Human Resource Services
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Temporary Janitor (Professional Technical Specialist I)

Recruitment #13-0610N-01

Introduction

The Temporary Assignment Pool (TAP) Program is administered by the Human Resource Services Agency.  The primary goal of TAP is to maintain a qualified and diverse candidate pool to provide immediate, administrative and technical staffing support to all Alameda County departments. Temporary employees play a vital role at Alameda County and assist in fulfilling the County’s mission to enrich the lives of Alameda County residents through visionary policies, accessible, responsible, and effective services. The TAP program provides an avenue for temporary employees to gain valuable work experience.

APPLY IMMEDIATELY AS THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME 

APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ON-LINE

DESCRIPTION

The TAP Program is seeking qualified candidates for temporary Janitor positions for General Services Agency (GSA).  Incumbents are responsible for the Janitorial services for the County of Alameda including sweeping, moping, vacuuming, dusting, disinfecting bathrooms, keeping them well stocked.

Employees perform these services in order to provide coverage to agencies/departments for special projects, long-term leave, related temporary staffing needs or to temporarily fill a vacant position during a recruitment process.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES 

The class series of Professional Technical Specialist SAN (TAP) is composed of positions that are on a temporary basis through Alameda County Temporary Assignment Pool (TAP) Program. The duration of an assignment will vary depending on the need. Employees are appointed provisionally and provide services to departments/agencies countywide. Responsibilities are determined for the specific positions within the department/agency where the employee is assigned and the employee will report to a department supervisor.

This class series is distinguished from permanent full-time classifications in that employees in these classifications perform duties on a temporary basis as determined by the assignment, project or program needs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

Candidates must have an equivalent of six months full-time janitorial experience in offices or an institution.

License:
Some positions may require a valid California Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.

Special Requirement:
Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance.

CLASS SPEC HISTORY

TB:pf 10/20/03
Newspecs: 0610-0611.doc
CSC Date: 10/29/03

BENEFITS

TAP employees may become eligible for medical and dental benefits upon the completion of a specified number of hours.  Additional benefits may be effective upon hire. Please see Employee Benefits Center for more information.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
All government employees are disaster service workers as defined by California Government Code Section 3100.  In addition to everyday duties, employees have the added responsibility of helping throughout any disaster.

DMV EMPLOYER PULL NOTICE PROGRAM
All county employees who drive on county business are required to enroll in the California Department of Motor Vehicles Employer Pull Notice Program in an effort to promote driver safety.  Employees’ driver record reports will be released to the County Safety Officer in Risk Management to ensure that employees have valid driver’s licenses and are eligible to drive on county business.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION
An applicant’s previous employment may be investigated.  Results of this investigation may be cause for disqualification.  Also, all convictions will be reviewed and may result in a request for additional information or termination of employment.  A conviction record will not necessarily disqualify an applicant from employment.  Each case will be given individual consideration, based on job-relatedness.

Alameda County is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  Women, ethnic and racial minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.  Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other non-job-related factor.

Conclusion

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.

Lea Regalado-de la Torre, Human Resource Technician

TAP Program, Human Resource Services Department
www.acgov.org/hrs

Alameda County is an Equal Opportunity Employer