Principal Clerk - Parks and Recreation

About the role

Under general supervision, the Principal Clerk plans, implements and carries out support staff functions, complex clerical assignments, and projects; applies departmental and City customer service and record-keeping policies; exercises sound judgment in applying departmental and City procedures; and may perform related work as required.

Location and hours

The immediate opening for this position will mainly be working at the Community Center located in City Hall. The scheduled hours for this position will be Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the front line customer service representative
• Provides needed support to members of work group
• Receives and reviews documents in accordance with established policies and procedures; applies departmental and City policies; exercises sound judgment in applying departmental and City procedures
• Plans, implements and manages complex clerical assignments and projects; collects and analyzes information; prepares summary reports for supervisory review
• Composes meeting minutes and types correspondence, which require a comprehensive understanding of departmental operations and of proper format, grammar, punctuation and spelling

Pay

$26.91 - $37.42 hourly ($55,975.50 - $77,823.82 annually). The median salary for this position is $66,899.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package (view at City of Ames Benefits)
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program eligibility — federal program that forgives federal student loan balance after 120 qualifying payments while employed by a qualifying employer