Recruitment #18-1120-01
Date Opened | 8/15/2018 12:00:00 AM |
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Filing Deadline | 9/10/2018 5:00:00 PM |
Salary | $23.56 - $26.51/hour; $45,942.00 - $51,694.50/year |
Employment Type |
Permanent Full-Time Employment
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HR Analyst | Debra Robinson |
Department | Alameda County Health |
Work Location |
Oakland
San Leandro |
THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year, but can be extended.
Application and Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Application and Supplemental Questionnaire must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. These documents will only be accepted on-line. Failure to submit a complete application by the last day to file will result in disqualification.
THE POSITION:
Clerk II is the journey level general clerical classification. Incumbents in this class perform functions which require the exercise of initiative and judgment. Incumbents perform a wide variety of moderately difficult clerical work, requiring the ability to choose among a limited number of alternatives in solving routine problems. Incumbents are assigned duties involving work with a variety of documents, formats or persons, frequently involving arithmetic calculations, typing specific information from a group of standardized source documents for entry into a data processing system, or performing a search and retrieval of computer file information by way of computer terminal (CRT) or personal computer. Positions at this level require that incumbents have the ability to identify errors in basic English spelling and grammar or arithmetic in documents which generally are not reviewed for technical detail or accuracy.
The eligible list established following this recruitment process will be used to fill vacancies in this classification that are located throughout Alameda County. The current vacancies, in this classification, are in the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, Alameda County Probation Department, and the Alameda County Social Services Agency.
Either I -
The equivalent of six months of experience in the class of Clerk I in the Alameda County classified service. (Non-classified includes District Attorney’s Office, Hospital Authority, and the Consolidated Courts.)
Or II -
The equivalent of one year full time experience in clerical work.
Or III -
Completion of a post high school clerical training program from a business school, vocational training center, or a clerical internship program which would enable the applicant to acquire the knowledge and abilities listed below.
License: Possession of a valid Driver’s license may be required for certain positions.
NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.
The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:
Knowledge of:
• Basic elements of correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and arithmetic.
• General office practices, equipment, business correspondence.
• Multi-line telephone system.
Ability to:
• Perform general clerical work (typing, filing, reception) and learn the specific operations, procedures, and equipment of the office.
• Perform arithmetical computations.
• Understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relations with the public, and other employees.
• Identify and correct errors in basic spelling, English grammar and math.
• Learn specific operations and procedures of job.
• Plan and organize one's own workload and files.
• Screen telephone calls and take complete and accurate messages.
Selective Certification Criteria:
A. For positions requiring the ability to type at a speed of not less than 40 net words per minute from clear copy. Typing occupies more than 10 percent of working time.
B. For positions required to type at a speed of not less than 40 net words per minute from clear copy, and to transcribe dictation from dictating equipment. Transcription occupies more than 10 percent of working time. (Candidates indicating a willingness to use dictating equipment will be certified to those positions where using the equipment is required, without having to take a performance test).
Alternate Range Criteria:
1. For positions required to transcribe dictation from dictating machine recording, these duties occupying more than 10 percent of working time.
The examination will consist of the following steps:
Candidates must attain a qualifying rating on each portion of this recruitment.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS.
Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.
To learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please visit the “What You Need to Know” section of our website, www.acgov.org/hrs.
Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN
Deadline for Filing:
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Monday, September 10, 2018 |
Review of Applications and Supplemental Questionnaire for Minimum Qualifications: |
September 28, 2018 |
Written Test:
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Week of October 8, 2018 |
Oral Interviews
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Week of November 12, 2018 |
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN
Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda County’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement before the last date of filing. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.
For more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website, www.acgov.org/hrs
Alameda County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many different employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall well being. These benefits include but are not limited to*:
For your Health & Well-Being
For your Financial Future
For your Work/Life Balance
*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a brief summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.
All notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @acgov.org and alamedacountyHR@acgov.org as accepted addresses to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised to regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to check for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account by clicking on the 'My applications' button on the Current Job Openings page.
Please take the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.
NOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box alamedacountyHR@acgov.org are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. If you have questions please go to our website at www.acgov.org/hrs. You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the bulletin for the recruitment for which you have applied.
Debra Robinson-Harris, Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services Division, County of Alameda
510-272-6437; Email: debra.robinson@acgov.org
www.acgov.org/hrs
Alameda County is an Equal Opportunity Employer