A Lead for State Jobs--Clerical

I recently got word of the following lead:

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Labor & Industry is soliciting applications for Clerk Typist 3 and Clerk 3 titles as found on the PA State Civil Service ADVANCED CLERICAL AND SECRETARIAL POSITIONS test announcement at www.scsc.state.pa.us.  Would you please post or distribute this information to students and alumni?  

Here are the minimum qualifications from the Civil Service Test Announcement: 

NATURE OF WORK

Clerks 3 perform advanced clerical duties, such as gathering and providing information, sorting, filing and checking materials.

Clerk Typists 3 perform advanced clerical duties, such as typing complex materials, composing letters and memoranda.

Executive Secretaries perform secretarial work as staff assistants to agency executive staff.  Supervision may be exercised over a small clerical staff.

Secretarial Supervisors provide secretarial and clerical services to an office and supervise employees who perform moderately complex secretarial and clerical duties.

Clerical Supervisors are working supervisors who supervise employees who perform routine and/or moderately complex clerical duties.

All Clerical and Secretarial Supervisors assign and review work and are responsible for training, employee development and performance evaluation.  Work at the 2 level is characterized by the increased complexity, variety and diversity of activities supervised.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

You will be tested before your qualifications are reviewed.  Your test results will count only if you meet all job requirements.  If after reading the requirements you are not sure you qualify, contact one of the Commission’s offices listed at the end of this announcement.

You must be a Pennsylvania resident, of good moral character and able to perform the essential functions of the job.

Minimum Requirements

Clerk 3

Six months as a Clerk 2; OR 1 year of progressively complex clerical experience; OR 6 months of moderately complex clerical experience and completion of a post high school business curriculum.

Clerk Typist 3

Six months as a Clerk Typist 2; OR 1 year of progressively complex clerical typing experience; OR 6 months of moderately complex clerical typing experience and completion of a post high school business curriculum.

Executive Secretary 1

Three years of progressively responsible experience in secretarial work.

Executive Secretary (Local Government)

Five years of progressively responsible experience in secretarial work.  Appropriate formal post high school secretarial training may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis up to 4 years.

Secretarial Supervisor 1

One year of secretarial experience that included assigning and reviewing work.

Secretarial Supervisor 2

One year of secretarial experience that included 6 months of lead worker experience.

Clerical Supervisor 1

One year of moderately complex clerical work experience.

Clerical Supervisor 2

One year as a Clerical Supervisor 1; OR 2 years of complex clerical work experience; OR 3 years of moderately complex clerical work experience that included 6 months of clerical lead worker experience.

Equivalent combinations of experience and training are acceptable for all job titles.

Clarification of Requirements

You may substitute related education for the required experience or appropriate experience for the required education.  Unrelated experience or education will not be accepted.

For your convenience, interested candidates may view the test announcement and make application using the following links as provided below:

Advanced Clerical & Secretarial Positions Test Announcement Number 2012-126 as found under the Clerical heading:

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;//www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_73961_1305474_0_0_18/2012-126_Advanced_Clerical_&_Secretarial_Positions.htm

You will note there are 14 titles found on the test announcement. When completing the application, please make sure candidates apply for all job titles for which they want to be tested. 

NOTE: APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED OR POSTMARKED BY MARCH 9, 2013, TO THE PA STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AFTER WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE SUSPENDED.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online at www.scsc.state.pa.us or submit your completed paper application to:

State Civil Service Commission

ATTN:  Applications

P.O. Box 569

Harrisburg, PA  17108-0569

Candidates submitting a paper application must include the form as found at the end of the test announcement. This form is not required for online application submission.

Walk-In-Testing Information (in case test dates are full)

Walk-In testing is an option on most testing days on a first-come, first-served basis based upon “available seating”. Since these events are unpredictable, applicants are advised to call the PA State Civil Service Commission or testing center before visiting to see if walk-in testing is an option.