Senior Personnel Specialist
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Job Location:
Sacramento, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 79970 - 97217
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Position
This is a limited continuous filing exam. Next filing cut-offs are at 5:00 pm on:5/6/26 5/20/26(final)
TheSenior Personnel Specialist is the lead worker level in the Personnel Specialist series. This class is distinguished from Personnel Specialist (Level II) in that Senior Personnel Specialists must train assign work to and review the work of lower-level Personnel Specialists and/or other office staff and participates in the most complex personnel duties. This class is distinguished from Supervising Personnel Specialists in that Supervising Personnel Specialist is a full supervisory classification which includes conducting performance evaluations independently making decisions for a work unit and disciplining lower-level employees.Examples of Knowledge and Abilities
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
- Methods of training and assigning work to lower-level employees
- 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
- Schedule and assign work to meet established time requirements
- Train subordinates
Employment Qualifications
MinimumQualifications
Either: 1.One year of experience as a Personnel Specialist (Level II) in Sacramento County service.
Or: 2.Three years of clerical experience that involved processing personnel accounting and/or payroll actions using computer spreadsheets and databases.
Note: If the word experience is referenced in the minimum qualifications it 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.
Probationary Period
The probationary period for this classification is six (6) months.Application and Testing Information
- APPLICATION
Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PMon the posted cut-off date. Clickhere to 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 notsubstitute 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 Questionnairecannotbe 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 QUESTIONSClick here for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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