Applications are now being accepted in the following certification areas in the Binghamton City School District for the 2024–2025 school year:

Stores Clerk

(8 Hours per Day, 260 days per year)

Salary: $36,611.00 per contract

Responsibilities include strenuous physical labor, multiple consecutive hours working in the freezer, and the ability to maneuver large quantities of stock in limited space.

*Special requirement at time of appointment: possession of the appropriate level Motor Vehicle Operator’s License.

Typical Work Activities:

• Receives, stores and issues supplies, parts, equipment, foodstuffs and other materials

• Checks the quantity and quality of stores and supplies received against purchase orders or requisitions to ensure that they are correct

• Prepares and maintains stock control records and reports

• Sets up and maintains records of perpetual inventory for ready reference

• Locates and arranges to purchase infrequently used parts and equipment not covered by purchasing contracts

• Maintains maintenance and repair, cost control and warranty records on all pieces of equipment

• Communicates with vendors and suppliers to ascertain information concerning part prices and availability

• Maintains adequate stock levels in anticipation of needs

• Notifies superiors of problems with deliveries such as later deliveries, breakage, or incorrect amount of shipment

• Uses computer and financial software to acknowledge receipt of goods and maintain receiving records

• Prepares and maintains simple records and reports

• May telephone vendors to order stock covered by contract

• May pick up and deliver supplies, parts, and equipment

  Full Performance Knowledges, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics:

• Good Knowledge of the methods and procedures used in receiving, storing and issuing supplies and equipment

• Good knowledge of inventory control methods and record keeping

• Working knowledge of purchase/requisition procedures

• Ability to make simple arithmetic computations

• Ability to understand and carry out simple oral and written instructions

• Ability to prepare and maintain records and reports

• Ability to lift and carry moderately heavy weights

• Ability to preform close detail work involving considerable visual effort and strain

• Ability to operate a computer terminal

• Ability to effectively use computer applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, calendar, e-mail and database software

• Willingness to respond to emergencies and work overtime

• Clerical aptitude

• Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position

• Job Qualifications

  In order to be considered for this opening, applicants must be:

• • Currently on the Civil Service eligible list for the title, or

• Currently appointed to the title position, or

• Eligible to take the exam for the title when it becomes available

  Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduations from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma

• Two years of experience in receiving, storing, and issuing supplies and equipment

Position Start Date:07/01/2024

Application Deadline:06/30/2024

Civil Service Title: Stores Clerk

Job Number: 2425-28