Administrative Assistant 1 (NY HELPS) - 87409

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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 07/29/26

Applications Due
08/12/26

Vacancy ID220833

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NY HELPYes

Agency Health, Department of

Title Administrative Assistant 1 (NY HELPS) - 87409

Occupational Category Other Professional Careers

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 Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address Office of Health Insurance Programs/Division of Medical and Dental Directors/Medical Pended Claims Unit

One Commerce Plaza

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code
12210

Duties Description The Administrative Assistant 1 is in Office of Health Insurance Programs, within the Division of Medical & Dental Directors, in the Medical Pended Claims Unit. The Administrative Assistant 1 will provide administrative support by coordinating program intake, processing correspondence, and maintaining workflow activities. The incumbent will independently manage incoming mail, electronic submissions, and program correspondence; evaluate submissions for completeness;

apply established policies and procedures to determine appropriate routing; coordinate the flow of documents between units; and conduct basic administrative review and adjudication of claims following established written procedures.

The incumbent will monitor and prioritize shared inboxes and work queues, maintain tracking systems, logs, and databases to support workflow management, analyze incoming workload patterns to assist with work prioritization, and prepare reports, summaries, and status updates for supervisory review.

Additional responsibilities include serving as a primary point of contact for inquiries received by phone, email, and shared mailboxes; providing procedural information regarding program processes; responding to routine and moderately complex inquiries; and routing complex issues to appropriate staff. The incumbent will also provide guidance to lower-level clerical staff regarding intake procedures, documentation standards, and routing protocols; identify recurring intake or workflow issues and recommend process improvements to supervisory staff;

and assist in maintaining efficient administrative operations through the consistent application of established policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications Current New York State Department of Health employee with permanent or contingent permanent status as an Administrative Assistant 1, SG-11, OR;
Current New York State employee with one or more years of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55b/c service in a position allocated to SG-6 or above, and eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law to Administrative Assistant Trainee or Administrative Assistant 1.

Provisional Appointment:
* In the absence of an eligible list with three or more candidates willing to accept a position, a temporary provisional appointment may be considered. For provisional appointment, candidates must meet one of the following minimum qualifications:
Be a current NYS Department of Health employee with one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as an office assistant, clerical, or keyboarding title allocated to SG-6 or higher. Qualifying titles are available at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..cfm

* In the absence of an eligible list with three or more candidates willing to accept a position, a temporary provisional appointment may be considered. For provisional appointment, candidates must meet Provisional appointment minimum qualifications.

Provisional candidates must apply and take the next Civil Service examination offered for this title and must be reachable on the resulting eligible list to maintain employment. If three or fewer New York State Department of Health (DOH) promotional candidates respond to this notice, the agency may, at its discretion, nominate a qualified employee for non-competitive promotion (NCP) under the provisions of Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law.

Non-Competitive Candidates via NY HELPS:

Administrative Assistant Trainee 1:
Six months of experience in administrative support, which includes use of office software(e.g., email, word processing),…