Overview

Position Title:Office Assistant III

Company:City Of Benton Wa

Location:Kennewick, WA

Job Description:

Performs a variety of complex and technical senior level clerical and office tasks, requiring comprehensive knowledge of departmental and/or County-wide functions and procedures to perform work and to provide detailed, technical servicing to the public.  Incumbents may lead lower graded employees or volunteer staff members.

Responsibilities:

  • Independently prepares, maintains and disseminates detailed records, logs, and statistics; establishes and updates manual and computerized record keeping systems; verifies data, then enters and edits reports or information; retains and retrieves files, requiring knowledge of department procedures.
  • Types and distributes forms, correspondence, reports, contracts, memoranda, statistics, and schedules from hand written drafts or notes, transcription, or verbal instructions by using office machines such as typewriter, word processor, computer terminal, adding machine, photocopier, and other standard office equipment.
  • Composes and proofs material to assure proper layout, grammatical composition and inclusion of all pertinent information.
  • Initiates completion of regularly recurring reports and standard form letters.
  •   Maintains accumulative records, making periodic audits as necessary; maintains follow-up system on reports and other forms requiring action on periodic basis.
  • Searches files and records for readily identifiable information as directed or based on County policies and legal requirements.  Obtains information form others as necessary to complete assignment.
  • May locate properties on maps by legal description, parcel numbers, and addresses and compile necessary information for appraisals, levy rate calculations, tax assessments, records of ownership, etc.

Requirements:

  • High school diploma or GED, and three years of progressively responsible clerical experience; or any combination of education and experience which would provide the applicant with the desired skills, knowledge, and ability required to perform the job.
  • Valid Driver’s License required for some positions.
    Notary Public License, or ability to obtain license, required for some positions.