Job Description
Posting number: CSSC-2026-56423-L0033
Department: Local Government
Division: HS Beaver Co Child Welfare Ser
Job classification: Clerk Typist 3 (Local Government)
Posting type: SCSC E&T Vacancy
Categories: Social Services, Office and Administrative Support
Are you interested in a career with a strong dedication to serving the children and families within Beaver County? If you are, then this is the position for you.
Beaver County Children and Youth Services has an immediate opening for a Clerk Typist 3. The purpose of our agency is to provide social services to children and their families where child abuse and/or neglect have been reported and/or substantiated. This position supports these important services by ensuring agency work activity and consumer information are documented accurately and completing other tasks to help the office operate smoothly.
Beaver County offers a supportive work environment and an excellent benefit package. Our teamwork approach to working with children and their families is outstanding. If you want to be part of something bigger than yourself, apply for this rewarding role today!
Logo of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, featuring a bridge design and the motto
Examples of duties
This position performs vital work that helps agency staff with client and court communication and recordkeeping. Success in this role relies on excellent organizational skills, computer adeptness, and the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. As a Clerk Typist 3, you will perform the following duties:
- Clerical Support: Type letters, forms, labels, correspondence, and reports; make copies of various documents as directed
- Record Keeping: Scan, upload, retrieve, and print documents into the agency case management system; update both electronic and physical files
- Communication: Answer the phone and greet visitors
- Event Assistance: Help plan and execute events including staff and advisory board meetings as well as client benefit events
- The Mail Run: Drive a county vehicle to complete a weekly mail run to the county courthouse
- Office Organization: Order and maintain office supply inventory, separate and distribute faxes, perform related work as assigned
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
- Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
- Salary:In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Six months as a Clerk Typist 2, and educational development to the level of completion of high school; or
- One year of progressively complex clerical typing experience and completion of high school; or
- Six months of moderately complex clerical typing work and completion of a post high school business curriculum; or
- Any equivalent experience and/or training which provided the required knowledges, skills, and abilities.
Other Requirements:
- This particular position also requires possession of a valid driver's license
- You must meet the PA residency requirement For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Legal Requirements:
- A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination and a drug screening.
- This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
- Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing dateLate applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
Supplemental information
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.
