Personnel Transactions Assistant

City of New YorkNew York City, NY

About The Position

The Personnel Transactions Unit is seeking to hire a detailed-oriented individual to serve as a Personnel Transactions Assistant. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to join a fast-paced division and will be responsible for pre-hire processing, onboarding, new employee support, and working closely with hiring managers to ensure a seamless onboarding experience.

Requirements

  • Must be a current City employee serving permanently in the title of Principal Administrative Associate or reachable on the Principal Administrative Associate Open Competitive Civil Service list, Exam #1128.
  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience, one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty.
  • An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in '1' above.
  • A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in '1' above.
  • Education and/or experience equivalent to '1', '2', or '3' above.
  • Must possess the one year of administrative or supervisory experience as described in '1' above.

Nice To Haves

  • Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the one year of administrative or supervisory experience described in "1" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½ years.

Responsibilities

  • Communicating with candidates, Hiring Plan Unit and divisional hiring managers to support pre-hire requirements, and gather necessary documents for processing.
  • Processing new appointments, title changes, promotions and transfers.
  • Providing third party fingerprinting instructions for IdentoGo to new hires.
  • Conduct new hire orientation and serve as a point of contact for the new employees throughout the onboarding period.
  • Coordinate the issuance and replacement of ID cards with DOT security.
  • Responsible for issuing and processing DP-2001’s/TPF’s (Travelling Personnel Folders) requests for transferred employees.
  • Batching employee’s personnel documentation for background investigations.
  • Processing civil service transactions including DP72 and DP 189.
  • Utilize PMS and NYCAPS to obtain various information.
  • Update and maintain records in Transactions databases.
  • Perform related duties as required, answer inquiries, resolve problems and respond to requests via telephone, email and in-person.
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