Darlene Jones
Pontiac, MI 48340
**************@*****.***
OBJECTIVES: To secure a challenging and responsible position as a, City clerk, Deputy city Clerk, or Director of Elections.
EDUCATION:
Oakland Community College-Accounting Degree
Certification – Data Processing/Pontiac Business Institute.
Graduate of Michigan Municipal Clerks Institute – Michigan State 1999
EXPERIENCE:
Dollar Tree Merchandise Manager - 2023- present.
. Reponsible for assisting with merchandising and freight.
. Assist with store manager in ordering and stocking all merchanside needed
. Assist the store manager in maintaing stockroom organization.
. Assist the store manager in planning and implementing monthly sales planners,
. Assist the store manager on the receipt and return of DSD merchanise.
. Process all SSC Corporate directives including pull and hold/destroy, task
compliance, key survey in store.
Administrative Assistant – Take One Community Program, 2021 – 2022(internship)
. Prepare communications, such as memos, emails, invoices, reports and other correspondence.
. Write and edit documents from letters to reports and instructional documents.
. Create and maintain TAKE 1 filing systems, both electronic and physical.
. Manage and Grow Detroit Young Talent youth summer employment accounts.
. Schedule and coordinate staff and other (Zoom) meetings.
. Answer phones and greet visitors at events & meetings.
. Schedule appointments and maintain calendars of events.
Election Coordinator/Clerk Assistant III – Clerks Office – City of Pontiac, 2003-2011
. Coordinates the County Voter File Registration program that provide for the
establishments
And maintenance of a statewide voter registration and election management system.
. Develops procedures and determines adjustments to ensure compliance with legislation.
. Knowledgeable in the operation of the new Statewide Election Equipment(M-100). And the ERM Processor.
. Preparation of the Clerk’s office budget, accounts payable, encumbrances, and material requisitions.
. Installation of A.E.R.O. Election software, and knowledgeable in QCF software.
. Attend some City Councils, Housing cases, and Fire Civil Service meeting when called upon.
. Oversee filing Industrial Exemption Certificates, alley vacations, etc., with County and/or State of Michigan
Clerk Assistant II – Clerks Office – City of Pontiac, 1992-2003
. Assist In conducting elections and may include programming election software.
. Computes payroll for precinct workers and payments of voting facilities. Prepare a variety of reports and accumilates complex data a requested.
. Working knowledge of Banner System Payment procedures. Processed encumbrances,
Material requisitions, and direct pays of all invoices, and service contracts in the City
Clerk’s Office.
. 1995 undertook leadership in Microsoft Access Election Program, with out the help of our MIS dept, supported the Clerks office thru several elections.
Account Clerk II – City of Pontiac – Accounting Dept/Pontiac Housing Commission, 1989-1992
. Knowledgeable in accounts payables.
. Financial statements, and payroll
. Record rental payments and billing for three Senior Citizen apartments complexes.
. Prepare and post journal entries.
Terminal Operator – City of Pontiac Police Department – 1987-1989
. Process Bench, misdemeanor, and felony warrants.
. Enter impounded vehicles into the LEIN and NCIC program.
. Review and process incoming incident reports.
Supervisor in Mortgage Depart – Trans Union Credit Bureau, 1984-1987
. Nineteen employees under my supervision.
. Process Conventional, FHA, and VA mortgages.
. Verify collection liquidation, and skip tracing accounts for Small Business Association.
. Personal Interviews, with bank customers applying for mortgages.
Professional Organizations
Certified Municipal Clerk
Member of the International Institute of municipal Clerks
Member of Oakland County Clerks Association
Reference upon request.