STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: STATISTICAL CLERK III
Class Code: 8443-12
Date Established: 01-16-87
Occupational Code: 1-2-6
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To prepare and verify statistical data
and to perform statistical computations used in administrative reports.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
o Compiles statistical information
and creates administrative reports from various source data to comply with
reporting requirements.
o Monitors the preparation and
mailing of questionnaires and other forms to ensure timely mailing.
o Prepares work sheets of state and
federal agency reports by industry for use in various programs.
o Contacts agency managers to verify
and collect data for reports.
o Calculates various statistics to be
used in agency publications.
o Monitors daily, weekly, and monthly
fluctuations in statistics to determine accuracy before statistics are reported
or published.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using
business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating
procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions under good conditions in a safe working environment.
Physical Demands: Requires sedentary work, including
continuous sitting or occasional standing and walking.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization
exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from high school or G.E.D.
equivalent, with courses in mathematics and business. Each additional year of approved formal education may be
substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Three years' experience in statistical
work, one year of which shall have been at a level corresponding to a
Statistical Clerk II.
License/Certification: None required.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: For appointment consideration,
Statistical Clerk III applicants must successfully participate in a written
examination measuring possession of knowledge, skills and abilities identified
as necessary for satisfactory job performance by this class specification.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the methods and procedures
in applying statistical techniques to the preparation of reports. Knowledge of the sources of data and
methods of compiling into statistical reports. Ability to solve mathematical problems. Ability to assist in
designing and developing data collection methods. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to prepare statistical
reports. Ability to establish and
maintain effective working relationships with associates and personnel in other
divisions, agencies or employers that provide data for use by the
department. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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