Recruitment #14-8620-01
| Date Opened | 1/20/2015 5:00:00 PM |
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| Filing Deadline | 2/18/2015 5:00:00 PM |
| Salary | $63.02 - $69.44/hour; $131,081.60 - $144,435.20/year |
| Employment Type |
Permanent Full-Time Employment
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| HR Analyst | Nicole Lewis-Bolton |
| Department | Sheriff's Office |
| Work Location |
Dublin
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THIS IS A PROMOTIONAL EXAM
YOU MUST BE AN ALAMEDA COUNTY EMPLOYEE TO APPLY
Current employment and completion by 02/18/2015, of the equivalent of six months of continuous service following a regular appointment in the Alameda County classified service (non-classified includes the District Attorney’s Office, the Hospital Authority, and the Consolidated Courts). A regular appointment does not include provisional, TAP (Temporary Assignment Pool), or STEP-UP appointments. Applications must be submitted on-line before the filing deadline of 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.
APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ON-LINE
THE POSITION
Under general direction, Lieutenants administer a Community Re-entry Center, a Planning and Research Unit, a Criminal Investigation Unit, a Central Identification Bureau, a Records, Warrants, Dispatch and Crime Analysis Unit, or a Coroner’s Bureau; to assist in the administration and management of a large detention facility or substation; to perform a particular assignment in the Civil and Court functions; to perform staff inspection services, making complete investigations and necessary reports regarding department policies, practices and procedures as directed by the Sheriff; to perform in specific roles for contract services as directed by the Sheriff; and to perform staff administrative duties and related work as required.
Incumbents of positions in this class may be assigned operational responsibility for personnel and activities on a shift basis in a large substation of the department or may have continuous administrative responsibility for a small functional unit or group of activities. The class is distinguished from the next higher class of Captain in that the higher class has a larger range of command responsibilities, organizational authority, and policy decisions.
To qualify for this position, candidates must meet the following criteria:
Experience:
Candidates must have completed their probationary period as a Sergeant in the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office
AND possess the following:
Either
The equivalent of eighteen months of experience in the class of Sergeant with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.
Or
A minimum of four years of California law enforcement experience at the rank of Sergeant or above, and possession of a Supervisory Certificate issued by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).
License:
Possession of a valid California motor vehicle operator’s license.
NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above minimum qualifications in the announcement of an examination.
The examination will consist of the following steps:
Examination Recruitment Bulletin Release: January 20, 2015
All applications must be filled out according to the instructions. Applications that are not fully completed or not completed following the instructions listed will not be considered. Resumes in lieu of properly filled out applications will not be considered. Only applications submitted electronically, via the County's online application system, by the final file date will be accepted. Be aware that if you only complete an application template and fail to submit it to apply for this position, your application will not be accepted.
Final File Date for Applications: Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Review for Minimum Qualifications: Completed by Monday, February 23, 2015
During this time, your application will be reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as stated above. All candidates will receive an email notification regarding the results of the application review by the end of the following week, no later than Monday, March 2, 2015.
Assessment Center / Oral Examination
Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the position will be invited to an assessment center which will consist of the following:
During the interview examination, you will be asked to provide examples of past work experiences that highlight the job-related core competencies that successful incumbents of the position possess. This type of interviewing is called behavioral-based interviewing and is the best predictor of future job success. Your interview examination may include a situational exercise where you may have to perform mock job duties to prove your level of competency.
STUDY MATERIALS:
Candidates planning on participating in the Lieutenant's Promotional Examination process may assist in their preparation for such examination by reviewing the following information/written material: Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) training bulletins, ACSO General Orders Manual, ACSO Rules and Regulations Manual, California Peace Officer's Legal Sourcebook (published by the California State Attorney General's Office), ACSO Strategic Plan, Alameda County Deputy Sheriff's Association Memorandum of Understanding, Strategic Leadership Succession Plan, and the Services Employees International Union Memorandum of Understanding.
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:
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Deadline for Filing: Review of Minimum Qualifications: Assessment Center
*Type of Exam: New Promotional Assembled Exam
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5:00 PM, Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Monday, February 23, 2015 Scheduled for March 17 & 18, 2015 |
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
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 & Welfare Benefits
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.
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 insure 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. All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. 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
Alameda County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
