Job Description:

Category:: Civil Service

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Department:: Information Technology

Locations:: Schenectady, NY

Posted:: Oct 16, 2024

Closes:: Oct 30, 2024 - 11:59 PM EDT

Type:: Full-time

Position ID:: 182176

About SUNY Schenectady County Community College:

SUNY Schenectady County Community College (SUNY Schenectady) is one of the State University of New York's finest two-year colleges located in upstate New York's vibrant and growing Capital Region, with easy access to Boston, NYC, the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, Montreal and scenic Hudson Valley, all of which are just a few hours away. SUNY Schenectady is a premier college that provides quality, comprehensive education for transfer, career, training and workforce development to a diverse population in a student centered environment. The College offers more than 50 transfer and career programs in science, aviation, culinary, music, and liberal arts, and serves more than 5,000 students. SUNY Schenectady County Community College offers an excellent benefit package including health care with dental and vision coverage, a choice of retirement systems, a deferred compensation benefit, an on-site child care program and Montessori School, professional development opportunities, and health club membership. We take pride in being an urban campus with a small town feel.

SUNY Schenectady is dedicated to cultivating an environment that celebrates diversity, prioritizes inclusion, and insists on equitable access. Diversity, equity, and inclusion is central to our vision and mission; we know that to foster a sense of belonging and preserve connectedness, we must create and maintain working and learning spaces that welcome, respect, and appreciate difference. SUNY Schenectady provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state and local law. Applications from minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged.

Job Description:

SUNY Schenectady County Community College seeks a full-time Information Processing Specialist II in our Information Technology department. This is a competitive **provisional civil service position that involves responsibility for performing complex information processing activities often involving the utilization of word processing and related software. This position differs from that of Information Processing Specialist I in that the activities performed are more complex. Incumbents format, type, revise and print text, reports, budgets, etc. following well-established guidelines. Additionally, when not engaged in equipment operation, an incumbent performs a variety of clerical duties. General supervision may be exercised over a variety of Information Processing Specialist I and other clerical positions. The work is performed under general supervision of a higher-level employee. The incumbent does related work as required.

Typical Work Activities:

• Assigns and reviews work and instructs new employees in specialized clerical and/or information processing activities of a unit; Designs parameters for selective information storage on information processing equipment to produce specialized outputs of this information in response to users' needs;


• Designs methods of assembling pre-recorded pieces of information (usually each having a number of variables to be inserted) into complete documents;


• Designs complex formats and layouts for work assignments;


• Creates word processing, spreadsheets or data base designs based on oral and written directions;


• Creates charts, statistical reports and/or performs mathematical computations;


• Manipulates data to produce requested reports;


• Chooses document formats and designs document layouts to be used for entering information which will be printed in selected areas on pre-printed forms;


• May use e-mail as a communications linkage;


• Types complex charts, statistical reports and/or performs mathematic computations;


• Discusses assigned projects with supervisors to clarify specific needs and problems;


• May attend meetings outside the normal business hours, records the minutes of the meeting and transcribes the minutes;


• Performs a variety of clerical functions related to the position

Requirements:

Full Performance Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics:

Thorough knowledge of the use and operation of information processing equipment and related peripheral equipment; thorough knowledge and skill in classic desk top applications including word processing, spreadsheets and data bases; good knowledge of office terminology and procedures; good knowledge of proper grammatical usage and punctuation; good knowledge of business vocabulary; ability to plan and supervise the work of others; ability to design complex formats and layouts for work assignments; ability to understand and follow complex oral and written directions; accuracy.

Minimum Qualifications:

(A) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college with an associate's degree or completion of sixty (60) credit hours from a New York State or regionally accredited college or university; or

(B) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and two years of experience in the operation of word processing and related software; or

(C) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B), above.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Typing performance will be evaluated during the probationary period.

Note: The operation of information processing equipment is defined to mean the operation of a micro-computer utilizing word processing, database management, or spreadsheet software and related peripheral equipment including printer, scanner or modem.

Note: The essential functions of this job are determined by the department/jurisdiction where the job is located.

Residency Requirement:

Must be a Schenectady County resident.

Special Information:

• VISA sponsorship is not available for this position


• Offers of employment will be conditional based on the successful completion of a background check


• Hours for this position are: Monday - Friday 8:30am- 4:30pm

** Provisional appointments may be made to positions in the competitive class if no list of eligible candidates exists. All provisional appointees are subject to passing a competitive examination and be reachable on any list established as a result of such an examination.

Additional Information:

Salary: $41,393/year, (Grade 8, Step 1)

Application Instructions:

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit a Civil Service Application and three (3) professional references by mail or in-person to:

Office of Human Resources

SUNY Schenectady County Community College

78 Washington Ave.

Schenectady, New York 12305

OR

Schenectady County Human Resources Dept.

County Building, 620 State St., 2nd Floor

Schenectady, New York 12305

OR

You can submit by email to humanresources@sunysccc.edu.

Before completing the application, review the job description and verify that you meet the minimum requirements, including a residency requirement. The Civil Service application must be completed in its entirety to be accepted. Attaching a resume is acceptable but it does not replace completing Section 13 of the Civil Service Application. The description of duties should be relevant to the position you are applying for. Before submitting your application, please ensure the correct title of the position is on the top of the first page of the application.

Applications will not be accepted if submitted after the application deadline.

CAMPUS SAFETY REPORT

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, without exception, prepare, publish and distribute an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the College's crime statistics for the past three years; and the availability regarding the College's current campus security policies. SUNY Schenectady County Community College's Annual Security Report is available here.

SUNY Schenectady is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United Stated and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

URL: sunysccc.edu/About-Us/Office-of-Human-Resources/Civil-Service-Vacancies.html

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