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SalarySALARY INFORMATION
- Starting Salary: $39,478.40
- After Six Months of Successful Employment: $40,206.40
- After One Year of Successful Employment: $41,953.60
- Maximum salary is achieved after four successful years of employment.
NOTE: Annual salary adjustments may also occur, based on collective bargaining agreements.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Employees in this classification performs typing and clerical assignments in various departments. This position may work full-time or part-time hours.
Responsibilities may include:
- Typing letters and reports
- Maintaining records and files
- Answering questions by telephone and in person
- Performing related work, as assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION PROCESS
By the closing date of the announcement, an applicant must:
- Be a citizen of the United States or resident alien with the right to work in the United States; and
- Have a high school diploma or a valid equivalency certificate; and
- Have a minimum of one year of full-time paid work experience or two years of part-time paid work experience, as a clerk-typist or in a similar classification which involved typing as a requirement.
NOTE: A maximum of 20 applicants who score the highest on the performance and written tests will be invited to the interview part of the examination. The required minimum typing speed is 45 words per minute without error. Applicants must pass the typing test, written test, and interview in order to be placed on the eligible list.
In the event that three or fewer candidates pass the performance test and written test, the interview will be waived and the Parts of Examination and Weights will be 50% performance test and 50% written test.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Business English, spelling, punctuation, and arithmetic
- Typing
- Read, comprehend, and apply written instructions and guidelines
- Perform repetitive clerical tasks without excessive error
- Perform arithmetic calculations accurately
- Form and maintain effective working relationships with the public and employees, and maintain a courteous and tactful manner with difficult customers
NOTE: At the time of appointment, applicants are required to pass a pre-employment medical examination conducted by a physician authorized by the City of Livonia.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this examination is to establish an eligible list to fill current, future, regular, and/or temporary vacancies.
HOW TO APPLY: Applications can be completed anytime online at www.governmentjobs.com/careers/livonia. If work experience and/or specific skills are listed as qualifications, it will be the responsibility of the applicant to describe their experience and/or skills sufficiently in the Education and Work Experience sections of the application so that it may be determined if they meet the stated qualifications. Applicants who do not comply will be disqualified from further consideration. Attachments or resumes are not accepted in place of completing the information requested on the official application. Applicants will be notified by e-mail of the next steps in the examination process.
PROBATIONARY PERIOD: Appointees must satisfactorily complete a six-month probationary period before the appointment will be considered regular.
