Location
Schenectady, NY | United States
Job description
Minimum Qualifications Candidates will be required to pass a keyboarding test that demonstrates your ability to enter text at a rate of at least 30 words per minute with at least 96% accuracy.
NON-COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
There are no minimum education or experience requirements for this title. The selected candidate must pass a keyboarding test that demonstrates the ability to enter text at a rate of at least 30 words per minute with at least 96% accuracy by completion of probation.
COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates must be reachable for appointment on Current Civil Service Eligible List for this title.
REASSIGNMENT QUALIFICATIONS:
Current Office for People with Developmental Disabilities employees with one year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service as am Office Assistant 1 (Keyboarding). If you have less than one year, you must be currently reachable on the eligible list.
TRANSFER QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/c status in the posted title and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 or 70.4 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.
To determine if your current Civil Service title is eligible for transfer to this title, visit the Career Mobility GOT-IT website:
55 B/C QUALIFICATIONS:
- Possess the minimum qualifications for this title as established by the Department of Civil Service and listed on the most recent exam announcement.
- Meet the applicable minimal mental and/or physical requirements for the job (with a reasonable accommodation, if necessary)
- Have a current Eligibility Letter from the NYS Department of Civil Service, and be able to provide it to the Human Resources Office upon request.
PROVISIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
In the event that there is not a valid eligible list for this title in this location, candidates who meet the following open competitive qualifications may be qualified for a provisional appointment. To qualify, candidates must pass a keyboarding test that demonstrates your ability to enter text at a rate of at least 30 words per minute with at least 96% accuracy.
If you are appointed provisionally, you must take the next scheduled Civil Service examination for this title, and your score must be reachable on the resulting eligible list, before you can be permanently appointed. If you do not pass the examination or achieve a reachable score, you may not be retained.
Duties Description · Monitoring Admin Unit mailbox for miscellaneous requests
· Data entry to multiple applications/spreadsheets
· Answering and directing telephone calls
· Opening, logging, and distributing mail
· Scanning, copying, and electronic filing of various documents
· Keeping weekly Unit schedule
· Timely and correctly maintain records for list serve and distribution lists
· Maintain and update tracking spreadsheets
· Perform data entry into Incident Report Management Application as needed
· Order supplies as needed
· Other projects and clerical duties as necessary
Schedule may vary between 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM or 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Schedule and telecommuting will be discussed at the interview*
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Additional Comments • NY HELPS
This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). HELPS Program titles may be filled via a noncompetitive appointment. This means that you do not need to take an exam to qualify, but you do need to meet the minimum qualifications of the title.
If you are hired under the HELPS Program, you will be first be appointed as a temporary employee. In May 2024, if you are performing successfully in the position, your appointment will be changed from temporary to permanent non-competitive. Once you are in permanent status, your official probationary period
will begin and you may take any promotion exam for which you are qualified.
At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), employees hired under NY HELPS are expected to have their permanent non-competitive
employment status converted to permanent competitive status. You will not have to take an exam to gain permanent competitive status.
- If you are currently a New York State employee serving in a permanent competitive qualifying title and eligible for a transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law, you may be appointed to this title as a permanent competitive employee
- Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
- All OPWDD employees must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Continued employment will depend on maintaining eligibility.
- If you are employed by state government you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on Direct Loans after 120 qualifying monthly payments have been made under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. For more information on PSLF, please visit
- Employees on long term leave can bid on positions but must be able to report to work within fourteen (14) days and be able to perform the essential functions
of their positions with or without reasonable accommodation (RA). If an employee believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact
the NYS OPWDD Workforce and Talent Management Central Office at (518) 473-4785 or Email at
[email protected] to obtain
information and RA forms.
- The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of Quality Improvement is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
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