Section Officer Job Profile

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The “Section Officer” means an officer who is in direct charge of a Section.

DISTRIBUTION OF WORK:
A Section Officer shall dispose of all cases where there are clear precedents, and no question of deviation from such precedents is involved or which under the rules or standing orders he is competent to dispose of. In case of doubt he may seek verbal instructions from his senior officer.

The Section Officer will ordinarily be assisted by an Assistant and a Stenotypist who shall be responsible for the following:

(i) Assistant
(a) putting up previous papers and other references relating to the case under consideration;

(b) opening of files and keeping a record of movement of files;

(c) keeping a note of all important orders and decisions;

(d) recording, indexing and weeding of files;

(e) watching the necessity of keeping priority or security labels on files. He should bring to the notice of the Section Officer the first opportunity that occurs of removing these labels; and

(f) other clerical duties assigned to him, including casual typing, maintenance of diary register, preparation of statements and putting up of routine reminders.

(ii) Stenotypist

(a) Taking dictation, rendering transcripts and doing general typing work;
(b) Attending to receipt and issue work during the absence of the Section Assistant; and

(c) Any other ancillary function and work that may be assigned by the officer, e.g. reproduction of documents, arranging office amenities etc.