NEGOTIATING UNIT: Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)

OFFICE/REGION: NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities - Taconic

DIVISION/DEPARTMENT: State Operations

LOCATION: Ulster County Office

521 Boices Lane

Kingston, NY 12401

SHIFT/PASS DAYS: 8:00AM – 4:00PM Monday-Friday (37.5 hours per week)

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The candidate will be Secretary to the DDPS4 in Area 1 Taconic and provide oversight to two secretarial support staff serving 4 interdisciplinary clinical teams. Area 1 accounts for 25 IRAs and 2 Day Habs. Area 1 serves individuals in 4 counties - Columbia, Greene, Ulster, and Dutchess.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

Duties include but are not limited to:

· Provide administrative services in support of state operations,

· Develop and revise work methods

· Supervise administrative staff.

· Interact with management, unions, outside agencies, families, and other stakeholders

· Perform overflow TABS billing. The employee

· Maintains records as a key oversight component to Medicaid billing,

· Ensures that the director and deputy directories have summary information of billing issues and response to ensure accountability for responsible parties.

· Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Administrative Assistant 1:

Candidates must be reachable for appointment on the current Civil Service Eligible List for this title.

OR Candidates must have one year of permanent service in the posted title (or Secretary 1) and be eligible for a lateral transfer or be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 of Civil Service Law.

OR Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55b/c service in a title SG-9 or

above deemed eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law AND must have completed

all required mandatory and elective coursework. **

Administrative Assistant Trainee 1:

Transfer: Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55 b/c service in a title SG-6 or above deemed eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law. **

Administrative Assistant Trainee 2:

Transfer: Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55b/c service in a title SG-8 or above deemed eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law AND completion of all required mandatory coursework. **

Preferred Qualifications: A working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

Candidate may need to take and pass the NYS CS typing test.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter detailing how you meet the minimum qualifications and a current resume to the Taconic DDSOO Human Resources Office. Please provide your social security number for service certification and transfer eligibility determination process. Also be sure to include the vacancy number and position tile of this announcement on your resume.

Taconic OPWDD – Human Resources

25 Center Circle

Wassaic, New York 12592

Phone: 845-877-6821 ext. 3367

Fax: 845-877-3851

Please note:

· Employees on long term leave can bid on positions but must be able to report to work within fourteen (14) days and be able to perform the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodation (RA). If an employee believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the NYS OPWDD Workforce and Talent Management Central Office (518) 473-4785

· Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.

· In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.

· For CSEA positions: Local Bidding Agreements will be honored.

· If you are employed by state government, you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on Direct Loans after 120 qualifying monthly payments have been made under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer.

· OPWDD is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

· OPWDD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $43,648.00 - $53,490.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location

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