Administrative Assistant - Albany, United States - NYS Office of Mental Health

NYS Office of Mental Health

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Albany, United States

3 days ago

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Description

If you value job security, work life balance, and opportunities for growth, join us at the New York State Office of Mental Health as a Administrative Assistant in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to receive all of that and more

Who We Are:
New York State has a large, multi-faceted mental health system that serves more than 700,000 individuals each year. The Office of Mental Health (OMH) operates psychiatric centers across the State. OMH also regulates, certifies and oversees more than 4,500 programs, operated by local governments and nonprofit agencies.

Our mission is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a particular focus on providing hope and recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances.

What We Offer:

NYS pension and retirement programs
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care
Paid time off, including thirteen paid holidays per year, personal leave, vacation leave, and sick leave

What We Stand For:

The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances.

Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities.

To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations.

A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency.

OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Specific duties to be performed may include, but are not limited to the following:

Enter new reasonable accommodation requests into the tracking system, ensuring all necessary information has been accurately submitted.
Engage with the requestor of a reasonable accommodation if additional information or clarification related to the request is needed.
Provide required correspondence to the requestor and other parties once a reasonable accommodation determination has been made.
Collect, log, and share required documentation received related to active reasonable accommodation cases.
Process any purchasing requests related to approved reasonable accommodations and ensure the requested equipment is delivered to the requestor within a reasonable timeframe.
Provide secretarial and administrative support to Bureau professional staff.
Prepare a variety of reports, documents, spreadsheets; general and confidential correspondence using Word, Excel and PowerPoint software.
Receive, record, and handle or refer incoming correspondence and telephone calls.
Coordinate meetings, make travel arrangements, and maintain scheduling and calendars for Bureau staff.
Fulfill other support duties, as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Additional Comments:

- $39,215 (Trainee 1