Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
Occupational CategoryClerical, Secretarial, Office Aide
Bargaining UnitASU - Administrative Services Unit (CSEA)
Salary RangeFrom $37998 to $46573 Annually
Appointment Type Contingent Permanent
Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates must be reachable on the current Civil Service eligible list or be eligible for 70.1 transfer.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Ability to manage changing priorities in a fast-paced office environment.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and Access.
• Strong knowledge of professional correspondence formatting.
• Ability to proofread and edit all correspondence prepared for signature.
• Desire to contribute to a team-oriented workplace.
Duties Description POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) provides high-quality, person-centered services, supports and advocacy to approximately 136,000 individuals with developmental disabilities in New York State. We are guided in our interactions with the people we serve and each other by compassion, dignity, diversity, excellence and honesty.
OPWDD’s Division of Service Delivery-Statewide Services and the Bureau of Behavioral and Clinical Services (BBCS) is seeking a Secretary 1 to support staff working within Statewide Services and BBCS through providing administrative support to the division Assistant Deputy Commissioner, as well as the Director of Nursing and Health Services, Chief Psychologist, and other staff employed in the BBCS unit.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide Administrative support to the Assistant Deputy Commissioner, clinicians and other agency administrators. This includes but is not limited to telephone triage, formal correspondence, coordinating and scheduling meetings, and providing support functions at meetings.
• Perform Third Step Eligibility Review Committee and Commissioner Review Committee (CRC) administrative support and monitoring tasks including dissemination of critical clinical information and maintaining files both electronically and in paper format.
• Organize information from individual’s records so documentation is available for clinicians to efficiently review for clinical reviews and consultation requests.
• Prepare, modify and edit spreadsheets.
• Perform other tasks which fall under the categories of communication, coordination, organization and records maintenance.
Additional Comments Please note:
• For CSEA positions: Local Bidding Agreements will be honored.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• All OPWDD employees must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Continued employment will depend on maintaining eligibility.
• OPWDD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.
• Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
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