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Prin Employment Security Clerk

Grade 14

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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 Principal Employment Security Clerk or Principal Employment Security Clerk (Spanish Language), you would supervise Senior Employment Security Clerks who provide services related to accepting, processing, and certifying claims for unemployment insurance benefits; review unemployment insurance contribution information to make determinations of employer liability; provide customer service in the administration of employer accounts; or assist in the administration of job placement and employer services.

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.

For qualified employees of New York State:
On or before the date of the examination the candidate must be a qualified employee of the New York State Department of Labor and have had three months of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as follows:

Either A:    as a Senior Employment Security Clerk, Senior Employment Security Clerk (Chinese Language), Senior Employment Security Clerk (Creole Language), Senior Employment Security Clerk (Korean Language), Senior Employment Security Clerk (Polish Language), Senior Employment Security Clerk (Russian Language), or Senior Employment Security Clerk (Spanish Language);

Or B:    in a clerical/keyboarding/secretarial position allocated to Grade 9 or higher.

A list of qualifying B titles is available at: https://www.cs.ny.gov/examannouncements/announcements/38418qualifying.cfm

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.

38-418

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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