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Clerk I (B) (Part-Time)

City of Wichita

Wichita, KS

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Calculators, Communication Skills, Concrete, Customer Support/Service, Detail Oriented, File Maintenance, Library and Information Science, Lift/Move 50 Pounds, Machining Operations, Office Equipment, Organizational Skills, Proofreading, Reporting Skills, Shipping/Receiving, Team Player, Telephone Skills, Urban Transportation, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Wichita, KS
POSTED
11 days ago
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13596668 **The City of Wichita is NOT an E-Verify Employer.** **Distinguishing Features of Work** Step into a pivotal role at the heart of the City of Wichitas library system as a part-time **Clerk I in Collection Services**. This position ensures that library materials are accurately processed, maintained, and accessible to the public, directly supporting the librarys mission to educate, inform, and inspire the community. Beyond shelving and organizing materials, the part-time Clerk I engages with library patrons, providing exceptional customer service, and maintaining high standards for collection accuracy and presentation. This role adds value by ensuring seamless library operations, enabling staff and patrons to access resources efficiently, and contributing to a welcoming, organized, and engaging learning environment. **Responsibilities:** - Provide courteous and efficient customer service in person and by phone - Assist patrons with general library services - Shelve materials accurately and maintain orderly collections through regular shelf-reading - Perform materials handling tasks including sorting, organizing, and loading carts - Support general upkeep of the library and assist with special projects or other duties as assigned **Qualifications:** - Strong commitment to customer service - Competency in using computers - Attention to detail and ability to work independently and as part of a team. **\*\*Posting may close at any time\*\*** **Examples of Work Performed** - Maintains files of correspondence, forms, reports, and other materials; files material alphabetically, numerically, or by other predetermined classification. - Picks up, sorts and sends out mail; places material in envelops or packages. - Assists in proofreading various written materials. - Repeats computations made by other clerks to check accuracy. - Performs simple posting to cost, voucher, individual account, or similar subsidiary records. - Completes tabulations from records at hand and prepares reports of a standardized and routine nature. - Performs simple arithmetic calculations manually or by using a calculator. - May deliver materials as required. - Answers phones and/or receives visitors, providing routine information, taking messages, and/or routing them to appropriate personnel. - For Library positions, assists customers at a service desk and/or via the telephone, loads library materials on a cart, and arranges materials on shelves as needed. - For Fire positions, sets up tables and chairs as required for meeting/training configurations, provides support to the Storekeeper in receiving inventory and entering information into appropriate database. Delivers supplies to appropriate fire stations weekly using City vehicle for transportation. - Dependent upon assignment, position may be required to travel to different work sites throughout the workday. Those positions will require reliable personal transportation. - These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive. Other related duties may be assigned as needed. **Requirements of Work** - Ability to deal tactfully and courteously with other employees and the public - Ability to learn, within a short period of time, office practices and procedures - Ability to write legibly - Ability to learn clerical assignments and develop skill in the operation of office machines within a short period of time - Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with associates, and the public - Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing - An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the ealth or safety of other individuals in the workplace - Ability to perceive pertinent detail in verbal or tabular materials - Ability to observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers and avoid perception errors in arithmetic - Ability to: stand while moving about for up to 8 hours per shift, or stand stationary for up to 2 hours, on carpet, tile or concrete flooring; walk while pushing a loaded book cart weighing up to 250 lbs.; reach, bend, stoop, kneel and squat to arrange materials on shelves; extend arms overhead repetitively to return book, weighing as much as 10 lbs.; repetitively reach across body while handling up to 10 lbs.; and frequently lift to shoulder height, up to 50 lbs. and carry the load up to 5\' Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory evaluation of the results of a criminal record check. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws. Please find more information under the following links:\

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