Would you enjoy the challenge of:

• Providing excellent clerical support and customer service to Whatcom County’s Health Department?
• Working successfully in a fast-paced environment as part of a highly-skilled team of support staff?
• Applying your first-rate attention to detail to consistently produce accurate work results?

If you answered yes to these questions, Whatcom County is interested in learning more about your qualifications and experience, and about how you can best serve and improve county government by filling this key role in the Health Department.

This position performs a variety of general and routine office, basic bookkeeping, clerical support, cash-handling, and customer service functions to facilitate the workflow, public service and departmental activities.  Works as a member of a team to complete duties such as internal and external communication, client reception, cash handling, preparation, recording and retrieval of data and/or information, supporting other positions. 

Job Description / Application Materials

QUALIFICATIONS: Requires a high school diploma or GED AND 2 years of progressively responsible general office and/or clerical experience.  Must type accurately at 45 net wpm, perform data entry with accuracy at 100 net strokes per minute and use a calculator by touch with accuracy at 130 net strokes per minute.  Knowledge of medical terminology and Spanish language fluency are desirable

If you have applied for this position in the last six months, we have already reviewed your application and will not give it further consideration at this time.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Background check must meet County criteria.  Must pass job-related tests. Required to become a member of the local collective bargaining unit.

HOW TO APPLY: Application materials are available to print out here or may be picked up in Human Resources. Applicants are required to submit copies of typing and ten-key test results with their application.  Instructions are included with application materials.  Your resume, cover letter and completed application materials must be received in Human Resources by 4:30 p.m. on the closing date.  Postmarks, emailed and faxed application materials will not be accepted. Human Resources is open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday except Holidays and County Closure Days.  We will be closed Friday, February 17 and Monday, February 20, 2012.   

If you would like to request assistance with physical access or communications, or have other needs related to a disability, please contact Human Resources.

BENEFITS:  Whatcom County offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their family, plus life insurance for employees.  Our benefits package includes attractive paid leave provisions, including vacation, an average of 12 holidays per year, and sick leave.  County employees participate in the Washington State Retirement System with joint contributions by the County and the employee.  Whatcom County offers an employee assistance program, and employees may, at their option, participate in a flexible spending plan for health care/dependent care and deferred compensation programs.

Whatcom County will test selected candidates for this position on the following job-related skills:typing, ten-key, data entry and basic math.  Whatcom County also performs checks of education,training, criminal history, experience and other job-related information

Whatcom County is an Equal Opportunity Employer