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Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding (NY HELPS)

New York State Civil Service

Albany, NYFull-time$45–55K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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At a glance

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

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Job overview

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is hiring an Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding in Albany. The role is part of the NY HELPS program and requires one year of clerical experience focused primarily on keyboarding, data entry, chart compilation or arrangement, or typing into computerized systems. Duties will be discussed during the interview.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

KeyboardingData EntryChart CompilationChart ArrangementTyping Into Computerized Systems

Qualifications

1 Year Clerical Experience

Full job description

NY HELPS Yes

55-b/c Eligible No

Agency Corrections and Community Supervision, Department of

Title Office Assistant 2 Keyboarding (NY HELPS)

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 Contingent Permanent

Internship No

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

"Other" Explanation Day shift-exact hours will be discussed during interview

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision- Guidance

1220 Washington Avenue, Bldg. 4

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12226

Duties Description Will be discussed during interview

Minimum Qualifications This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). (*Please see below for further information). Non-Competitive Qualifications: One year of clerical experience where most work time is spent performing keyboarding, data entry, chart compilation or arrangement, or various tasks involving typing into computerized systems. *For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to complete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

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Name Katrina Truax, Human Resources Specialist 1

Telephone (518) 457-9960

Fax (518) 453-8463

Email Address [email protected]

Address

Street Harriman State Campus

1220 Washington Avenue, Bldg. 4

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12226

Notes on Applying To apply, please send your cover letter and resume, as an attachment to [email protected] with the position title and vacancy ID # listed in the subject line of the email. Failure to include the required information may result in your resume not being considered for this position.

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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