Data Entry Clerk_ Prothonotary

Marie-Hélène Blain Styliste; Sunbury (Northumberland County); On-site; USD 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Prescription coverage

Vision

Dental

Vacation time

Holiday time

Sick leave

Personal time

Retirement plan

Job summary

County of Northumberland is seeking a Data Entry Clerk to encode and verify information on a production basis. The role requires careful reading, accurate recording, and strict adherence to established procedures, under supervision of the Data Entry Supervisor.

The position emphasizes typing proficiency, attention to detail, and the ability to work with program cards, cassettes, and peripheral equipment, maintaining timely data entries and data integrity across tasks.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent plus typing courses as stated.
• Ability to read and record information rapidly and accurately.
• Ability to apply instructions and procedures to various material.

Responsibilities

• Encodes information from multiple sources and verifies accuracy.
• Selects program cards or cassettes and prepares new ones for operations.
• Organizes documents and codes data per established procedures.
• Operates peripheral equipment as required.

Skills

Data entry

Typing

Reading data

Following instructions

Error detection

Teamwork

Physical fitness

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Data entry devices

Job description

Amenities:

The County of Northumberland offers a full benefits package to employees including health insurance, prescription, vision, dental, vacation, holiday, sick, personal time, and retirement.

Position Summary

Data entry devices and verifies the data already punched. Does related work as required.

Data entry clerk is responsible for accurate and timely entering and verifying of information on a production basis. judgment and initiative are required to apply established procedures and instructions to various types of work.

Work is performed under the supervision of the Data Entry Supervisor.

What You’ll Do

• Encodes information from several sources and verifies the accuracy of entered information.
• Selects correct program cards or cassettes for operations to be performed. Prepares new program cards or cassettes.
• Organizes and arranges documents and reduces data to numeric or alphabetic codes according to an established procedure.
• Operates peripheral equipment.

Job Requirements/Skills & Abilities:

• Some knowledge of Equipment used in entering data.
• Ability to read and record information through data entry devices rapidly and accurately.
• Ability to apply correct instructions and procedures to different types of material.
• Ability to recognize errors and inconsistencies in material to be punched.
• Ability to follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with coworkers, and to follow established office routines.
• Good physical condition.

Minimum Training & Experience

• Of a standard high school course including or supplemented by courses in typing, or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.