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Senr Employment Security Clerk Russian Language

Grade 09

New York State has approximately 3 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in Labor, Department of. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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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. Senr Employment Security Clerk

    Grade 09

  2. Senr Employment Security Clerk Chinese Language

    Grade 09

  3. Senr Employment Security Clerk Creole Language

    Grade 09

  4. Senr Employment Security Clerk Polish Language

    Grade 09

  5. Senr Employment Security Clerk Russian Language

    Grade 09

  6. Senr Employment Security Clerk Span Lang

    Grade 09

  7. Prin Employment Security Clerk

    Grade 14

  8. Prin Employment Security Clerk Span Lang

    Grade 14

Summary of Job Description

As a Senior Employment Security Clerk (including parenthetics) in the DOL Unemployment Insurance Division, you would perform a variety of functions related to accepting, processing, and certifying claims for unemployment insurance benefits; or you would review unemployment insurance contribution information to make determinations of employer liability, and provide customer service in the administration of employer accounts. You would work under the pressure of continuous public contact on the telephone or through written communication with claimants, employers, and their representatives. The majority of these duties are performed on computer terminals for the input and retrieval of information.

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

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

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.

On or before the date of examination, you must have:

Either 1. 60 or more college semester credit hours AND one year of full-time work experience in customer service;*

Or 2. a high school diploma or GED AND two years of full-time work experience, one year of which must be in customer service.*

*For the purposes of this examination, customer service is being defined as: interacting with the general public where your primary responsibility is effectively communicating verbally to explain programs/services, policies, or procedures or resolve customer issues and/or problems.

Qualifying Experience may include: call center agent, customer service representative, sales representative providing information, bank officer, or telemarketer.

Examples of Non-Qualifying Experience include: receptionist, data entry clerk, cashier, retail clerk, bartender, wait staff, hair stylist, bus driver, or home health aide, etc.

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.

26-612

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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