Office Assistant 1 (NY HELPS)

Description

This position performs office support and clerical work to meet the requirements of agency programs. Such work may consist of, but is not limited to data entry, keyboarding, and other document preparation tasks. Exact duties to be discussed during interview.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications for taking the open-competitive Beginning Office Assistant examination: There are no minimum education or experience requirements.
• 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 complete in an examination.
• Employees will then be afforded with all of 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.