SENIOR DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL ASSISTANT Emergency Appointment Fire

Position/Program Information

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT: OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY

The application filing period will begin on September 30 2026 at 8:00 a.m. (PT) - Continuous. We will keep accepting applications until the position is filled. The application window may close unexpectedly once we have enough qualified candidates.

EXAM NUMBER: C1843A-FR

The LA County Board of Supervisors has unanimously ratified a Proclamation of Local Emergency in response to the windstorms and wildfires including the Palisades and Eaton Fires that have devastated communities across the County. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to assist the County in mobilizing resources and support needed to help our residents recover and rebuild. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County this may be the opportunity for you.

The Department of Public Works is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Senior Departmental Personnel Assistant vacancies related to this unprecedented natural disaster.

Under the emergency order applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

During your initial work period you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.

Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Senior Departmental Personnel Assistant .

Essential Job Functions

An Senior Departmental Personnel Assistant is responsible for a combination of the following job functions as it relates to Examinations Recruitment and/or Personnel Operations:

Examinations and Recruitment:

• Develop and manage eligibility lists according to CSRs and PPGs.
• Create update and close requisitions for hiring managers to canvass.
• Review and verify that hiring managers candidate dispositions comply with County policy.
• Use NEOGOV List Management system to lock/unlock referral lists restrict access and manage hiring managers NEOGOV account access.
• Conduct examinations administered by the department by reviewing examination contents preparing job bulletins reviewing and accepting or rejecting applications.
• Interprets policies procedures and guidelines for department management unit staff and the public for all Public Works civil service examinations.
• Handles all examination components including NEOGOV system processes bulletin language certification and license requirements and interpretation of minimum requirements on specifications.

Personnel Operations:

• Interprets salary provisions of the County Code to determine the salary rate applicable in a given set of circumstances considering factors such as Y-rates advanced step recruitment superior-subordinate pay shift differentials bonuses hazard pay and furnishes necessary data to the payroll section.
• Prepares a variety of documents (e.g. reports business correspondence memoranda) often of a highly sensitive nature requiring the exercise of organizational acumen; uses appropriate software programs (e.g. word processing desktop publishing presentation) in order to effectively communicate information to various audiences (e.g. departmental personnel members of the public governing boards).
• Conducts orientation of new employees as needed.
• Completes o nboarding process for employees including coordinating new hire processes and ensuring compliance with departmental and County requirements.
• Processes personnel transactions such as appointments promotions demotions and terminations.
• Processes annual salary step increases for Management Appraisal and Performance Plan (MAPP) participants.
• Processes Ordinance Position Authority (OPA) requests to fill vacant positions.

The duties listed are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar related or a logical assignment to this class.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Two years of experience in a highly specialized capacity* assisting in technical personnel work** in a Central Personnel Office***.

LICENSE:

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

You MUST meet the requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.

PHYSICAL CLASS:
Physical Class 2- Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending stooping or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
*Highly specialized capacity is defined as: requiring specialized knowledge of a particular function. Performance of assigned duties requires initiative and independent judgment within procedural and policy limits with only general directions provided by supervisor/manager.

**Technical personnel work includes: experience in areas such as policy development and application examination and recruitment classification and salary administration employee relations staff development performance management discipline and advocacy benefits and retirement Workers Compensation and Return-to-Work programs personnel operations and personnel records.

***Central Personnel Office is responsible in providing human resources or personnel functions to the entire organization or County department under the direction of a Human Resources Manager.

EXAM CONTENT:
During your initial work period the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.

Additional Information

APPLICATION & FILING INFORMATION:
Applications must be filed online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information.

Many notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application so it is important that you provide a valid email address.

Please add and as well as the domains and to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail.

You have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe you can always check for notifications by logging into and viewing your profile inbox which saves a copy of all emailed notices.

Plan to submit your online application as soon as possible as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address and if you already have a job seeker account on you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number so include yours when applying.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES: For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.

NO SHARING OF USER ID E-MAIL AND PASSWORD: All applicants must file their application using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friends user ID and password may erase a candidates original application record.

ANTI-RACISM DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (ARDI): The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. We are committed to promoting Anti-racism Diversity and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality diversity and inclusion in recruitment selection and employment practices.

CONTACT INFORMATION :
Department Contact Name: Mayra Fuentes
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Employment Information

Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below.

This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement:
The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information please visit: Accommodations for Applicants:
The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations please visit: Chance:
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and will also consider potential mitigating factors which may include but is not limited to evidence and extent of rehabilitation recency of the offense(s) and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Career PathFinder:
Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at .

Veterans Credit:
Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy in all open competitive examinations (i.e. examinations open to everyone) the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.
For more information on veterans credit please visit: September 2025

Required Experience:

Senior IC