Entry-Level Office Assistant: Records & Support

NYS Department of Transportation; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

NYS Department of Transportation in New York is seeking an Office Assistant 1 to perform entry-level clerical and office support tasks across agency programs.

Duties include maintaining records, processing transactions, answering phones, preparing forms, and assisting customers. The NY HELPS program may place staff in non-competitive appointments with eventual potential to move to permanent competitive status.

Qualifications

• There are no minimum education or experience requirements for this title.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• keeping records
• retrieving and compiling information
• performing basic arithmetic calculations
• mail, supply, and inventory functions
• some keyboarding and other document preparation task
• answering telephones
• completing forms
• answering questions or other wise assisting customers
• creating or assisting in the preparation of reports, charts, graphs, and tables

Job description

NYS Department of Transportation in New York is seeking an Office Assistant 1 to perform entry-level clerical and office support tasks across agency programs.

Duties include maintaining records, processing transactions, answering phones, preparing forms, and assisting customers. The NY HELPS program may place staff in non-competitive appointments with eventual potential to move to permanent competitive status.