
Office Assistant 2 (NY HELPS), Rockland Psychiatric Center, P28370
Orangeburg, NYFull-time$45–55K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Office Assistant 2 at Rockland Psychiatric Center performs complex clerical and administrative support activities. The role includes preparing reports and correspondence, entering data, reviewing forms, coordinating meetings, and maintaining files. Candidates may qualify through the NY HELPS program, eligible civil service lists or transfers, or specified internal promotion pathways.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
NY HELPS Yes
55-b/c Eligible Yes
Agency Mental Health, Office of
Title Office Assistant 2 (NY HELPS), Rockland Psychiatric Center, P28370
Occupational Category Clerical, Secretarial, Office Aide
Salary Grade 09
Bargaining Unit ASU - Administrative Services Unit (CSEA)
Salary Range From $44560 to $54773 Annually
Employment Type Full-Time
Appointment Type Permanent
Internship No
Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class
Travel Percentage 0%
Workweek Mon-Fri
Hours Per Week 40
Workday
From 6 AM
To 6 PM
Flextime allowed? No
Mandatory overtime? No
Compressed workweek allowed? No
Telecommuting allowed? No
County Rockland
Street Address Rockland Psychiatric Center
140 Old Orangeburg Road
City Orangeburg
State NY
Zip Code 10962
Duties Description Are you interested in starting or advancing your career with New York State? Office Assistant 2 positions provide excellent opportunities for advancement and growth. Candidates from outside or within State Service can apply.As an Office Assistant 2, you will perform a wide variety of complex clerical and administrative support activities, including:• Gathering and preparing data for reports• Preparing letters/correspondence• Data entry• Reviewing forms/applications for completeness• Coordinating and scheduling meetings• Maintaining paper and electronic files
Minimum Qualifications Candidates from outside or within State Service can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement – Statewide (HELPS) program as an Office Assistant 2 if they one year of clerical experience.ORCandidates within State Service can be considered for a competitive class appointment if they are reachable on the current Office Assistant 2 eligible list.ORCandidates 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.ORIn 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 at Rockland Psychiatric Center. 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.The promotion field for the Office Assistant 2 position consists of candidates who have 1 year of permanent service as an Office Assistant 1 including all language parenthetics.
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 programs2 Positions are available.Background checks will be required.This position is eligible for a Downstate Adjustment of $4,150.In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
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Name Human Resources
Telephone
Fax 845-680-5582
Email Address [email protected]
Address
Street Rockland Psychiatric Center
140 Old Orangeburg Road
City Orangeburg
State NY
Zip Code 10920
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 5,328 open Administrative Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$45–55K/yr
- New York median$58–70K/yr137 salary ranges
- US median$54–73K/yr728 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $50K, is 22% below the New York median midpoint ($64K) — in the lowest quarter of Administrative Support salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 531 open Administrative Support jobs in New York and 5,328 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Administrative Support postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (2,090 postings).
- Education
- 142 of the 5,328 open Administrative Support jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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