Residence Requirements:

CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ERIE COUNTY FOR AT LEAST ONE MONTH IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE WRITTEN TEST AND MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ERIE COUNTY AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. There is one present vacancy at the Erie County Sheriff's Office - Jail Management Division. 

Examples of Duties:

An Account Clerk Typist -Civil performs specialized clerical tasks and typing in connection with the maintenance of financial accounts and records in the Sheriff’s Department;

Prepares and types vouchers, purchase orders and requisitions;

Maintains simple financial records of monies due and received from civil suits;

Maintains time and attendance;

Maintains registers of simple account distributions according to standard procedures; posts by hand, computer or machine, transactions, charge accounts or entries necessary for the balancing of accounts;

Inspects, examines or credits simple accounts according to departmental procedures for accuracy and conformance;

Balances accounts by operation of machine and reconciles totals against individual accounts;

Reconciles bank statements and makes deposits, maintains related files on requisitions, civil bills, orders, vouchers and amounts;

Prepares and types related reports for transmittal to other departments; types memos from hand written or oral instructions;

Operates an alpha-numeric keyboard to transcribe data to magnetic discs or directly to a computer;

Answers routine telephone inquiries; including the procedures necessary to obtain civil papers and related matters.

Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must meet the following requirements on or before the date of the written test:

A) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York state registered two (2) year college or university with an Associate's degree in Accounting supplemented by a course in keyboarding or computer business applications; or:

B) Completion of a minimum of 60 semester credit hours at a regionally accredited or New York state registered two (2) or four (4)year college or university which included sixteen (16) semester credit hours in Accounting, supplemented by a course inkeyboarding or computer business applications; or:

C) Graduation from high school supplemented by a course in keyboarding, or computer business applications, and one (1) year of experience maintaining financial records and accounts or:

D) Five (5) years of office experience, one (1) year of which involved keyboarding or computer business applications and the maintenance of financial records and accounts; or:

E) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (D).

Notes:

1. Information regarding completion of a keyboarding course should be entered in section #10 of the application. Candidatesmust indicate the keyboarding course completed and the school/institution attended. It is not necessary to provide transcripts orofficial documentation at the time of application, but verification may be required at a later date. Failure to provide the aboveinformation will result in disqualification.

2. One year of office clerical experience, which included typing, may be substituted for the required typing course.

3. Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting the experience requirements.

4. Your degree and/or college credit must have been awarded by a regionally accredited college or university or one recognizedby the New York State Education Department as following acceptable educational practices. A grade of "D" or better is necessaryfor a course to be credited as successfully completed. If your degree and/or college credit was awarded by an educationalinstitution outside of the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can writeto this Department for a list of acceptable companies providing this service; you must pay the required evaluation fee.

Notice to Candidates:
Transcripts will now be accepted by the Department of Personnel ONLY at time of application.
All subsequent transcripts must be submitted at time of interview.

The New York State Department of Civil Service is making a copy of A Guide to the Written Test for the Entry-Level Account / AuditClerical Series available on its web site at
https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm. In addition, a copy of this test guide canalso be obtained at our local civil service office. You may obtain a copy by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope (size
required to accommodate the guide – manila 10" x 13") to the Erie County Personnel Department, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY14202 or by picking one up in person at Room 604.

Subjects of Examination:

Subject of Examination: Written test designed to test for knowledge, skills and/or abilities in such areas as:

1. OPERATIONS WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS: These questions test your skills and abilities in operations involvingalphabetizing, comparing, checking and counting. The questions require you to follow the specific directions given for eachquestion which may involve alphabetizing, comparing, checking and counting given groups of letters and/or numbers.

2. ARITHMETIC COMPUTATION WITH CALCULATOR: These questions test for the ability to use a calculator to do basiccomputations. Questions will involve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You may also be asked to calculateaverages, to use percents, and to round an answer to the nearest whole number. You should bring with you a hand-heldbattery- or solar-powered calculator for use on this test. You will not be permitted to use the calculator function of your cellphone.

3. ARITHMETIC REASONING: These questions test your ability to solve an arithmetic problem presented in sentence or shortparagraph form. You must read the problem, understand the situation presented, decide what must be done to solve it, andapply the appropriate arithmetic operation(s) in the appropriate order in order to determine the correct solution.Knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division is necessary. Questions may also involve the use ofpercents, decimals, and fractions. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solarpowered calculator for use on thistest. You will not be permitted to use the calculator function of your cell phone.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES: It is recommended that candidates use a quiet, hand held, solar or battery powered calculator. Deviceswith typewriter keyboards, "Spell Checkers", “Personal Digital Assistants", "Address Books", "Language Translators", "Dictionaries",or any similar devices are prohibited. You may not bring books or other reference materials.

**IMPORTANT APPLICATION FEE - READ CAREFULLY**

A $15.00 filing fee is required for this exam. The required fee must accompany your application. Send or bring check or money order made payable to Erie County Personnel Department and write the examination number(s) on your check or money order. Do not send or bring cash, as the County cannot be responsible for cash payment. As no refund will be made, you are urged to compare your qualifications carefully with the requirements for admission and file only for those examinations for which you are clearly qualified.