Administrative Specialist , Trainee

Position: Administrative Specialist 1, Trainee 1 / 2
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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 02/27/26

Applications Due
03/13/26

Vacancy ID210463

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NY HELPYes

Agency

NYS Gaming Commission

Title Administrative Specialist 1, Trainee 1 / 2

Occupational Category Administrative or General Management

Salary GradeNS

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary Range From $53764 to $85138 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 5%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Schenectady

Street Address 354 Broadway

City Schenectady

StateNY

Zip Code
12305

Duties Description Under the general direction of the Administrative Specialist 2, the incumbent will review and monitor various requests and perform payroll calculations. Specific responsibilities include:

* Review various requests from the tracks and OTBs, ensuring completeness of the request, and prepare items to be presented to the NYS Gaming Commission for consideration for approval or denial.

* Monitor the Equine Breakdown Database to ensure the information is up to date and entered correctly.

* Assist the Director of Racing Officials with payroll calculations for the Division's per diem employees assigned to track locations on a bi-weekly basis.

* Assist Human Resources by tracking mandatory training completion of all per diem employees assigned to the track locations.

* Assist with FOIL requests received by the division

* Contributes to the development of audit plans and programs that are easy to follow, detailed and written to accomplish audit objective.

* Assist in the review of the Division's internal controls.

* Assist in the review and approval of Division level requests.

* Other tasks as assigned by Division management.

Minimum Qualifications Permanent

Qualification:

Candidates must currently be a permanent Administrative Specialist 1

OR

Eligible List Appointment:
Candidates must either be a Gaming Commission employee reachable for appointment from the current internal Public Administration Traineeship Transition (PATT) eligible list; OR be reachable on the current statewide PATT (if internal list is exhausted) OR have standing and be reachable on the current Professional Careers Opportunities (PCO) eligible list.

OR

Transfer

Qualification:

Candidates must be a current New York State employee eligible for transfer under Section 70.1, 70.4 or 52.6 of the Civil Service Law.

OR

Open to the Public:

Administrative Specialist Trainee 1:

Four years of experience
* performing or overseeing budget, human resources, and business services activities for an organization or program.

Administrative Specialist Trainee 2:

Five years of experience
* performing or overseeing budget, human resources, and business services activities for an organization or program.

Administrative Specialist 1:

Six years of experience
* performing or overseeing budget, human resources, and business services activities for an organization or program.

* An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor's degree may substitute for four years of experience; a master's degree may substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate may substitute for six years of experience.

If qualifying with degree, proof of degree is required with your application.

* Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S.…