Supply And Cylinder Distributor, Office Assistant 1, Stores/Mail

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

CSEA

Job Summary:

The Department of Respiratory Therapy at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Supply and Cylinder Distributor / Office Assistant I (Stores/Mail). The successful candidate will:

• Answer questions from and provide information to various parties regarding agency activities, transactions, and procedures. Refer inquiries as necessary.
• Operate various communication systems such as telephones and computers; and keep records of such communications.
• Operate and perform basic cleaning and maintenance on office machines and equipment.
• Clear paper jams in copiers, scanners and printers; replace toner cartridges; and clean keyboards and screens.
• Schedule appointments and meetings using various office tools.
• Perform routine processing activities, including checking forms for completeness and accuracy.
• Maintains basic financial, accounting, and/or statistical records.
• Perform calculations and computations, primarily on computers and calculators, using known and standard formulas and methods. As needed and as directed, contact various internal and external parties to obtain information.
• Prepare, process, review, and record numerical transactions and records. This activity may include: processing bills and vouchers; reviewing or auditing calculations or statistics; or disbursing or receiving items of value such as cash or vouchers, including, for example, such tasks as calculating and collecting fees.
• Type, format, accuracy, and validity.
• Assist in gathering or compiling data for reports, graphs, charts, tables, or other products.
• Create graphs, charts, or other visual aids to update, and correct records and files.
• Receive, screen, review, and verify documents, forms, applications, claims, and other documents for completeness, content, and accuracy.
• Establish new files by coding and numbering forms, creating folders, and compiling relevant material.
• Receive, pick up, deliver, open appropriately record, time stamp, sort, and distribute mail, e-mail, or other forms of correspondence or communication, or goods, materials, or stores.
• Maintain various listings for mail service purposes.
• Process outgoing mail by inserting letters into envelopes, sealing envelopes, and applying correct postage.
• May operate a motor vehicle to pick up and deliver mail.
• Receive, unload, unpack, sort, store, count, and distribute goods received, following established procedures.
• Advise supervisor upon receipt of damaged goods or incomplete or incorrect shipments.
• Issue and may deliver goods from stock according to procedures. Mail package goods for shipment.
• Take periodic physical inventory and maintain perpetual inventory records.
• Keep shelves and stock clean, neat, and in proper place.
• Enter data and information into and retrieve data and information from computerized systems.
• Verify data previously transcribed or entered to detect errors.
• Perform various clerical or office assistance tasks such as scanning documents, and verifying accuracy of data from scanned documents.

Required Qualifications:

• Candidates will have sat for the New York State Department of Civil Service certification examination for the title of Office Assistant 1 (Stores/Mail) and achieved a reachable score on a canvass list. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday; 9:00am to 5:00pm

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

As per civil service guidelines

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:

  An approved COVID-19 vaccination.

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at 718-270-3025.