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Keyboarding Clerk Family

Career series with 8 positions across 4 levels

Keyboarding Clerk is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 8 titles spanning 4 levels.

Entry is typically through Keyboarding Clerk 1, advancing through the ladder toward Keyboarding Clerk 4.

Keyboarding Clerk commonly advances into Clerk Stenographer and Clerk Transcriber -.

8
Positions
4
Career Levels
1
Specializations
Salary Range: Varies/year

Specializations

Multilingual In Portuguese Spanish And English

Positions in This Family

What the Keyboarding Clerk family covers

Keyboarding Clerk is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 8 title codes across 4 levels. Every title in it is a local title, used by the counties, municipalities, authorities and boards that have adopted civil service under Title 11A rather than by state departments.

Clerical series are the entry door to New Jersey civil service and the largest group by headcount. They are also the most duplicated: nearly every one exists in both a state and a local version, and the local versions are what municipal clerks, county offices and boards of education hire against. Most require a high school diploma and nothing more, which makes them the practical route in for applicants without a degree. Advancement runs by responsibility, from clerk to senior to principal to head, with the specialised transcription and stenography variants branching off partway up.

What each title does

Each title in the family carries its own published definition. These are the opening lines of each one, which is usually where the difference between two neighboring rungs is actually stated.

  • Keyboarding Clerk 1: Under close supervision, performs routine, repetitive clerical work involving the processing of documents in a variety of functions; formats and key enters/types…
  • Keyboarding Clerk 3: Under direction, performs varied, complex clerical work involving the processing of documents in a variety of functions; takes the lead and/or performs the more…
  • Keyboarding Clerk 2: Under limited supervision, performs moderately complex and non-routine clerical work involving the processing of documents in a variety of functions; performs…
  • Keyboarding Clerk 4: Under direction, supervises, plans and coordinates the activities of one (1) or more clerical units involved in the processing of documents in a variety of functions…
  • Keyboarding Clerk 1 Multilingual in Portuguese Spanish and English: Under supervision types and performs routine, repetitive, clerical work of a varied nature; provides the above services…

What it takes to qualify

None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 3 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.

1 of the 8 titles carry a license or certification requirement. On how the jobs are filled: 4 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 4 are non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.

How the pay is set

No state salary schedule applies here, because these are local titles. Pay is set by each adopting county, municipality or authority under its own ordinance or negotiated agreement, so two employers using the same title code can pay very differently. How local civil service pay works.

Where these jobs exist

These are local titles, so the hiring employers are New Jersey's counties, municipalities, authorities, library boards, school districts and fire districts that have adopted civil service under Title 11A. Not every New Jersey employer has. A town that never adopted the system hires however it chooses and never posts against these codes at all, which is why checking the employer before checking the title saves time. Look up whether an employer is a civil service jurisdiction, or read how local civil service differs from state.

Related titles elsewhere in the plan

These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Keyboarding Clerk, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.

Families next to this one

New Jersey's classification plan links families by shared terminology and by the routes people actually take between them. These sit closest to Keyboarding Clerk.

Common questions about Keyboarding Clerk jobs

How many Keyboarding Clerk titles are there in New Jersey civil service?

The Keyboarding Clerk family holds 8 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.

What does a Keyboarding Clerk earn in New Jersey?

No state salary schedule figure is published for the titles in this family, which is normal for local classifications. Local civil service employers set their own pay by ordinance or negotiated agreement, so the rate depends on which county, municipality or authority is hiring.

Do you need to take an exam to become a Keyboarding Clerk?

Yes for most of the family. 4 of the 8 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.

What qualifications does a Keyboarding Clerk need?

No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education. Experience of 1 to 3 years is named where a requirement is stated. 1 of the titles require a license or certification.