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Office Assistant 2 - Keyboarding (NY HELPS), Rockland Psychiatric Center, P28371

New York State Civil Service

Orangeburg, NYFull-time$45–55K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$45–55K/yr
Location
Orangeburg, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Office Assistant 2 - Keyboarding at Rockland Psychiatric Center performs complex clerical and administrative support activities. The role includes typing, proofreading, reviewing and correcting documents, transcribing handwritten materials, gathering data for charts and tables, and preparing routine reports. The posting offers a permanent, full-time appointment and describes multiple eligibility paths for candidates inside and outside State Service.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

KeyboardingData EntryChart CompilationTypingProofreadingTranscriptionData GatheringReport Preparation

Qualifications

1 Year Clerical Experience1 Year Permanent Competitive ServiceEligible Transfer TitleReachable on Eligible List1 Year Office Assistant 1 Service

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

NY HELPS Yes

55-b/c Eligible Yes

Agency Mental Health, Office of

Title Office Assistant 2 - Keyboarding (NY HELPS), Rockland Psychiatric Center, P28371

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? Do enjoy work assignments that include typing and data entry? Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding positions provide excellent opportunities for advancement and growth. Candidates from outside or within State Service can apply.As an Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding, you will perform a wide variety of complex 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 can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement – Statewide (NY HELPS) program as an Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding if they have one year of clerical experience where most of the work time is spent performing keyboarding, data entry, or chart compilation or arrangement.ORCandidates within State Service can be considered for a competitive class appointment if they are reachable on the current Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding 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 Keyboarding 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 Keyboarding position consists of candidates who have 1 year of permanent service as an Office Assistant 1 Keyboarding.

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 10962

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 787 open Clerical jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$45–55K/yr
  • New York median$42–50K/yr48 salary ranges
  • US median$42–53K/yr88 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $50K, is 5% above the New York median midpoint ($47K) — in the middle half of Clerical salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 166 open Clerical jobs in New York and 787 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Clerical postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (326 postings).
Education
4 of the 787 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 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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