Human Resource Services
Alameda Skyline

Departmental Facilities Manager

Recruitment #20-0223-02

Introduction

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.

Applications must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.

Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only be accepted on-line.

DESCRIPTION

THE POSITION

Under direction, to plan, manage, direct, and coordinate all matters concerning building and facility activities for a County department or agency; work with executive departmental management staff to identify facilities related requirements, coordinate with internal departments to facilitate moves and renovations, and/or new facility planning and development, participates in long range facility planning and is responsible for coordination with the General Services Agency (GSA) staff on facility move implementation and redesign; supervise paraprofessional and/or professional subordinate employees providing support to building and facilities activities and to do related work as required.

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THE VACANCIES

We are currently recruiting to establish a countywide eligible list that will be used by any County department or agency needing to fill a vacancy in this classification. There are immediate vacancies in the Alameda County Probation Department and the Alameda County Library.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications below, ideal candidates will also exemplify the following critical attributes for success:  

  • A strong understanding of budget, workflow and contract monitoring to ensure expenditures are within established guideline.
  • A strong collaborator and consensus builder with exceptional organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to plan and organize work for self and others in order to ensure that work is completed efficiently and in a timely manner.  
  • The ability to adjust, and maintain effectiveness of self and others when experiencing changes while working within new structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
  • The ability to identify opportunities and take action to build strategic relationships to achieve business goals.
  • A detail oriented strategic thinker with business acumen and the ability to use one’s understanding of major business functions and industry trends to develop and accomplish departmental facility-related goals.
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills, highly adept at interacting effectively with stakeholders including vendors, departmental program and executive directors, contractors, county staff, and the public.
  • A problem-solver with high standards for quality and who makes sound decisions to solve problems by taking action that is consistent with all available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
  • The ability to independently prioritize tasks, work on multiple projects simultaneously, and establish a course of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Possession of a Bachelor's degree from a four-year accredited college or university (180 quarter units or 120 semester units) with a major in Facilities Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Real Estate, Planning and Development, Construction Management or a closely related field.

And
Experience:


The equivalent of three (3) years of full-time professional level relevant experience independently providing complex administrative or management services, which included planning, organizing and conducting high level administrative, organizational or related studies preferable related to development and management of capital projects, renovation or remodeling of commercial structures. One year of the required experience must have included supervision of staff.

(Additional professional administrative services comparable to above qualifying experience may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis but will not substitute for the supervision experience.)

License:

Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicles Operator's License.

NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:

Knowledge of:

  • Principles and practices of employee supervision
  • Methods and techniques relative to long range capital facilities planning 
  • Principles and procedures related to remodeling and redesign of office facilities 
  • The process and steps involving land acquisition and development 
  • Accepted principles and practices of facilities management 
  • Laws pertaining to property and facilities management 
  • Governmental, economic, maintenance and environmental factors influencing facilities and real property 
  • The principles of budgeting, finance and evaluation of services 
  • Federal, state and county level disaster recovery and emergency operations plans and principles

Ability to:

  • Effectively plan and direct the work of subordinate employees
  • Analyze data and make decisions for handling facility needs 
  • Resolve customer complaints 
  • Monitor facilities management transaction impact within the Department Agency 
  • Effectively supervise and evaluate subordinate employees and contractors 
  • Set goals and ensure that they are followed 
  • Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with departmental representatives, the business and professional community, other public agencies, service and maintenance providers, members of the public and subordinates 
  • Read plans and specifications 
  • Plan and prioritize facility needs and monitor work done by service providers 
  • Prepare and present written and oral reports, correspondence and work plans

EXAMINATION COMPONENTS

The examination will consist of the following steps:

  1. A review of candidates' application to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.
  2. A review of the supplemental questionnaire to determine the best qualified.
  3. An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the candidates' final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.

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.

Selection Plan

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

5:00 PM, Monday, October 26, 2020 

Review of Minimum Qualifications:

Monday, November 2, 2020

TBD

Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified:

Week of November 16, 2020

TBD

Oral Examination:

Week of December 14, 2020

Week of January 11, 2021

**updated 11/04/2020, TG,  **updated 12/07/2020, TG

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.

BENEFITS

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

  • Medical – HMO & PPO Plans
  • Dental – HMO & PPO Plans
  • Vision or Vision Reimbursement
  • Share the Savings
  • Basic Life Insurance 
  • Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance 
  • County Allowance Credit
  • Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
  • Short-Term Disability Insurance
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
  • Employee Assistance Program

For your Financial Future

  • Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
  • Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)

For your Work/Life Balance

  • 11 paid holidays
  • Floating Holidays
  • Vacation and sick leave accrual
  • Vacation purchase program
  • Management Paid Leave**
  • Catastrophic Sick Leave
  • Group Auto/Home Insurance
  • Pet Insurance
  • Commuter Benefits Program
  • Guaranteed Ride Home
  • Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)
  • Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)
  • Child Care Resources
  • 1st United Services Credit Union 

*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.

** Non-exempt management employees are entitled to up to three days of management paid leave. Exempt management employees are entitled to up to seven days of management paid leave.

Conclusion

All notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Notices will be sent from Noreply@jobaps.com . Please add @jobaps.com and Noreply@jobaps.com 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 Noreply@jobaps.com 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.

Tracy Gonzalez, Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services, County of Alameda
510-272-5085; Email: Tracy.Gonzalez@acgov.org
www.acgov.org/hrs

Alameda County has a diverse workforce, that is representative of the communities we serve, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance and business need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors protected under federal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace environment.