Human Resource Services Department

Applicants for this position are required to submit responses to the following supplemental questions.  Your completed responses to the supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated to determine your qualifications and must be completed properly in order to be given full consideration for the next phase in the selection process. Additionally, your responses will also be evaluated and used in the selection process in order to identify the best qualified applicants. 

Responses should be thorough and specific.  A lack of detail and explanation in the supplemental questions and in your application may result in failure or disqualification for this position.  Clarity of expression, content, experience, grammar, spelling and the ability to follow instructions will be considered in the evaluation process.  A resume will not be accepted as a substitute for properly completed responses.

Information provided in your responses to the supplemental questionnaire regarding your employment experiences must also be detailed in the Work Experience section of the application for this recruitment.  Please be sure to list all employers and required information, on your application, especially if you are referencing those employers in your responses to the supplemental questions.

The supplemental questions were designed to elicit your experience as it relates to the current recruitment in order to identify the best qualified candidates for this position.  Only the best and most suitably qualified candidates will be invited to participate in the oral interviews. 

By selecting yes below, you certify your understanding that all applicants who meet minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to move forward in the process.  Do you understand the above statement?

What are evidence-based practices?  Please describe your experience developing, implementing, and providing oversight of an evidence-based program within a juvenile facility.

Please describe a time when you were involved in implementing a major new directive from executive management.  What was the directive?  What strategies did you employ to carry it out?

The Superintendent, Probation may be required to facilitate effective communication between labor unions and management.  Describe your most successful experience in developing such a collaborative and productive relationship.

The Superintendent, Probation must be adept at directing and evaluating various levels of sworn and unsworn personnel performing an array of duties.  Please describe your experience evaluating staff and addressing underperformance.

Please describe no more than three of the most effective strategies you've implemented in order to maximize services with limited resources (i.e. fiscal, personnel-wise, etc.).