Office Specialist - Harvey County

Minimum starting rate: $18.68/hour

Employment type: Full-time

Summary
Assists Clerks with daily balancing, receiving payments, distributions, balancing of accounts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Assist with daily balance.
- Monitor and reconcile bank statements for Harvey County funds.
- Establish and monitor escrow accounts.
- Assist customers paying tax bills and respond to questions regarding statements, billing, and calculations.
- Assist with distributions.
- Assist with transfer funds to ledger.
- Transfer unclaimed funds to State of Kansas.
- Close down computers, office machines, lock money drawers and deposit cash in vault.
- Count and handle money, receipt money from customers, and balance cash in drawers.
- Handle ETF and online payments from bank and mortgage companies.
- Inventory office equipment and computers
- Notify taxing districts of protests.
- Perform other routine duties such as data entry, refunds, daily deposits, mailings, balance books, filing, typing, correspondence, preparing bulk mail, records management and scanning.
- Respond to routine inquiries from telephone callers and visitors. Direct information to other departments if necessary, and review documents for accuracy, completeness, and proper signatures.
- Run daily reports on paid taxes.

Required Education: Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or two to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Capable of being bonded upon hire
Must pass the MOVRS (Motor Vehicle Registration Solution) course within first 6 months or whenever offered by State

Applications are available in the Administration Office of the Harvey County Courthouse, 800 N. Main St., Newton, KS, or you can apply online on this posting.

Vacancy closes April 3, 2023. EOE.