STAFF ASSISTANT I / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS HOMELESSNESS

Salary : $52,405.20 - $70,628.88 Annually
Location : Los Angeles County, CA
Job Type: Full time
Job Number: b0907B-EA
Department: MENTAL HEALTH
Opening Date: 09/13/2024


Position/Program Information
TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:

OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY
FILING DATES:

September 17, 2024 at 9:00 A.M. (Pacific Time)

This opportunity will remain open until the needs of the service are met
EXAM NUMBER:

b0907B-EA
The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness , and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. 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 Mental Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Staff Assistant I vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.

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.
Before the end of 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 Staff Assistant I.

Essential Job Functions


Analyzes and makes recommendations to the unit manager for the resolution of problems of work procedure and space allocation; and may participate in the implementation of changes resulting from recommendations.

Prepares reports and projections of workload and staffing for the manager of the unit.

Coordinates and resolves problems between the unit served and departmental housekeeping, payroll, personnel, and reproduction services.

Has responsibility for evaluating, ordering maintaining, loaning, and inventorying supplies and equipment, and for resolving procurement problems with the departmental supply officer.

Supervises clerical personnel with responsibility for assigning and reviewing work, orientation, training, development and evaluation of work performance.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
One year's experience in either (1) a staff capacity* analyzing and making recommendations for the solution of problems of organization, procedure, program, budget or personnel, or (2) a highly responsible secretarial capacity**, or (3) a responsible supervisory clerical capacity***.

*Staff capacity is defined as working in an advisory capacity to line managers to provide program and administrative support.

**All classes in the Secretarial Group perform duties composed of essentially the same basic activities and operations. Positions in these classes are allocated when the work of the supervisor requires full-time personal secretarial assistance. The level of secretary allocated is related primarily to the level of supervisor served. Highly responsible secretarial capacity is defined as working as secretary to provide full-time secretarial assistance to the head of a major section or minor division having 1,000 or more employees.

***Supervisory clerical capacity is defined as having full supervisory responsibility including planning, assigning, scheduling, hiring, rating performance evaluations, disciplining, and counseling clerical employees. Provides day-to-day technical and administrative supervision to subordinate clerical staff.

NO OUT-OF-CLASS EXPEREIENCE WILL BE ACCEPTED. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE MUST BE FULLY MET AND INDICATED ON THE APPLICATION BY THE LAST DAY OF FILING. NO WITHHOLDS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THIS EXAMINATION.


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.

PHYSICAL CLASS: Physical Class II - 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.

Additional Information

EXAMINATION CONTENT :
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.
Before the end of 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.
APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION
Applications must be submitted 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. Application filing may be suspended at any time without advance notice.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING ONLINE

Applications must be filed online only.

Many important 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 View email address on click.appcast.io as well as View email address on click.appcast.io and View email address on click.appcast.io to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notification from being filtered as span/junk/clutter mail.

Applications must be submitted 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.
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 governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices.

Plan to submit your online application well in advance before the deadline 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 govermmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty,gov 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 LANGUAGE
Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT 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.


FAIR CHANCE EMPLOYER
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but 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 a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed.

NO SHARING USER ID AND PASSWORD
All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.

DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
HR Examinations Unit: View phone number on click.appcast.io
HR Examinations Unit Email: View email address on click.appcast.io
Analyst Contact Phone: Nicholas Jordan, View phone number on click.appcast.io
Analyst Contact Email: View email address on click.appcast.io

ADA COORDINATOR PHONE: View phone number on click.appcast.io
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

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:
Testing 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:
Fair 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
Veteran's 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 veteran's credit, please visit:
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The information you provide on this supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated and used to determine your eligibility to participate in the next phase of the examination process.
CHECK YOUR ANSWERS CAREFULLY. Please be as specific as possible and include all information as requested. Comments such as "see resume or application" will not be considered as a response and credit will not be given.
Please note that all information is subject to verification at any time in the examination and hiring process. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or dismissal.

• YES, I UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS.

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Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add View email address on click.appcast.io to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail.Applicants 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 governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices.It is your responsibility to take the above steps to view correspondence. Los Angeles County will not consider claims of not viewing or receiving notification to be a valid reason for late test administration or rescheduling of a test component.I UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS.

• Yes

03


This position works with individuals experiencing homelessness.

• Yes, I understand and am willing to perform all necessary work duties.

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Do you have one year experience in a staff capacity analyzing and making recommendations for the solution of problems of organization, procedure, program, budget or personnel?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have one year experience in a highly responsible secretarial capacity?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have one year experience in a responsible supervisory clerical capacity?

• Yes
• No

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Please describe your experience in either a staff capacity analyzing and making recommendations for the solution of problems of organization, procedure, program, budget or personnel, or a highly responsible secretarial capacity, or a responsible supervisory clerical capacity.
Please be as specific as possible when answering by including all the information requested; please do not COPY AND PASTE all your Duties as stated in the application under the Work Experience section, from your resume, and/or from the Class Specifications. In doing so, your application will be rejected as INCOMPLETE. It is the applicant's sole responsibility to complete this questionnaire completely, correctly, and accurately. The experience you claim in this Supplemental Questionnaire MUST be consistent with the experience listed in your application. Please do not use "see resume and application", this is not an acceptable response and credit will not be given.

EMPLOYER/COUNTY DEPARTMENT UNIT

PAYROLL TITLE

COMPLETE DATES OF CLAIMED EXPERIENCE (BEGINNING/ENDING)

NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED PER WEEK

NAME AND CONTACT NUMBER(S) OF DIRECT SUPERVISOR(S)

DETAILED EXPERIENCE If you do not have any experience, please write "NO EXPERIENCE"


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Are you proficient in American Sign Language (ASL)?

• Yes
• No

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Do you have a County American Sign Language (ASL) certification?Note: Please attach a legible copy of your certificate to your application at the time of filing. If you are unable to attach your certificate, please email your certificate to View email address on click.appcast.io within seven (7) calendar days from application submission.

• Yes, I have attached a County American Sign Language certification to my online application.
• Yes, I will email County American Sign Language certification to View email address on click.appcast.io within (7) calendar days from application submission.
• No, I do not have a County American Sign Language certification.

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Do you have American Sign Language (ASL) certification?Note: Please attach a legible copy of your certificate to your application at the time of filing. If you are unable to attach your certificate, please email your certificate to View email address on click.appcast.io within seven (7) calendar days from application submission.

• Yes, I have attached ASL certification to my online application.
• Yes, I will email ASL certification to View email address on click.appcast.io within (7) calendar days from application submission.
• No, I do not have ASL certification.

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