Administrative Assistant ; NY HELPS

Position: Administrative Assistant 1 (NY HELPS) - Vacancy ID#218716
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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 06/26/26

Applications Due
07/11/26

Vacancy ID218716

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NY HELPYes

Agency State, Department of

Title Administrative Assistant 1 (NY HELPS) - Vacancy

Occupational Category Clerical, Secretarial, Office Aide

Salary Grade
11

Bargaining UnitASU - Administrative Services Unit (CSEA)

Salary Range From $40391 to $58447 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.50

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address 99 Washington Avenue

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code
12231

Duties Description

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Clerical and data entry experience, Proficient in Microsoft office, especially Word and Excel;
SharePoint experience preferred.

DUTIES:

This position is responsible for entering numerous grant and vendor contracts that are sent to the Fiscal Bureau for payment and processing. These include Federal funding for our CSBG program as well as our Coastal Zone Management Program. This position will work alongside other staff performing data entry and providing clerical support for the Contract Administration Unit and the rest of the Bureau.

Functions to be performed include, but are not limited to:

* Receipt, logging, and distribution of incoming mail.

* Updating and tracking of paid dates in various SharePoint sites.

* Data entry of vouchers in SFS to avoid interest payments.

* Submission of contract transactions in EDSS and the Statewide Financial System (SFS).

* Provide relevant staff with tracking and transaction reports as necessary.

* Prepare and package various correspondences to go to outside organizations.

* Assist in the clerical functions as needed throughout the Bureau.

* Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

NY HELPS:

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

NON-COMPETITIVE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The minimum qualifications for Non-Competitive appointment are:

Administrative Assistant Trainee 1:

Six months of experience in administrative support, which includes use of office software (e.g., email, word processing), provision of customer service, business writing, and/or office administration. 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. To be advanced to the full performance level of this title you must successfully complete a set training and development program.

Upon satisfactory completion of the 12-month training at the Trainee 1, you will automatically advance to Trainee 2.

Administrative Assistant Trainee 2:

One year of experience in administrative support, which includes use of office software (e.g., email, word processing), provision of customer service, business writing, and/or office administration. 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. To be advanced to the full performance level of this title you must successfully complete a set training and development program.

Upon satisfactory completion of the 12-month training as a Trainee 2 you will advance to the full level of this title without further examination.

Administrative Assistant 1:

Two years of experience in administrative support, which includes use of office software (e.g., email, word processing), provision of customer service, business writing, and/or office administration.

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