Salary Range: $36,232
Salary Determination
Starting salary rates are based on multiples
factors which may include the position’s major responsibilities, the applicant’s background including education, work experience, and key
competencies, the university’s strategic priorities, internal peer equity and external market analyses, applicable federal, state, and local
laws and negotiated labor contracts.
Is this a temporary position?
No
Position
Summary
This position will support the office staff with clerical processing of forms, compiling information packets, data
entry for confirming placements, supporting administration of the on-line coaching certification program, and handling all front office
reception.
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What
makes SUNY Cortland a great place to work?
* Our positions provide predictable salary progressions, and many offer
permanency.
* Generous benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, various retirement program options, paid family
leave and/or parental leaves, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, long term disability and tuition reimbursement.
* SUNY
Cortland prioritizes work-life balance and well-being in all forms. The university’s state-of-the-art Student Life Center is free for
employees to use, with membership options for families. SUNY Cortland’s Child Care Center welcomes the children of employees and community
members, as space allows. Alternate work schedules are available with a supervisor’s approval.
* Professional development opportunities
exist through training, continuing education programs, tuition reimbursement and conference travel, based on funding.
* Cortland County
and surrounding areas offer easy access to arts, entertainment, outdoor recreation and much more. Experience Cortland dives deep into the region’s
offerings
Major Responsibilities
Front Desk/Reception Duties:
- Front
desk/office reception, greet and direct students and answer phones. - Interact in a positive manner with other office staff, students,
faculty and other visitors to the office.
Clerical Duties:
- Provide clerical support for a
range of responsibilities and programming including administration of the online coaching certification courses, compiling and distributing
information packets, helping with college partnership programs, conferences and meetings, and coordinating clerical support as needed for
meetings and events. - Manage copying and mailings (assembling, delivery and pickup) and maintaining inventory of supplies and
university apparel and merchandise.
Data Entry:
- Use database daily for updating, management
and reporting of placements for accreditation. - Manipulate and create spreadsheets for maintaining student records and
reporting. - Support the program aide and administrative assistant as needed, in updating, adding and maintaining student records,
both in hard copy and digitally. - Maintain appropriate files (electronic and hard copy) pertaining to placements and student
records.
Training:
- Participate in continuing education activities such as computer
classes/programs and other relevant professional development.
Functional and Supervisory
Relationships
Reports to Director and works closely with all other staff members, Program Aide, Field Placement
Coordinators and Administrative Assistant.
Required Qualifications
1. Permanent Competitive
Appointment Options:
To be appointed on a PERMANENT basis to this title, you must hold or have held the title of Office
Assistant 1 (Keyboarding) or be reachable on the full-time NYS Civil Service list and respond to canvass letter that will be emailed to
people on the eligible list. You may also qualify if you are permanent in the following title: Office Assistant 1.
2.
Non-Competitive Appointment Option:
This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement
Statewide Program (NY HELPS).
For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive
appointment, which means no examination is required, but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they
apply.
At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), employees hired under NY HELPS will have their
non-competitive status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS
title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified
NON-COMPETITIVE
QUALIFICATIONS-There is no minimum education or experience requirements for this title.
About the
University
A top public university of approximately 6,600 students located in the geographic center of New York State,
SUNY Cortland provides accessible, affordable education to students from across the U.S. body. One of 13 comprehensive universities in the
State University of New York system, SUNY Cortland prides itself on its rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs in the liberal arts,
sciences, education, and professional studies. For more than 150 years, SUNY Cortland has provided unmistakable value for students seeking a
well-rounded academic, athletic, and social experience. The University ranks among the top campuses in the nation on Money magazine’s “Best
Colleges for Your Money List,” fields a powerhouse Division III athletics program and boasts an impressive network of alumni making a
difference in education, business, government, fitness, medicine and many other fields.
EEO Statement
The
State University of New York at Cortland is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity/Americans with Disabilities Act (AA/EEO/ADA)
employer. The university actively seeks applications from women, veterans, individuals with a disability, members of underrepresented groups
or anyone that would enrich the diversity of the university.
Job Close Date: 02/19/2026
Posting
Number: S25081




