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Examinations Editor

Grade 18

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Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series. The salary schedule for this career ladder is also available.

  1. Assnt Examinations Editor

    Grade 14

  2. Assnt Exams Editor Braille

    Grade 14

  3. Examinations Editor

    Grade 18

Summary of Job Description

As an Examinations Editor, you would coordinate and monitor work of keyboard staff, proofreaders and technical support staff in the design and editing of examination-related material for reproduction and review by appropriate consultants and committees; edit Regents tests and related examination materials for clarity, grammar and format; establish production schedules for tasks related to exam processing and monitor progress to meet stringent deadlines; and advise editorial clerks and subject matter specialists in matters of style and format according to stylistic conventions and agency editorial policies.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

There are two examinations held for this position.  Please note:  New York State employees may qualify for both.  

For qualified employees of New York State on or before the date of the examination, you must be a qualified employee of the New York State Education Department and have had three months of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as an Assistant Examinations Editor.

For all other qualified individuals, candidates must have a bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in English AND two years of professional experience where the primary responsibility of your position must have involved editing. This experience must include reviewing and revising factual written material for publication to achieve correctness and clarity of language AND ensuring that typed or printed materials are error free AND completing editorial work to meet established deadlines.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

25-456 36-555

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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