Personnel Commissioner (Joint Appointee)

PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT POSITION DESCRIPTIONPosition:Personnel Commissioner THE COMMISSIONA Personnel Commission is a nonpartisan public body responsible for the administration of a merit system for the selection retention and promotion of classified (non-certificated) employees in a public school district. By law it is composed of three members appointed for three-year terms with the term of one member expiring each year. The Personnel Commissioners are selected as follows:One member is appointed by the Board of member is appointed by the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the classified employee organization which represents the largest number of the Districts classified third member is appointed by the other two members of the Commissioners have the following responsibilities:To cooperate with the governing board and administrators in the quest for competent employees and a sound plan of personnel administration;To represent the interests of the general public by providing a personnel system dedicated to hiring retaining and promoting competent workers in the service of the jurisdiction;To see that classified employees receive fair and equitable treatment; andTo sit as an appeals board in matters of discipline demotion and dismissal of classified employeesEXAMPLES OF DUTIES Specific functions with which personnel commissioners in California school districts have been charged by the Education code are:The classifying of all positions in the classified serviceRecommending salary schedules and rates of pay to the governing boardHearing and deciding appeals in regard to disciplinary and dismissal actions against classified employeesThe adopting of rules which shall provide for the procedures to be followed by the governing board as they pertain to the classified service regarding applications examinations eligibility appointments promotions demotions transfers dismissals resignations layoffs reemployment vacations leaves of absence compensation within classification job analysis and specifications service ratings public advertisement of examinations rejection of unfit applicants without competition and any other matter necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of the merit :To be eligible for appointment or reappointment to the Personnel Commission a person:Shall be a registered voter and resident within the boundaries of the Pajaro Valley Unified School be a known adherent to the principle of the merit system which is the selection retention and promotion of individuals upon the basis of merit and fitness. A known adherent of the merit system shall mean a person who by the nature of his/her prior public or private service has given evidence that he/she actively supports the concept of the merit not be a member of the governing board of any school district or county board of not be an employee of the same school :Volunteer or paid experience working with community groups and organizations including public sitting on a tribunal or appeals with the educational system in the school with the merit system its concepts and to work with administrators and employee organization groups and some knowledge of labor relations and recent legislative developments in this arena in the State of time to actively engage in Personnel Commission activities including attending meetings of Personnel Commissioners workshops related to Personnel Commission functions and conferences dealing with the merit system and responsibilities of the Personnel Commission.