Overview
From $41,399 to $50,884 Annually
110 State Street
Albany, NY 12236
No Exam Required Under NY HELPS
- One year of clerical experience.
Other Ways to Qualify:
- You're currently reachable on the appropriate eligible list for this title,
- You're eligible under the 55 b/c program, OR
- For 70.1 or 70.4 transfer to an Office Assistant 1, salary grade (SG)-09, you must have one year of permanent competitive, or 55-b/55-c service in an approved title for transfer allocated to an SG-07 or above.
To determine if your current Civil Service title is eligible for transfer to this title, visit the Career Mobility GOT-IT website. Appointments must not result in a second, consecutive transfer with an advancement of more than two S-grades.
Provisional and/or Non-Competitive Promotion (NCP) Qualifications
- You must be a qualified employee of the Office of the New York State Comptroller and have had one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as an Office Assistant 1.
If the number of interested candidates who meet the promotional qualifications is three or less, the agency; at its discretion, may nominate one or more of the candidates for a noncompetitive promotion without further examination under the provisions of Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law.
If the number of interested candidates who meet the promotional qualifications is more than three, the agency; at its discretion, may nominate one or more of the candidates for a provisional promotion under the provisions of Section 65 of the Civil Service Law.
Duties
- Answer questions from and provide information to various parties regarding agency activities, transactions, and procedures. Refer inquiries as necessary.
- Perform routine processing activities, including checking forms for completeness and accuracy.
- Receive, screen, review, and verify documents, forms, applications, claims, and other documents for completeness, content, and accuracy.
- Enter data and information into and retrieve data and information from computerized systems.
- Verify data previously transcribed or entered to detect errors.
- Perform various clerical or office assistance tasks such as scanning documents and verifying accuracy of data from scanned documents.
- Design clerical processing procedures.
- Gather, compile, and prepare data from manual or automated files and other sources for various reports, publications, records, or other external or internal communications.
- Respond to questions concerning the operation of the unit or program area.
- Write responses to correspondence.
- Resolve work problems.
- Review forms and applications and make appropriate determinations.
Desired Competencies
- Ability to communicate with diverse people effectively and appropriately on varying levels, both within an agency and as well as outside organizations
- Experience with MS Excel and Word and can learn new computer applications.
- Experience with the NY Statewide Financial System (SFS).
- Has an understanding or the ability to understand NYS Travel Guidelines
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to think and work independently as well as learn new things and to adjust to change.
- Ability to assess a problem or situation and provide logical solutions as well as make fact – based decisions with little supervision.
- Ability to stay focused on work and complete assignments in a highly dynamic environment.
Cover Letter & Resume
Reference Item Reference Item #01368-YVC on your cover letter for proper routing.