Job Information
Butler County Clerk III in El Dorado, Kansas
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Job Description:
Under the supervision of the Sheriff and/or Undersheriff, the Clerk III performs entry-level clerical duties consisting of typing, filing, and simple math calculations. This employee will have direct contact with the public both in person and by telephone. Duties follow department policies and procedures and detailed instructions are given on new assignments. The employee in this position will handle highly confidential information. This position requires a criminal background check. Provides information and assistance to public on government agency programs and procedures: Explains regulations, agency policies, form completion procedures, obtain required documents and eligibility requirements for receiving benefits. Analyses information uses knowledge of rules, regulations, and precedent decisions to determine action.
Job Duties:
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Answers phone and directs calls to appropriate personnel.\ Assists citizens with concerns, complaints, and questions when appropriate.\ Handles incoming and outgoing mail.\ Handles civil process returns.\ Handles request for reports.\ Maintains civil process papers and records; ensures all reports are accurate and distributes to correct parties.\ Maintains Concealed Carry applications, disbursements and qualifications, processes Concealed Carry with NCIC background check entering Protection from Abuse and Protection from Stalking Orders.\ Receives and processes Ex-Parte and Care and Treatment Orders from the court, ensures accuracy and distributes to correct parties.\ Maintains record of fees received for reports, civil process, conceal carry and makes deposits with County Treasurer.\ Makes case jackets for motor vehicle accidents.\ Posts traffic citations and reviews for accuracy in record management system computer.\ Types and files forms, records, and reports.\ Performs other duties as deemed necessary or as required.
Knowlege, Skills and Abilities:
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Knowledge of legal process. Office procedures, office machines, and telephone answering skills.\ Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.\ Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.\ Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.\ Ability to follow oral and written instructions.\ Ability to operate computer and other office related equipment.\ Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.\ Ability to reliably and predictably carry out duties.\ Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.\ Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.\ Knowledge of general office practices and procedures with good typing skills.\ Knowledge of legal terms.\ Skill in interpersonal communication with the public and fellow employees.\ Skill in mathematics.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\ \ While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, grasp, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to st nd; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Lifting, moving, pushing or pulling up to 10 pounds does not generally occur. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Sustained movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers in typing or otherwise working primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.