
Office Assistant 1 - Keyboarding (NY HELPS), Rochester Psychiatric Center, P28383
Rochester, NYFull-time$36–45K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Office Assistant 1 - Keyboarding role at Rochester Psychiatric Center provides entry-level clerical and administrative support. The work includes typing, proofreading, transcribing handwritten materials, gathering data for charts and tables, and preparing routine reports. The position is full-time, permanent, and has no education or experience requirements under the NY HELPS program; candidates must be able to read, write, and communicate in English.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
NY HELPS Yes
55-b/c Eligible Yes
Agency Mental Health, Office of
Title Office Assistant 1 - Keyboarding (NY HELPS), Rochester Psychiatric Center, P28383
Occupational Category Clerical, Secretarial, Office Aide
Salary Grade 06
Bargaining Unit ASU - Administrative Services Unit (CSEA)
Salary Range From $36232 to $44828 Annually
Employment Type Full-Time
Appointment Type Permanent
Internship No
Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class
Travel Percentage 0%
Workweek Mon-Fri
Hours Per Week 37.5
Workday
From 6 AM
To 6 PM
Flextime allowed? No
Mandatory overtime? No
Compressed workweek allowed? No
Telecommuting allowed? No
County Monroe
Street Address Rochester Psychiatric Center
1111 Elmwood Avenue
City Rochester
State NY
Zip Code 14620
Duties Description Are you interested in starting a career with New York State? Do enjoy work assignments that include typing and data entry? Office Assistant 1 Keyboarding positions are entry level positions that provide excellent opportunities for advancement and professional growth. As an Office Assistant 1 Keyboarding, you will perform a wide variety of 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
Minimum Qualifications Candidates from outside State service may be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement - Statewide (HELPS) program. There are no education or experience requirements for an Office Assistant 1 Keyboarding position, but candidates–must be able to read, write, and communicate in English.ORCandidates can be considered for a competitive class appointment if they are reachable on the current Office Assistant 1 Keyboarding eligible list.ORCandidates from within State service may be considered for 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.
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 programsBackground checks will be required.
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Name Human Resources
Telephone
Fax 585-241-1981
Email Address [email protected]
Address
Street Rochester Psychiatric Center
1111 Elmwood Avenue
City Rochester
State NY
Zip Code 14620
Notes on Applying To be considered for this position, please copy the link below into a new browser window to complete the Office of Mental Health Employment Application, and submit it along with your resume and other application materials via fax or email the Human Resources email address noted above. Please indicate the Title, Vacancy ID #, and Location of the position you are applying for in the subject line of your email or fax.https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/employment/docs/employment-application.pdfThe Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 760 open Clerical jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$36–45K/yr
- New York median$42–49K/yr48 salary ranges
- US median$42–49K/yr89 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $41K, is 11% below the New York median midpoint ($45K) — in the middle half of Clerical salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 162 open Clerical jobs in New York and 760 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- New York State Civil Service (this employer)25 open
- University of Rochester10 open
- Stony Brook University9 open
- Experience
- Clerical postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (308 postings).
- Education
- 4 of the 760 open Clerical jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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