SENIOR DATA CONTROL CLERK
In New Jersey, Senior Data Control Clerk is filled through the competitive process: candidates take a civil service exam and are hired off a ranked list, not picked at will.
Qualifying turns on 2 years of relevant experience.
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Senior Data Control Clerk is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction, performs the more difficult work and/or takes the lead in a clerical unit engaged in monitoring, editing, and verifying the information processed by a data processing system; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Performs the more difficult and responsible clerical work concerned with reviewing and modifying computer listings.
- Assists in indoctrinating and training new employees.
- Occasionally supervises a designated phase of the unit's activity.
- According to established procedures, controls adding, deleting, and modifying of computer input data by processing coded information forms.
- Checks, verifies, and proofreads to ensure accurate and timely issuance of data.
- Maintains control records of released data.
- Assists in the preparation of essential reports.
- Initiates corrective procedures with data originating units.
- Performs associated clerical duties and special assignments.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
Two (2) years of clerical or data processing experience.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of general office routines and clerical procedures.
- Knowledge of the possibilities and limitations of computer peripheral data handling equipment.
- Ability to comprehend and follow established routines and rules.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The definition and examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
Satisfactory completion of a course of study in electronic data processing at a recognized college or university or accredited school of programming may be substituted for one (1) year of work experience.