Job Opportunities

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

The Department of Finance at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Staff Assistant, Residential Life & Services. The successful candidate will:

• Use computer including word processing programs, database applications, desktop publishing, handles filing, office correspondence, reports, and memos; administers daily office systems.
• Supervise and schedule Student Assistants and Federal Work-Study staff for the office.
• Prepare of appropriate documents pertaining to hiring and termination for submission to Human Resources.
• Assists in coordinating, opening and closing special events and summer conferences and/or summer housing procedures.
• Track building occupancy (including transient housing) billing, using Banner; generate and report occupancy weekly (i.e. occupancy and vacancy reports).
• Oversee the mall distribution process for residents and the office, ensuring the effectiveness and accuracy of the mail and parcel services.
• Complete monthly inventory of all office supplies and borrowed items; prepare and submit purchase requisitions for replacement of supplies.
• Within a twenty-four-hour period, complete administrative assignments as requested by Director including typing memos, taking and typing meeting minutes and generate reports related to all departmental operations.

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 2+ years of administrative, customer service and service recovery experience.
• Or a satisfactory equivalent combination of experience, training and education to the above. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday; 8:30am to 4:40pm (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu