Office Assistant 1 Keyboarding (NY HELPS) - Region 10

Duties and Responsibilities Answer phone calls to the Regional Director’s Office and direct accordingly Track, review, type and file Regional Director correspondence Actively maintain the incoming correspondence log (TAGs) Process Incoming Mail accordingly Assist Supervisor with general office duties Review daily newspapers for transportation clippings and forward accordingly Maintain working knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel, Access Take necessary trainings as directed to improve skills Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department’s response to regional and statewide emergency situations. Minimum Qualifications There are no minimum education or experience requirements for this title. Qualifications Candidates may also be qualified for permanent competitive appointment if reachable from the appropriate Civil Service eligible list or eligible for reassignment or transfer in accordance with Civil Service Law. Additional Comments Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. 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 of 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. Salary Information The salary range listed reflects the full range for this graded position. For new State employees appointed into graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate (beginning of the Salary Range) of the position. Promotion salaries are calculated by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller in accordance with NYS Civil Service Law, OSC Payroll rules and regulations and negotiated union contracts. For more salary information please visit #J-18808-Ljbffr NYS Department of Transportation