Job Class: 1426, Senior Clerk Typist
Salary Range: $32.90-39.82 per hour
Appointment Type: Temporary Provisional (TPV) (what does this mean?)
Length of Appointment: Contingent on taking and passing the next available city exam
Calendar: Full-Time / School-Term (10 months)

The selected candidate will be required to apply for, take, and pass the next available City examination for the 1426 Senior Clerk Typist classification. Continued eligibility for permanent appointment will depend on the results of the City’s examination process and placement within a reachable hiring rank on the resulting eligible list. It is the employee’s responsibility to monitor for and apply to the examination when posted.

To sign up for examination notifications and learn more about upcoming City opportunities, please visit: https://careers.sf.gov/interest/

Who We Are

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 50,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 121 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile. Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21^st century.

What It Means to Work Here

The SFUSD community is unified by our Core Values:

Student-centered: We put students’ needs first
Fearless: We persist through challenges
United: We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths
Social Justice: We stand with those most vulnerable in our community
Diversity-driven: We respect and seek to understand each person

We are also inspired by Vision, Values and Guardrails which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan. SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As a CORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and goals.

Who We Want

We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are inspired by our mission, steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, and problem solvers who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.

Under general supervision, performs data entry and office clerical work of moderate difficulty in connection with the preparation and maintenance of a wide variety of operating, financial, purchasing, accounting and similar records; may supervise subordinate clerical personnel engaged in varied clerical work.

Requires responsibility for: interpreting, carrying out and enforcing existing departmental policies and procedures in connection with office operations; making regular contacts with other departmental personnel, the general public and outside organizations relative to office operations; preparing, checking and reviewing detailed and important office operational records and reports.

Essential Duties

The duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to the job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive or exhaustive list.

As the Senior Clerk Typist, you will:

May assign, supervise and review the work of subordinate clerical personnel in the performance of routine and somewhat varied clerical tasks.
May supervise and participate in the maintenance of a large variety of detailed clerical records, reports and similar materials.
Independently composes correspondence relative to standard or routine office operations.
Compiles and condenses data from various sources which requires an understanding of problems and terminology involved and relevant rules and regulations governing such activities.
Enters accounting and financial statements, contracts, payrolls, receipts and similar materials into the appropriate system and submits to authorizing officials, frequently requiring the use of independent judgment.
Monitors budget by logging purchases for contracts, purchases and other office needs in a spreadsheet or ledger, may assist in budget planning.
May compose and type routine correspondence requiring knowledge of departmental operations and regulations;
Receives and communicates with the general public in connection with providing information of departmental activities and/or directs them to the appropriate personnel.
May receive and account for moderate amounts of money.
Receives, organizes and files a variety of information and data in connection with the maintenance of office records.
Assembles materials and information from various sources relative to the typing of various documents and distributes to staff and/or the general public.
Operates various office machines.
Checks and reviews a variety of documents for sufficiency and conformance to established standards and requirements.
Submit and track work order requests for building maintenance issues.
Purchase, inventory and monitor the use of office supplies.
Performs other related duties as assigned

The strongest candidates will have:

Knowledge of: San Francisco’s public schools/urban public schools and a passionate belief in SFUSD’s commitment to instructional leadership as a lever toward delivering on the SFUSD Graduate Profile; modern office methods and procedures; modern English, spelling and grammar; arithmetic; the operation of common office machines and equipment.
Ability and Skill to: use good judgment in making routine decisions in accordance with existing laws, ordinances, regulations and departmental policies and procedures; establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with departmental personnel and the public; accurately enter written information into computer software; verify data from multiple sources in accordance with office policies and procedures; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; compile information from various sources for publication and distribution; use departmental computer programs.

Minimum Qualifications
Education & Experience:
Two (2) years of verifiable clerical experience including at least one year at a level comparable to a 1424 Clerk Typist. Experience must have included data entry, preparing and maintaining a wide variety of documents and reports, public contact, checking and reviewing documents for completeness, and performing mathematical computations. Working as a sales clerk or restaurant help does not qualify.
Substitution:
A recognized clerical training program of 240 hours or the equivalent of 15 semester units in graded clerical college units may substitute for up to 6 months of experience.

What We Offer

SFUSD offers a competitive salary of $32.90-39.82/hourly commensurate with experience in a similar position. We offer a comprehensive benefits plan including dental and vision plans, a defined benefit pension plan, disability, life insurance, flexible spending account options and vacation time. We also offer an inclusive and equity-centered environment where we encourage staff to bring their whole selves to work.

How to Apply

Visit https://jobs.sfusd.edu/ and create a new account to begin your application.
You will be prompted to electronically attach a letter of interest, resume, list of professional references and any applicable credentials or licenses
Our Human Resources team will then review your entire application to determine your eligibility status and contact you directly should you move forward in the process
Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from SFUSD and CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept SFUSD and CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfusd.edu, @sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Verification

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at http://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification from this and future job opportunities with the San Francisco Unified School District.

Nondiscrimination Statement and Grievance Procedures:

San Francisco Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy or lactation, including medical conditions or recovery, parental, marital, and family status, reproductive health decision making, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, or genetic information, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by law or regulation, in its educational program(s) or employment.

Any person may report discrimination, including sex discrimination, sexual harassment, or discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability (whether or not the reporting person is alleged to be the victim of the discriminatory conduct) in person, by mail, by telephone, or by email, using the contact information for the District's Title IX Coordinator.

District Title IX Coordinator:

Eva Kellogg

Office of Equity

555 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor

San Francisco, CA, 94102

415-355-7334 or equity@sfusd.edu

For more information and the District's nondiscrimination policy, please review Board Policy 4030. For more information about the District's Sexual Harassment policy, please review Board Policy 4034.

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