Zone: Eastern Rural Zone
Location: Multi-Site (Primary Site: Old Perlican HCS Office)
Clerk Typist III
Public Health Program
Temporary Part-time (until October 10, 2025, with the possibility of extension)
08757RP1
Hours: 37.5 bi-weekly (3.75 hours; days, evenings, weekends)
Salary: CG-26 ($24.54 - $27.16 per hour)
Competition Number: VAC0008932
Posted Date: 2025-03-17
Closing Date: Open until filled.
Job SummaryThe Clerk Typist III provides advanced, complex clerical support in the day to day operations of the Public Health program for a diverse team of health professionals. Duties include but are not limited to client registration and appointment management, chart retrieval and update, coordination of referrals and waitlists. The Clerk Typist III also acts as a receptionist for the office/clinic as necessary, greeting/directing clients, the public and other healthcare professionals, answering enquiries, and sorting mail/documents, and arranging room bookings. The Clerk Typist III types, transcribes and prints routine correspondence, reports, policies, manuals, and schedules, as required. Liaises with community and health professionals to organize various teaching in-services, department functions, and staff orientations, including assisting with displays, presentations, and distribution of promotional material. The Clerk Typist III is also responsible for the operation of general office equipment and the ordering of adequate office/department supplies. Other related duties as required.
Job Demands
By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to):
Regularly lifts objects weighing less than 5 lbs and occasionally up to 10 lbs.
Work provides the opportunity to occasionally stand and walk within the office environment and requires bending, stretching, etc., to retrieve and return files.
Constantly performs repetitive fine motor skills while sitting and using a computer and mouse for typing. Regularly to constantly uses bilateral, repetitive fine finger/precision work (i.e. typing/ mousing) on the computer (seated at a workstation).
Job Qualifications
Successful completion of a two-year Office Administration program OR completion of a one-year Office Administration program from an approved/recognized college supplemented by two years of experience within the last four in a progressively responsible clerical role is required.
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required.
An Excel score of 60% is required. A basic Excel test may be administered by the Department of Human Resources.
The use of a private vehicle are conditions of employment.
A satisfactory record of work performance and attendance is required.
*Proof of a current office administration program is required. To be considered current, they must have been completed within the last five years, unless it has been used in recent positions. This must be demonstrated on the application form.