Recruitment #22-0214-01
Date Opened | 11/10/2022 12:00:00 AM |
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Filing Deadline | 12/5/2022 5:00:00 PM |
Salary | $34.73 - $46.50/hour; $72,238.40 - $96,720.00/year |
Employment Type |
Permanent Full-Time Employment
|
HR Analyst | Nicole Lewis-Bolton |
Department | Alameda County Health |
Work Location |
San Leandro
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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 Application or Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification
Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only be accepted online.
Alameda County, located on the east side of San Francisco Bay, is California's seventh-largest county. The County employs 9,700 full-time employees and operates on an annual budget of $3.4 billion. Oakland, the County seat, is California's eighth largest city. One and a half million people call Alameda County home and live in a variety of incorporated cities, unincorporated communities and rural areas. As a major urban county, Alameda provides a full range of services to its citizens. The County is a blend of culturally and ethnically diverse communities, and its mixture of cosmopolitan and suburban areas provides the perfect environment for families and their active lifestyles. The County offers extensive cultural resources, countless recreational opportunities and an array of fine public and private colleges and universities.
THE VACANCIES
The immediate vacancies are in the Health Care Services Agency. However, the eligible list resulting from this recruitment may be used by any County department or agency needing to fill a vacancy.
THE POSITION
Under direction, to provide professional-level financial services in areas of budget development and processing, contract negotiation and administration, financial planning and monitoring, financial accounting and reporting, and grants management to County departments and agencies; to conduct a variety of studies and inquiries and perform financial analytic and administrative work; and to do related work as required.
Financial Services Specialist I/II is a flexibly staffed class series with the work normally performed at the II level, but with initial selection possible at the I or entry level. Incumbents hired at the I level will be expected to gain experience and demonstrate proficiency which qualifies them to promote to the II level after the equivalent of two years full time service. If proficient, incumbents will be eligible to be flexibly promoted to the II level after the equivalent of one year. Appointment at the I level will not be extended beyond two years.
Positions in this class series are normally found in County departments with multiple budgets and funding sources and/or with extensive contracting with service providers or community-based organizations. In addition to the provision of financial services, responsibilities also include performing general administrative services work, planning and conducting analytical studies and overseeing support functions and staff. Although the work is diverse, all positions are typically characterized by all of the following elements:
This series is distinguished from the Administrative Specialist class series, which has primary responsibility for the provision of more general administrative services in such areas as personnel, purchasing, contracting, budgeting and departmental communications. It is further distinguished from Senior Financial Services Specialist, which is a skilled, technical specialist class with a primary role in financial strategic planning and policy development.
For a detailed listing of the essential responsibilities and core competency requirements for this position, please click here for the job specification.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications and knowledge and skills below, the ideal candidate will have demonstrated a track record of success in the following:
The minimum requirements for admission to the competitive assessment
process include:
Either I
The equivalent of one year full-time experience in the class of Financial Services Specialist I in the Alameda County classified service.
Or II
Education:
Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university (180 quarter units or 120 semester units) with major coursework in business or public administration, accounting, economics, financial planning or a field related to the work. (Additional professional financial planning and support experience equivalent to the County’s classification of Financial Services Specialist I may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.)
And
Experience:
Equivalent to one year of full-time professional-level experience in areas of budget development and processing, contract negotiation and administration, financial planning and monitoring, financial accounting and reporting, grant management or similar financial services equivalent to that performed by the Alameda County classified service of Financial Services Specialist I.
Licenses: Specified positions may require possession of a valid California driver's license.
NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.
NOTE: The level and scope of the following knowledge and abilities are related to duties listed under the "Examples of Duties" section of this specification.
The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:
Knowledge of:
• Principles and practices of governmental budget development and administration.
• Principles and practices of contract and grant administration.
• Financial record-keeping and auditing practices.
• Practices and techniques of administrative analysis and report preparation.
• Applicable federal, state and local policies and regulations.
• Computer applications related to the work, such as word processing, data bases and spreadsheets. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook.
• Office administrative practices and procedures, including records management and the operation of standard office equipment.
Ability to:
• Develop and administer multiple budgets.
• Monitor fiscal transactions and audit fiscal records and documentation.
• Plan and conduct administrative and operational studies.
• Interpret, explain and apply financial regulations, policies and procedures.
• Direct the work of others on a project or day-to-day basis.
• Prepare clear and accurate reports, correspondence, procedures and other written materials.
• Represent the department and the County in meetings with others.
• Organize and prioritize work and meet critical deadlines.
• Maintain accurate financial records and audit data.
• Exercise sound independent judgment within established policies and guidelines.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Clearly and effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing; write contract documents, electronic mail, and Board letters to the Board of Supervisors at a professional skill level.
• Communicate fluently using the English language to present and request information to/from internal and external customers effectively by phone or in person.
The examination will consist of the following steps:
1) A review of applicants' applications to verify
possession of minimum requirements.
2) Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements
for the classification will move on to the next step in the examination process
which is a review of candidates' Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best
qualified applicants to continue in the process.
3) Those candidates selected as best qualified will move on
to the next step in the examination process, an oral interview examination which
will be weighted as 100% of the candidate's final examination score. The oral
interview examination may contain situational exercises.
CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH
PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.
We reserve the right to make changes to the announced
examination components.
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 |
5:00pm, Monday, December
5, 2022 |
Review of Minimum Qualification |
December 5, 2022 |
Review of Supplemental Questionnaires for
Best Qualified |
TBD |
Oral Interview Examination** |
TBD |
**The
combined oral examination/hiring interview, in addition to establishing an
eligibility list, may serve as the final selection interview for vacancies in
this classification.
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 statues. 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/divisions/ps/application.htm
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.
** 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.
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have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @jobaps.com, @acgov.org,
nonreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org, 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
boxes Noreply@jobaps.com and nonreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org, are routed to unmonitored
mailboxes. 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 job announcement for the recruitment for
which you have applied.
Nicole
Lewis-Bolton, Human Resources Analyst
Human
Resource Services, County of Alameda
(510)
272-6468 • nicole.lewis-bolton@acgov.org
Disaster Service
Worker
All Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law. Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.
Equal Employment
Opportunity
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.