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Role description
The Senior Collections Officer performs responsible and specialized revenue collection work involving revenues due the City and County; is responsible for collection through personal and telephone contact correspondence and legal action; sets up repayment schedules; maintains collection records; explains County policies and legal requirements; and performs related duties as required. This class is the advanced-journey-level in the Collection officer series. Positions are distinguished from the next lower code of Collection Officer in that they perform the more difficult account collection work and may exercise lead direction over the latter class.
Essential Functions
According to Civil Service commission Rule 9 the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.
Qualifications :
Experience
Two years of collection experience in a public agency. This experience must involve collection work equivalent to that performed by Class 4306 Collections Officer in the City and County of San Francisco; OR
Three years of private sector collection experience in collecting delinquent accounts; OR
An equivalent combination of experience;
AND
Ability to type 35 wpm.
Special Requirements
Essential duties require the following physical skills and work environment; ability to work in a standard office environment which may involve prolonged sitting bending and operation of typing word processing and other office equipment; interact with and obtain information from hostile individuals.
Desirable Qualifications: The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.
Verification:
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point in the application examination and/or departmental selection process.
Note: Falsifying ones education training or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco. For more information on verification please visit the following link: How to Verify Education Requirements
All work experience education training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your Smart Recruiters application by the filing deadline. Information must be entered into the Smart Recruiters applicant tracking system under the headings for Experience and Education. Leaving these sections blank and attaching a resume in lieu of completing the Experience and Education sections will cause your application to be rejected.
Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.
Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility disqualification or may lead to lower scores.
One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours. (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40 hours work week.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
Written Examination: (WEIGHT 100%): Qualified candidates will be tested by a standardized written examination to determine their relative knowledge skills and abilities in job-related areas which may include but not be limited to: knowledge of collection procedures principles concepts and techniques; and modern office practices and procedures.
A passing score must be achieved on the written examination in order to be placed on the eligible list/score report.
This is a standardized examination and therefore test questions and answers are not available for public inspection or review.
Note: Applicants that meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement in the selection process.
Eligible List/Score Report:
A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created and used for certification purposes only. An examination score report will be established so applicants can view the ranks final scores and number of eligible candidates.
Applicant information including names of applicants on the eligible list shall not be made public unless required by law. However an eligible list shall be made available for public inspection upon request once the eligible list is exhausted or expired and referrals resolved.
The eligible list/score report resulting from this civil service examination process is subject to change after adoption (e.g. as a result of appeals) as directed by the Human Resources Director or the Civil Service Commission.
The duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be of 12 months and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.
To find Departments which use this classification please see certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be Rule of Ten Scores. Additional selection processes may be conducted by the hiring department prior to making final hiring decisions.
Additional Information :
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit begin the application process.
Applicants may be contacted by email about this announcement and therefore it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up to date. Also applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and @).
Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.
Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights
Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement including requirements time periods and other particulars except when superseded by federal state or local laws rules or regulations.
Note: The correction of clerical errors in an announcement may be posted on the Department of Human Resources website at terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 110.4. Such appeals must be submitted in writing to the Department of Human Resources 1 South Van Ness Avenue 4th Floor San Francisco CA 94103-5413 by close of business on the 5th business day following the issuance date of this examination announcement. Information concerning other Civil Service Commission Rules involving announcements applications and examination policies including applicant appeal rights can be found on the Civil Service Commission website at Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please contact the exam analyst Guillermo Tapia by email at .
Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.
Remote Work :
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Employment Type :
Full-time
Full-time