JOB APPLICATIONS WANTED TITLE:Executive AssistantLOCATION:City of Ithaca - Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC)SALARY:$48,613, with subsequent increases to $58,336The City of Ithaca values diverse perspectives and life experiences. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply, including people of color, women, LGBTQ+, veterans, people with disabilities, and those with lived experiences. POSITION DESCRIPTION: The work involves responsibility for performing highly complex administrative support duties and tasks to further the overall work of the department or program assigned. Incumbents typically serve as a personal administrative assistant to the head of a department or major division, relieving them of administrative and business details and resolving day-to-day operational problems. Additionally, the incumbent will be responsible for entering and retrieving information from a computer database/spreadsheet and query and generate reports as required to support technical and professional staff involved in a program. This position is distinguished from that of Office Assistant and Keyboard Specialist by virtue of its expanded scope of program support tasks and increased level of decision-making. The work is performed under the general supervision of an administrator with considerable leeway allowed for the use of independent judgment in carrying out the details of the work. Supervision may be exercised over the work of clerical subordinates. Does related work as required. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Possession of an Associate’s degree in secretarial science, office management, office technology, business administration or a closely related field and two (2) years of full-time paid clerical experience, or its part-time and/or volunteer equivalent, which involved the operation of a computer for word-processing, database or spreadsheet applications; orGraduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and four (4) years of experience as defined in (A); or An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B).Note: College degrees 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 and/or U.S. Secretary of Education. If an applicant’s degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, the applicant must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found at https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. Applicants are responsible for payment of the required evaluation fee.RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS: There are no residency requirements for this position. APPOINTMENT STATUS AND EXAM REQUIREMENT:  This will be a provisional appointment pending the results of a civil service examination to be scheduled at a later date.  Permanent appointment will be dependent upon the candidate's exam score. To view the complete job description visit: http://www.cityofithaca.org/302/Job-Descriptions.APPLICATION MATERIALS REQUIRED: City of Ithaca applicationCopy of high school and college transcriptsApplications must be received by the City of Ithaca Human Resources Department no later than 4:30 PM EST on the last filing date indicated below. All applications must be submitted electronically through our online application program. We do not accept paper applications, faxed applications, e-mailed applications or photocopies of applications. Submit required application materials by October 18, 2023:City of IthacaHuman Resources DepartmentWeb site: https://ithaca-portal.mycivilservice.comWe would love to have you on our team! We hope to hear from you soon!Issued: October 3, 2023