JOB SUMMARY:

Under general supervision, use established guidelines and knowledge of an assigned area to examine and evaluate source materials to determine appropriate data to input for encoding and transfer to computer records via a computer terminal.

General Responsibilities:

• Examine and evaluate a variety of source documents in order to determine appropriate data for encoding using knowledge of policies, procedures, and other guidelines as required.
  
• Check and verify proper coding of data previously entered by self or others in order to determine completeness and accuracy of source documents and computer records, correcting data entries as necessary.
  
• Operate a computer terminal and standard office machines to enter or correct previously entered data pertaining to financial, student, and other pertinent records.
  
• Report operational difficulties to technical support staff.
  
• May assist in development of revised and/or new systems applications.
  
• Code and enter data on a computer or terminal according to existing formats and guidelines; assist as requested in developing new fields, screens and formats.
  
• Communicate with users regarding input documents, work schedules, output and report generation.

Position Requirement

• Operate a computer terminal.
  
• Review, code, check and enter data on a computer.
  
• Operate equipment skillfully and in conformance with applicable procedures.
  
• Communicate data processing procedures and requirements to users.
  
• Read, interpret and apply policies, manuals and instructions.
  
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing, with people at different levels and from various backgrounds.
  
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
• Any combination equivalent to graduation from high school or GED and one years of clerical experience of which one year is data entry experience.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
• Record-keeping techniques.