Telecommunications Systems Manager

Knowledge of

• Principles and practices of management and organizational theory including planning organizational design business finance budget development and administration business development project management and organizational effectiveness
• Principles and practices of supervision discipline leadership mentoring and training
• Applicable federal state and local laws codes and regulations such as Federal Communications Commission Rules Public Utilities Code of California International Federal State and local building codes and telephone company tariffs
• Operational characteristics services and activities of assigned programs and functions
• Office procedures methods and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing spreadsheets databases and other specialized applications related to area of assignment
• English usage spelling grammar and punctuation
• Contract compliance and techniques of negotiating contracts and agreements with contractors engineers and consultants
• Cost analysis and long range planning techniques
• Principles practices terminology and management of voice/data systems
• Public safety services and network management and coordination
• Modern telecommunications and/or network systems and equipment and engineering practices; modern telephone equipment
• Communications mathematics
• Principles practices terminology and trends in telecommunications and/or network engineering and administration in the public safety communications field
• Theory and operational practices of radio communications electronics
• Safety practices related to electronic and electrical systems
• Principles and procedures of fabricating installing maintaining repairing operating and testing telecommunications equipment microwave and complex multiplex carrier equipment digital and analog switching equipment radio-controlled equipment test devices and electronic and electrical calibration equipment
• Principles and procedures of planning and designing complex communications systems
• Principles practices terminology and management of electronic security systems and modern security equipment

• Select supervise train and evaluate staff
• Plan coordinate assign and review the work of subordinate staff
• Investigate and resolve disciplinary issues
• Work independently prioritize work coordinate activities and meet critical deadlines
• Develop monitor and interpret budgets and other financial documents
• Plan manage and complete complex work assignments
• Develop and maintain cooperative effective working relationships with others
• Communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing; prepare and present clear and comprehensive reports
• Interpret and ensure compliance with laws rules codes and regulations governing radio and microwave communications systems and equipment and electronic security systems
• Apply customer service skills including the identification of customer needs and follow up to ensure customer commitments have been met
• Gain cooperation through discussion and persuasion
• Interpret and summarize a variety of data and information
• Exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality of information
• Develop long and short range communications goals and forecasting for County communications needs
• Analyze systems and equipment malfunctions and implement effective solutions
• Review and critique the design of communications systems done by others including consultants
• Read and interpret complex written materials such as tariffs technical specifications blue prints and Uniform Service Order Codes; organize and write comprehensive communications plans in accordance with federal directives conforming to local needs
• Develop prepare and evaluate engineering plans programs and specifications of communications systems

APPLICATION

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cut-off date. Clickhereto apply.

County of Sacramento

Department of Personnel Services

Employment Services Division

700 H Street Room 4667

Sacramento CA 95814

Phone ; 7-1-1 California Relay Service

Email

Inter-Office Mail Code: 09-4667

• Employment applications and all documentation requested in this announcement must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
• Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
• Your application should highlight all relevant education training and experience and clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications for the position as of the cut-off date.
• Application information must be current concise and related to the requirements in this job announcement. You may only apply for this recruitment once. Duplicate and incomplete applications will be disqualified.
• A resume may be included with your application however it will not substitute for the information requested on the application.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE

Applicants are required to provide a full and complete response to each supplemental question. The Supplemental Questionnaire is located in the tab marked Supplemental Questions. Please be descriptive in your response.

Note:Responses of See Resume or See Application or copy and paste of work experience are not qualifying responses and will not be considered.

• Supplemental Questionnaires must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date. Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
• The supplemental questions are designed to elicit specific information regarding a candidates experience education and training. Responses should be consistent with the information on your application and are subject to verification.
• Please provide place of employment pertinent dates and concise descriptive and detailed information for each question.
• If a job included responsibilities applicable to several questions separate the different functions of the job to answer all the questions completely.
• Resumes or referral to the application or other questionnaire responses will not be accepted in lieu of completing each question.
• If you have no experience write no experience for the appropriate question.
• For many individuals it is more efficient to develop responses to the supplemental questions in a word processing document and then paste them into the final document to be submitted. Changes or corrections to your Supplemental Questionnaire cannot be made once your application packet has been submitted.
• If the Supplemental Questionnaire is used in the Formula Rate exam failure to complete all of the questions or incomplete responses will result in a lower score. While scoring the Supplemental Questionnaire the candidates application and/or attachments will not be reviewed therefore a candidates responses to the questions should be accurate thorough detailed and complete.

FORMULA RATE EXAMINATION (Weighted 100%)

All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications by the cut-off date will have their Supplemental Questionnaire scored in the Formula Rate Examination.

This examination will evaluate the relevance level recency progression and quality of candidates education training and experience. The candidates application or other materials will not be included in this examination. Therefore the candidates responses to the supplemental questionnaire should be thorough detailed and complete. The score from the Formula Rate Examination will determine the ranking on the eligible/employment list for this job.

All candidates competing in the testing process will receive written notice of their examination results by email. Notices can also be accessed in their inbox. Applicants achieving a passing score will be placed on the eligible list in rank order. The rank is determined by the test score attained from the examination.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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