Administrative Support
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The City of New York’s Electrical Inspection Unit seeks a Principal Administrative Associate Level I to provide administrative coordination, program oversight, and operational support. The role involves data entry, records management, filing, reporting, correspondence, and coordinating daily administrative activities. The associate will monitor program activities, maintain records and databases, organize documentation, track assignments, and support timely completion of administrative and program-related tasks.
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Job Description
In order to be considered for this position candidate must be serving permanently in the title of Principal Administrative Associate, or must have filed for the Open Competitive Principal Administrative Associate list.
The Electrical Inspection Unit is seeking to hire one Principal Administrative Associate Level I to provide comprehensive administrative coordination, program oversight, and operational support for the Unit. The selected candidate will perform responsible and complex administrative work involving data entry, records management, filing, reporting, correspondence, and the coordination of day-to-day administrative activities.
The Principal Administrative Associate Level I will support the effective operation of the Electrical Inspection Unit by coordinating administrative processes, monitoring program activities, maintaining accurate records and databases, and ensuring that information and documentation are properly organized and readily accessible. The position will work closely with Unit staff and management to support operational priorities, track assignments and activities, and facilitate the timely completion of administrative and program-related tasks.
PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOC - 10124
Qualifications
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A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience, one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
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An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in "1" above; or
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A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a state’s department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in "1" above; or
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Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. However, all candidates must possess the one year of administrative or supervisory experience as described in "1" above. Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the one year of administrative or supervisory experience described in "1" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3 year.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
Salary Min: $ 55,105.00
Salary Max: $ 80,721.00
How this job compares
Set against the 5,185 open Administrative Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$55–81K/yr
- New York median$56–65K/yr141 salary ranges
- US median$55–72K/yr695 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $68K, is 10% above the New York median midpoint ($62K) — in the middle half of Administrative Support salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 513 open Administrative Support jobs in New York and 5,185 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 (2,066 postings).
- Education
- 144 of the 5,185 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 12, 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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