OFFICE ASSISTANT 1
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Job Summary: Will be responsible for switchboard activities, which include, but are not limited to: Fully understanding the telephone software Amtelco, back up phone system on Aastra PBX system and its digital display and messages in order to answer calls accurately, immediately, andin an appropriate manner. Will be required to tactfully and courteously provide information to and answer questions from other staff, agencies, patients, and the public while using a voice quality, grammar, and diction such that the caller can easily understand the information being given. Will need to have a clear understanding of the purpose and use of the available reference materials used in determining the nature of service required and successfully connecting/directing people appropriately. Ability to read, understand, and interpret campus/departmental regulations, procedure manuals and policies as they pertain to all shifts with particular emphasis placed on the calm, accurate, immediate response to emergency situations using established guidelines. Will assist in the various departmental clerical aspects of the job in order to keep reference material up-to-date and accurate using a PC, manual methods, etc. Will submit telephone service trouble using the on line process in the Amtelco agent system, Use the Telephone Agent software phone system to look up necessary information for the Hospital Information Desk and staff. Will assist and help train other Clerk 1 operators, in procedures and methods. Excellent communication skills desired. Minimum Qualifications: For consideration for this title, you must meetthe following minimum qualifications: There are no education or experience requirements Work Days: Schedule based on a 40 hour work week. 11:00pm-7:30am, rotating weekends, pass days and holidays. Message to Applicants: **The NYS Department of Civil Service has expanded the NY HELPS Program. During this program, theNYS Civil Service Exam requirements aresuspendedfor the Office Assistant 1 (Keyboarding) title Position Status: Various Salary: $35,177 RecruitmentOffice: Human ResourcesExecutive Order: Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) ###-#### or via email at ...@goer.ny.gov.recblid qfpckzo92f0m9w5edztnmlt2ik2kyo