Are you a highly motivated individual with an eye for detail and have a passion for providing quality and accurate clerical work? The Department of Health is looking for Clerical Assistant 2s within the Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries, Division of Vital Records. Clerical Assistant 2s are vital in ensuring the DOH to fulfill our mission to promote healthy behaviors, prevent injury and disease, and assure the safe deliver of quality health care for all Pennsylvanians. Join us by applying today and start your career as a Clerical Assistant 2 with our top-notch team today!

As a Clerical Assistant 2, you perform intake duties related to applications for death and fetal death certificates. This involves assessing eligibility, reviewing photo identification, verifying fees or eligibility for fee waivers, and typing information from applications into the vital statistics system. You also process and analyze applications for death and fetal death certificates. This involves searching for the death or fetal death record in the vital statistics system, assessing the reason for the request, reviewing the requested record for status holds or registration issues, referring applications that cannot be processed to the appropriate queue, and validating acceptable orders for issuance and completion. In addition, you print select death and fetal death certificates on the correct security paper, as required, maintain an accurate accounting of assigned security paper, and assemble data about the type and amount of work performed by completing a daily production report.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 37.5-hour work week
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with 30-minute lunch.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Please check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Six months as a Clerical Assistant 1 (commonwealth title); or
• Graduation from high school; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• 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).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late 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.

• 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.employment.pa.gov/Additional%20Info/Pages/default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ra-cs-vetpreference@pa.gov.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

• 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.