Office Assistant 1 (Mail Room) - SUNY Maritime College - Military veterans preferred

SUNY Maritime College

Location: Bronx, NY Category: Service, Construction, Maintenance & Skilled Trades Posted On: Thu Aug 14 2025 Job Description:

Mail and Supply

• 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 files, correspondence, documents, records, materials, and stores pursuant to guidelines.
• Maintain various listings for mail service purposes.
• Process outgoing mail by inserting letters into envelops, sealing envelopes, and applying correct postage.
• May operate a motor vehicle to pick up and deliver mail.

General Office Support

• 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.

Keyboarding and Document Preparation

• Type, proofread, review, and correct correspondence, documents, records, and other written material.
• Transcribe hand-written materials.
• Make appropriate corrections for 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 display data.
• May also prepare routine reports or assist others in the preparation of reports, following established guidelines.

Record-keeping and Filing

• Maintain, 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.

Data Entry and Verification

• 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.

Inventory

• 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 procedure.
• May package goods for shipment.
• Take periodic physical inventory and maintain perpetual inventory records.
• Keep shelves and stock clean, neat, and in proper place.
  

Required Qualifications:

Must have taken and passed the specific job related Civil Service exam and be reachable on the appropriate Civil Service list

Special Notes: This is classified appointment, FLSA non-exempt position, that is, eligible for overtime. The hiring rate for the full-time position is $36,232 annually, with an outstanding benefits package. For additional information please see the

Internal and external search to occur simultaneously.

Job Type: State Classified

External Posting: 08/14/2025 - 08/24/2025

Line Item #: 43027

SUNY Maritime College is an Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disabled/Affirmative Action employer, committed to recruiting, supporting and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. For our full non-discrimination statement, see: Affirmative Action.

SUNY Maritime College is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its students, faculty, staff, volunteers and the general public that use our facilities. Therefore, in order to ensure the hiring of employees of the highest integrity and to maintain a safe campus community, SUNY Maritime College will conduct pre-employment background investigations on all individuals for whom employment is to be offered.

SUNY Maritime is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning and working environment.

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.

In accordance with the Title II Crime Awareness and Security Act, a copy of our crime statistics is available upon request by calling (718) 409-7305. It can also be viewed online by selecting University Police > Safety Information > Clery Safety Report (Annual Security & File Safety).

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