from an accredited business/community college or adult school and one (1) year of full‑time experience processing payroll and maintaining personnel records with an organization using automated payroll systems.
Skills
Knowledge of:
- Personnel and Payroll terminology.
- Payroll preparation and accounting methods.
- Indexing, filing, and record keeping systems and procedures.
- Numerical and alphabetical filing systems.
Skill/Ability to:
- Work and communicate effectively with people of various education and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles and behaviors of both clients and co‑workers.
- Operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of computer, keyboard, and all applicable electronic equipment.
- Accurately post figures to various documents and records.
- Proofread and rapidly correct errors in numbers, grammar, and spelling.
License/Certificate: Positions located within HHSA and Probation may require a Driver’s License.
Benefits
Benefit Amount: An annual benefit amount is provided and may be applied towards health insurance premiums (medical, dental, vision, and life). This benefit is pro‑rated and paid on a pay period basis (24 pay periods).
Health Insurance: A choice of P