Minimum Qualifications

Are you interested in starting or advancing your career with New York State? Do enjoy work assignments that include typing and data entry?

Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding positions provide excellent opportunities for advancement and growth. Candidates from outside or within State Service can apply.

Minimum Qualifications :

Candidates from outside State Service can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (HELPS) program as an Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding if they have one year of clerical experience where most of the work time is spent performing keyboarding, data entry, or chart compilation or arrangement and must pass a keyboarding test;

30 words per minute with at least 96% accuracy.

Candidates from within State Service can be considered transfer to a competitive class position if they have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b / 55-c service in a title eligible for transfer under Section 70.

1 of the Civil Service Law.

In accordance with Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law, this notice advises all employees of the Office of Mental Health of our intention to conduct a non-competitive promotion examination for the position of Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding at Central New York Psychiatric Center, Mid-State Satellite Unit.

Permanent appointment may be made by non-competitive promotion of an applicant who meets the position’s minimum qualifications if all requirements of non-competitive promotion are met.

Duties Description

As an Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding, you will perform a wide variety of complex clerical and administrative support activities, including :

• Typing, proofreading, reviewing, and correcting correspondence and documents
• Transcribing hand-written materials
• Gathering data for charts, graphs, and tables
• Preparing routine reports

Additional Comments

All OMH employees receive a generous benefits package including :

• NYS medical, dental, & vision insurance
• Access to tuition assistance programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement & professional growth
• Paid time off 13 paid vacation days in the first year, 5 paid personal days, 13 paid holidays, & paid sick leave
• NYS Retirement programs

Background checks will be required.

This position is at Central New York Psychiatric Center's Mid-State Satellite Unit on the grounds of Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida County.

Last updated : 2024-06-24