ERIE
COUNTY
CIVIL
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC
ERIE COUNTY IS AN
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Please refer to our internet address at: www.erie.gov
A NON-REFUNDABLE $20.00 PROCESSING FEE
OR APPLICATION FEE WAIVER AND CERTIFICATION FORM MUST ACCOMPANY EACH APPLICATION
(CHECK OR MONEY
ORDER ONLY – PAYABLE TO: ERIE COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL)
See reverse
side of this announcement for fee waiver information
PERSONNEL
SPECIALIST
NO. 69-032 $45,831 - $60,547
RESIDENCE
REQUIREMENTS: CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN LEGAL RESIDENTS OF
ERIE COUNTY FOR AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE
WRITTEN TEST AND MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ERIE COUNTY AT THE TIME OF
APPOINTMENT. At present there is one
vacancy in the Department of Personnel.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must meet the following
requirements on or before the date of the written test: Graduation from a regionally accredited or
New York State registered four year college or university with a bachelor’s
degree and four years of experience in position classification and job
evaluation.
NOTE: Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State
registered four year college or university with a Master’s Degree in Personnel,
Public or Business Administration may be substituted for two years of the
required experience.
NOTE: 1 Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer
experience will be pro-rated toward meeting the experience requirements. 2.
Your degree and/or college credit must have been awarded by a regionally
accredited college or university or one recognized by the New York State
Education Department as following acceptable educational practices. A grade of “D” or better is necessary for a
course to be credited as successfully completed. If your degree and/or college credit was awarded by an
educational institution outside of the United States and its territories, you
must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can write to this Department for a list of acceptable
companies providing this service; you must pay the required evaluation fee.
NOTICE: Erie County no longer
maintains a file of applicant transcripts.
Exam applicants must be prepared to provide documentation of educational
qualifications (transcript, diploma, etc.) to the hiring agency prior to
appointment. Documentation may also be
submitted with the exam application.
DUTIES: A Personnel
Specialist supervises and participates in various technical areas of
public personnel administration for County service; towns and villages, and
Special Districts; supervises and participates in such major areas as carrying
out the provisions of the civil service rules, maintenance of classification
and compensation plan, and general personnel administration; supervises
employees engaged in such activities as certification of eligible lists,
payroll certification, position classification, salary surveys, writing class
specifications, publicizing examinations, approving personnel changes;
supervises employees by scheduling work, making assignments, training and
developing staff, reviewing work, evaluating performance, shifting employees to
meet work loads, and assisting employees with work problems; participates in
the more complex work activities such as interpreting rules, titling and
classification problems, meetings with departmental representatives on
application of civil service rules and negotiating personnel recommendations,
and conducting informal salary and classification hearings with employees;
makes special studies on development of programs, impact of proposed decisions,
organizational changes and legislation of personnel activities; prepares
reports, memoranda and draft correspondence for use by the Personnel Officer;
contacts departmental representatives on interpretation of rules, questions of
procedures and technical problems; supervises and participates in the review
and disposition of applications for civil service examinations; develops
methods and procedures to carry out activities of department and a system of
records, files, and reports to facilitate management analysis and control;
prepares bulletins on changes and new developments for issue to departments;
participates in collective bargaining negotiations with employee groups and
provides background material relative to results of salary, fringe benefit and
personnel practice surveys.
A medical examination may be required before
appointment.
VETERANS: PROOF
OF SERVICE MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE LIST IS ESTABLISHED
TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS. (See application for more information.)
NOTICES TO APPEAR FOR THE
EXAMINATION ARE MAILED APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE EXAMINATION DATE
EXAMINATION DATE
A P R I L 2 8,
2 0 0 7
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SEE REVERSE SIDE
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APPLICATIONS
MUST BE
POSTMARKED BY M A R C H 2 8, 2 0 0 7
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SUBJECT
OF EXAMINATION: The written test is designed to test for
knowledge, skills, and/or abilities in such areas as:
1.
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATION - These questions test
for knowledge of position classification in the public sector. Questions may
cover such areas as general objectives of a classification system; job audits
and classification surveys; position allocation; and class specifications.
2.
INTERVIEWING - These questions test for knowledge of the principles
and practices employed in obtaining information from individuals through
structured conversations. These questions require you to apply the principles,
practices, and techniques of effective interviewing to hypothetical
interviewing situations. Included are questions that present a problem arising
from an interviewing situation, and you must choose the most appropriate course
of action to take.
3.
PREPARING WRITTEN
MATERIAL - These questions test for
the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize
paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given
information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the
information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you
will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then
choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.
4.
PUBLIC PERSONNEL
ADMINISTRATION - These questions test
for knowledge of the principles and practices used in applying New York State,
federal, and local laws, rules, and policies to situations encountered in
planning and executing the personnel functions in a government agency.
Questions may cover such areas as recruitment, selection, and placement;
position classification; performance evaluation; and employee relations.
5.
SUPERVISION - These questions test for knowledge of the principles
and practices employed in planning, organizing, and controlling the activities
of a work unit toward predetermined objectives. The concepts covered, usually
in a situational question format, include such topics as assigning and
reviewing work; evaluating performance; maintaining work standards; motivating
and developing subordinates; implementing procedural change; increasing
efficiency; and dealing with problems of absenteeism, morale, and discipline.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES: Unless
otherwise noted, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand held, solar or
battery powered calculators. Devices
with typewriter keyboards, "Spell Checkers", " Personal Digital
Assistants", "Address Books", "Language Translators",
"Dictionaries", or any similar devices are prohibited. You may not bring books or other reference
materials.
NOTICE TO
CANDIDATES WHO ARE ALSO TAKING ANOTHER CIVIL SERVICE EXAM(S) ON THIS DATE (See
Below)
(IF YOU ARE TAKING 2 OR MORE ERIE COUNTY
EXAMS ON THIS DATE IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO CALL)
INFORMATION
FOR CANDIDATES