Description:

BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

SANITATION CLERK

DEPARTMENT OF STREETS & SANITATION

Number of Positions: 4

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $51,960*; Grade V-10

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59 pm CDT on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

*NOTE: This title is on a step schedule and the salary range for the grade V10 schedule is $51,960 - $87,480. New hires will start at the first step of $51,960 annually. The starting salary is non-negotiable.

These positions are open to the general public and to all current city employees covered under the terms of the City's collective bargaining agreement with LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA LOCAL 1001 (BARGAINING UNIT 54).

BID INSTRUCTIONS: Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled “Currently employed by the City of Chicago”

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled ‘payee/employee number’)

3. Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Under supervision, performs clerical and payroll duties in an assigned district office, and performs related duties as required

Essential Duties

· Maintains records of a district’s refuse collection activities (e.g., daily route assignments and units completed, tonnage collected

by individual refuse trucks, and bulk,

compost, and litter basket pick up assignments)

· Prepares various reports (e.g., manpower distribution and absentee reports, daily truck and hired equipment

allocations, street cleaning activity reports)

· Contacts division office on a daily basis to report crew shortages, route completion, and tonnage collected Maintains

color coded maps to track daily work progress of crews throughout the districts

· Reviews manpower and maintains absenteeism for staff assigned to the district

· Maintains and prepares overtime seniority rotation

· Prepares various personnel forms (e.g., accident reports, payroll action forms, specialty rates)

· Receives requests from residents for sanitation services and forwards to supervisors

· Operates a computer terminal to update/close out complaints and service requests received from residents

· Provides area police district with information about areas scheduled for street cleaning

· Maintains inventory records of tools and materials issued to the district

· Prepares requisitions to order tools, materials, and office supplies as directed

Additional duties may be required for this position.

LOCATION: Varies

HOURS: Varies

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE.

Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALFICATIONS

Two years of clerical work experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

NOTE: You must provide your transcripts or diploma at time of processing, if applicable.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the oral interview, will be selected for hire.

Preference will be given to candidates possessing the following:

• High School Diploma or GED

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Word & Excel

• Proficiency in work involving refuse collection

• Proficiency in preparing reports

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp_info/JobClassification/2025_Classification_and_Pay_Plan.pdf

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here. (https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dhr/provdrs/emp.html)

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Military Friendly Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor