Admnv Assistant 2 - Grade 15

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Positions

This title exists within Various New York State Agencies and has approximately 1489 positions statewide.


*The number of positions is approximate and represents the number of positions established (both filled and vacant); it is not an indication or reference to position type or duration, or intent to be filled.

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Salary Information for Admnv Assistant Trainee 1
Title Grade Hiring Rate/yr Job Rate/yr
Admnv Assistant Trainee 1 08 $40,391 $49,743
Admnv Assistant Trainee 2 10 $45,081 $55,322
Admnv Assistant 1 11 $47,695 $58,447
Admnv Assistant 2 15 $59,787 $72,429

All salary grades for trainees titles are Non-Statutory (NS) equated to the salary grade identified. These grade equations apply to the starting salaries in their respective salary schedule for the traineeship levels.

This title may exist in more than one negotiating unit. This salary schedule represents the most typical salary for this title. Click here to view additional salary information regarding the various bargaining units.

An individual's final salary is determined by the Office of the State Comptroller. This salary schedule does not reflect any Special Salary Treatments

Job Duties

The Administrative Assistant title series was created effective October 31, 2019; it consolidated different secretarial titles as well as established a two-year traineeship.  Please visit Employee FAQs   if you were an employee impacted by this consolidation.  Please visit Traineeship FAQs for more information about the traineeship.  

This title used to be called Secretary 2.

As an Administrative Assistant 2, you would serve as the principal administrative support position in an office; organize and coordinate administrative activities; and direct the information flow. You would work for a manager who has a wide range of responsibilities. Under the supervision of higher-level staff, you would perform a variety of tasks that enable managers and program staff to accomplish the mission of the agency. You would review incoming correspondence and draft responses where appropriate; review outgoing correspondence; research background information; transmit instructions to staff and conduct follow-up. You would handle telephone calls and visitors and respond to questions; coordinate and arrange meetings; establish office procedures; design, set-up, and maintain office filing systems (including electronic); resolve day-to-day operational problems; coordinate information flow by acting as a liaison among key executives, staff and other employees, and the public; and operate equipment which requires the skilled use of a standard alpha-numeric keyboard to produce correspondence, reports, and other agency documents. You would work under broad guidelines, select the best course of action from a number of alternatives, and set your own priorities based on a review of the work to be performed and your knowledge of the program and office procedures.

View the classification standard for this title which illustrates the nature, extent and scope of duties and responsibilities of the classes they describe.

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 the examination, you must be a qualified employee of New York State and have had 45 days of permanent competitive, non-competitive NY HELPS*, or 55-b/55-c service as an Administrative Assistant 1, Administrative Assistant 1 (French Language), Administrative Assistant 1 (Russian Language), Administrative Assistant 1 (Spanish Language), Administrative Assistant Trainee 1, Administrative Assistant Trainee 1 (French Language), Administrative Assistant Trainee 1 (Russian Language), Administrative Assistant Trainee 1 (Spanish Language), Administrative Assistant Trainee 2, Administrative Assistant Trainee 2 (French Language), Administrative Assistant Trainee 2 (Russian Language), Administrative Assistant Trainee 2 (Spanish Language), Examination Composition Assistant, Law Department Document Specialist, Office Assistant 2-Keyboarding, Office Assistant 2-Keyboarding (Spanish Language), Secretary 1, or Secretary 1 (Spanish Language).

If you have received a permanent appointment to a qualifying title listed and served provisionally** in that title immediately preceding your permanent appointment, such provisional service may be counted towards meeting the time in title required for this examination.

Only the title or titles listed are qualifying.

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.

31-053020(New Window)

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. Job postings on StateJobsNY(External Link) will contain the most up-to-date qualifications.

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 email notification so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Mobility Options

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the career ladder. Additional movement may be achieved through transfer or other examinations.

For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322.

You can also visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists.