Office Assistant 2 (NY HELPS)
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Office Assistant 2, G-9 (NY HELPS) Division of Food Safety and Inspection Albany, NY Posting Dates: September 24, 2024- October 4, 2024 Harvest your potential with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets! Join our team and become an integral part of a team dedicated to fostering a competitive food and agriculture industry that benefits both producers and consumers alike. Here, you can cultivate your career in a dynamic environment that values innovation, sustainability, and community engagement. With a wide range of opportunities spanning from environmental science to economic development, you can find your niche in public service and grow both professionally and personally. Embrace the chance to join our team, and you'll not only reap a fulfilling career but also sow the seeds for a healthier, stronger New York. Position Information: The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is seeking an Office Assistant 2 to work in the Division of Food Safety and Inspection in Albany. The Office Assistant 2 will be responsible for a wide range of office support and clerical activities. Specifically, the position will be responsible for filing end-of-day application folders; corresponding with food industry firms regarding application information and requested fees; reviewing license registrations and license-pending files, issuing licenses as appropriate, and mailing license renewal packet to firms; arranging and compiling master applications for animal food; filing returned transmittal forms by batch number; and entering incoming applications into electronic filing systems. The ideal candidate will be self-driven and highly organized. This is a great opportunity to support programs that ensure that New York State's food supply is safe to consume. The Office Assistant 2 is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday and is conveniently located at 10B Airline Drive in Albany. This location provides ample, free parking and a professional work environment. Salary: The Office Assistant 2 position is in the CSEA Salary Grade (SG) 9. The starting salary of the CSEA SG-9 is $41,399/year. The candidate appointed to the Office Assistant 2, CSEA SG-9, will be eligible to participate in the New York State Performance Evaluation Program. Through this program, employees receive yearly performance evaluations. Performance advances are payable to CSEA employees whose base annual salary is below the job rate for their current position and who were rated Satisfactory or its equivalent on their yearly performance evaluation. Performance advance payments are added to an employee's annual salary. Over time, yearly performance advances may lead to the SG-9 job rate salary of $ 50,884/ year! Benefits: This is a CSEA-represented position that offers excellent benefits! Benefits include but are not limited to inexpensive Health Insurance options, free Dental and Vision coverage, NYS Pension Plan membership, and generous paid time off. Within the first year, you are eligible for 5 days of personal time, 13 vacation days, 13 sick days, and 13 paid holidays! Minimum Qualifications: Candidates may be eligible for a NY HELPS appointment to this title if all promotion eligible lists are fully exhausted, there are fewer than 3 internal qualified candidates in direct-line lower-level promotion titles, AND they meet the listed NY HELPS open-competitive minimum qualifications or the minimum qualifications listed on the most recent examination announcement for the Office Assistant 2 title. NY HELPS Open-Competitive Qualifications: One year of clerical experience. Examination Announcement Qualifications: You must be a qualified employee of New York State and have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service in an office assistant, clerical, or keyboarding title allocated to Grade 6 or higher. Qualifying titles are available at: How to Apply: Candidates that are eligible and interested in being considered for appointment to one of these opportunities must use this link to apply by October 4, 2024. Within this online application please upload your resume and cover letter. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Sacco in Human Resources at (518) ###-#### or ...@agriculture.ny.gov. NY HELPS Program: 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 (within one year of permanent appointment), 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 a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified. Additional Minimum Qualifications: Reassignment Qualifications: You must be a current Department of Agriculture and Markets employee and have one year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service as an Office Assistant 2, SG-9; if you have less than one year, you must be reachable on the current eligible list for this location if one exists. 70.1 Transfer Qualifications to Office Assistant 2, SG-9: Applicants may be appointed to this position permanently if they have: one year of permanent, competitive service in a title designated as appropriate for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law. Such titles include but are not limited to: Administrative Assistant 1, SG-11; Motor Vehicle Representative 1, SG-9; Office Assistant 2 Customer Service, SG-9. Reinstatement Under Rule 5.4: Applicants may be appointed to this position permanently if they were previous permanent New York State employees who resigned their positions may be reinstated to their former positions, or to positions to which they were eligible for transfer or reassignment without further examination. Employees separated from their positions may be reinstated within one year of the date of their separation. Employees separated from their positions who have also been separated from state service for more than one year may be reinstated upon approval by the state Civil Service Commission. Additional Position Information: Division: Food Safety and Inspection Negotiating Unit: CSEA Location: Albany Number of Vacancies: One Status of Vacancy: Full-time; Permanent Hours Per Week: 37.5 Hours Jurisdictional Class: Competitive Civil Service List(s): Eligible List Exists 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 Office of Employee Relations at (518) ###-#### or via email at ...@oer.ny.gov.