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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 04/27/17

Applications Due05/07/17

Vacancy ID38626

NY HELPNo

AgencyInformation Technology Services, Office of

TitleStudent Assistants/NY.Gov Digital Team (2 positions)

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary GradeNS

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

Salary RangeFrom $18.92 to $21.23 Hourly

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Temporary

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

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? No

County Albany

Street Address Empire State Plaza

Corning Tower

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12226

Minimum Qualifications • Must be a US citizen or foreign national eligible to work in the United States
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must be currently attending a New York State college, university or graduate program, or be a resident of New York State attending a college, university or graduate program outside of New York State
Preferred qualifications:
• Preferred Senior level college student; minimum junior level college student
• Major in Information Technology or Engineering
• Must have completed a minimum of one (1) year as a student at a degree-granting two or four-year college or university (completion of one year’s worth of academic credits over a more extended period of time may qualify part-time students)
• Or currently enrolled graduate student or accepted in a graduate degree program
• Must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or equivalent to a C.

Duties Description Work closely with Content Producers on the NY.Gov Digital Team to post content to the Governor and NY.Gov websites. Tasks could include:
- Post Governor’s schedules every morning
- Post translations of press releases, schedules and executive orders to Governor’s website
- Review & post press releases
- Crop images for website
- Update NY.Gov and Governor homepages
- Work on long and short term projects relating to content on NY.Gov and Governor.ny.gov
- Take meeting notes
- Assist with creating and posting content to NYGov and TasteNY social media channels.

Flexible hours – could work as early as 8:30AM – 6:00PM.

Preferred skills:

-- Photoshop – Beginner level (cropping / resizing of images)
-- Experience with content management systems, particularly Drupal is a plus
-- Basic HTML coding
-- Excellent spelling and grammar
-- Ability to work under pressure and quickly
-- Strong communication skills
-- Detail oriented, extremely organized
-- Knowledge of NYS Government / politics; news savvy

Additional Comments Fingerprinting will be required of hired candidates.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Lisa Herman

Telephone 518-473-0398

Fax 518-402-4924

Email Address HR.Recruitment@its.ny.gov

Address

Street Empire State Plaza

PO Box 2062

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12220

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease send a resume and cover letter indicating that you are applying for a Student Assistant-NY.Gov Digital team position no later than May 7, 2017 ATTENTION: Lisa Herman.

Your social security number may be required in order to confirm your eligibility.

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