Transfer- Personnel Specialist Level III

Class Code 28945: Personnel Specialist Level I/II

Transfer job postings are for County of Sacramento employees only.
In order to be qualified for a transfer:
1. You must meet the Minimum Qualifications of the new job.
2. The difference between the top salary steps (the highest pay rate within the range of pay) of your current job class and the job class that you intend to transfer into must be less than 5%.

There are three different transfer types that you may qualify for: interdepartmental transfer interclass transfer and voluntary demotion. These different transfer types are defined as:

• Interdepartmental transfer - a transfer in the same class from one County department to another.
• Interclass transfer - a transfer from one job class to a different job addition the difference between the top salary steps (the highest pay rate within the range of pay) of your current job class and the job class that you intend to transfer into must be less than 5%.
• Voluntary demotion - a transfer into a job class that pays less than 95% of your current class salary.

Knowledge of

• Fundamentals of office procedures and organization.
• Principles procedures and practices of payroll and personnel recordkeeping
• Rules regulations and procedures affecting the personnel functions including the Civil Service Commission Rules Personnel Ordinance Salary Ordinance and other governing documents
• Principles practices and procedures of statistical recordkeeping

• Understand interpret analyze and apply governing personnel rules and regulations including County Charter County Personnel Ordinance Civil Service Commission Rules Personnel Policies and Procedures and labor contract provisions
• Perform clerical work involving independent judgment and requiring accuracy and speed
• Meet deadlines under pressure of interruptions
• Perform detailed and accurate review of personnel transaction information forms and reports
• Elicit information from applicants and employees
• Deal tactfully and courteously with other employees and the general public
• Compose routine correspondence from notes or verbal instructions
• Operate computers and standard office equipment and machines
• Develop complex computer spreadsheets and use databases
• Perform arithmetic calculations

Minimum Qualifications

Personnel Specialist (Level I)

Either: 1. One year of clerical experience that involved processing personnel and/or payroll actions.

Or: 2. Two years of general clerical experience which included working with computer spreadsheets and databases.

Personnel Specialist (Level II)

Either: 1. One year as a Personnel Specialist (Level 1) in Sacramento County service.

Or: 2. Two years of clerical experience that involved processing personnel accounting and/or payroll actions using computer spreadsheets and databases.

Note: The level at which initial appointments to the class of Personnel Specialist are made and advancement from the lower to the higher level of this class (Level I to Level II) is at the discretion of the appointing authority providing the minimum qualifications are met.

Note: The word experience referenced in the minimum qualifications means full-time paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Part-time paid experience may be accumulated and pro-rated to meet the total experience requirements.

Special Requirements

Some of the positions in this class series may require the ability to speak read and write fluently in a language other than English.

How to Apply

The County of Sacramento application form and responses to the Supplemental Questions are to be completed and submitted online.

Please remember:

• If you have previously applied online for a County job you must use the same Username account.
• Do not share your Username account with anyone else.
• If any additional documentation (such as copies of transcripts etc.) is required you will be contacted.
• Resumes may be attached to your submitted application however a notation of See Resume will not be accepted for the information requested on the application or the Supplemental Questions.
• Your application will be considered incomplete if the required information is not filled out in its entirety.
• Any notifications from the Employment Office about your Transfer application will be sent to you by email. Notices can also be accessed in your inbox.