Office Assistant 2 Calculations

Office Assistant 2 CalculationsHarvest your potential with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Join our team and become an integral part of a team dedicated to fostering a competitive food and agriculture industry that benefits both producers and consumers alike. Here, you can cultivate your career in a dynamic environment that values innovation, sustainability, and community engagement. With a wide range of opportunities spanning from environmental science to economic development, you can find your niche in public service and grow both professionally and personally. Embrace the chance to join our team, and you'll not only reap a fulfilling career but also sow the seeds for a healthier, stronger New York.The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is seeking interested candidates for an Office Assistant 2 Calculations position in Albany to assist the Licensing Unit within the Division of Food Safety and Inspection. Responsibilities include issuing licenses, maintaining food establishment information within the licensing database, maintaining unit spreadsheets of license statuses and conveying same to field staff, Versa data entry and fee calculation and documentation, processing refunds, generating jurisdictional letters and other related correspondence.The Office Assistant 2 Calculations is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday and is conveniently located at 10B Airline Drive in Albany. This location provides ample, free parking and a professional work environment.Minimum QualificationsNY HELPS Minimum Qualifications: Candidates may be eligible for a NY HELPS appointment to this title if all promotion eligible lists are fully exhausted, there are fewer than 3 interested internal qualified candidates in direct-line lower-level promotion titles, AND they meet the listed NY HELPS open-competitive minimum qualifications, or the minimum qualifications listed on the most recent examination announcement for the Office Assistant 2 Calculations title.NY HELPS Qualifications: One year of experience where most work time is spent performing mathematical operations, and/or clerical activities related to mathematical operations.Alternate Minimum Qualifications: You may also be eligible for appointment to this position if you meet any of the following minimum qualifications:70.1 Transfer Qualifications to Office Assistant 2 Calculations, SG-9: Applicants may be appointed to this position permanently if they have: one year of permanent, competitive service in a title designated as appropriate for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law. Such titles include but are not limited to: Motor Vehicle Representative 1, SG-9, Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding, SG-9, and Employees Retirement System Examiner 1, SG-9.Non-Competitive Promotion: If there are three or fewer interested and qualified promotion candidates, the agency may at its discretion nominate a qualified employee for a non-competitive promotion under the provisions of Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law. Non-Competitive Promotion Minimum Qualifications: One year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service as an office assistant, clerical, or keyboarding title allocated to Grade 6 or higher. Qualifying titles are available at: https://www.cs.ny.gov/examannouncements/announcements/38687titles.cfm.Provisional Appointment: If there is no appropriate eligible list of at least three people willing to accept permanent appointment for this geographic location, the Department may nominate a qualified person for a provisional appointment under the provisions of Section 65 of the Civil Service Law. Provisional Appointment Minimum Qualifications: One year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as an office assistant, clerical, or keyboarding title allocated to Grade 6 or higher. Qualifying titles are available at: https://www.cs.ny.gov/examannouncements/announcements/38687titles.cfm.Reinstatement Under Rule 5.4: Applicants may be appointed to this position permanently if they were previous permanent New York State employees who resigned their positions may be reinstated to their former positions, or to positions to which they were eligible for transfer or reassignment without further examination. Employees separated from their positions may be reinstated within one year of the date of their separation. Employees separated from their positions who have also been separated from state service for more than one year may be reinstated upon approval by the state Civil Service Commission.