Minimum Qualifications Open to qualified employees of New York State :
Candidates must be reachable for appointment on the current Civil Service eligible list for the title;
Transfer Opportunity : Candidates must have one year of permanent service in a title eligible for transfer under 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.
Provisional :
Office Assistant 2 (OA 2), OA 2 (Spanish Language), OA 2 - Calculations, OA 2 - Stores / Mail
In the event that there is no valid eligible list at this location, candidates who met the following minimum qualifications for the Office Assistant 2 examination may apply and, if hired, will be provisionally appointed.
Candidates must be a qualified employee of New York State and have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b / 55-c service as an office assistant, clerical or keyboarding title allocated to SG-6 or higher.
Qualifying titles are available at : / examannouncements / announcements /
Duties Description Office Assistants 2 may perform any of the duties of Office Assistants 1, and typically supervise two or more lower-level staff.
Non-supervisory positions perform complicated clerical and office support activities that require substantive knowledge of the program and / or of the programs governing laws, rules, or regulations.
Such laws, rules, or regulations may be subject to frequent change. Incumbents typically handle sensitive applications, requests, or inquiries in which management or executive staff may be contacted or interested.
They process applications or requests that do not meet normal parameters and may require additional research and consultation with higher level staff.
They also perform activities that may require coordination with internal or external parties.