PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION
74-634
INFORMATION SERVICES
PROJECT MANAGER
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: JUNE 9, 2021
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WRITTEN TEST DATE: JULY 17, 2021
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $76,264
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GRADE 31
SPECIFICATION # 0563
SPECIAL
NOTE: Candidates who filed an application for the
original examination date of May 16, 2020 will automatically
be scheduled for the July 17, 2021 examination and are NOT required to
submit a new application.
APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application-processing fee is $40.
Application may be made via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service. Payment must be made
by VISA or MasterCard credit card and there will be an additional convenience
fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of
receipt of application will be sent to all internet
applicants via e-mail. The application processing fee is non-refundable and
non-transferable.
The application
processing fee may be waived for Suffolk County residents who are
veterans, auxiliary police, members in good standing of a local fire district
or ambulance company and volunteer CERT members. Internet applicants should complete the
“Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form online. All claims for application fee waiver are
subject to verification.
DUTIES
An employee in this class is responsible
for the creation, implementation and coordination of all information technology
projects originating within the County’s centralized Information Technology
Department or a large County department. The incumbent acts as the liaison
between the department and any user departments and/or divisions, and vendors,
and manages any information technology project requiring the expenditure of
resources, from development through completion.
The work requires independent judgment and includes responsibility for
supervising a varying number of employees depending on the projects. Work is performed
under the general direction of a technical administrator. Does related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To be eligible, a
candidate must now be serving and have served on a continuous basis with
permanent or contingent permanent competitive status as a Data Base Manager,
Principal Programmer Analyst, Principal Business Intelligence Systems
Developer, Systems Analysis Supervisor or Systems Analysis Supervisor (Criminal
Justice) for at least one year or as a(n) Information Technology Project
Coordinator, Office Systems Analyst IV or Data Processing Systems Coordinator
for at least two (2) years in the jurisdiction in which the candidate seeks
promotion immediately preceding the written examination date.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The written test will cover knowledge,
skills, and/or abilities in such areas as:
1.
Preparing
written material;
2.
Administrative
techniques and practices;
3.
Project
management;
4.
Supervision;
5.
Systems
analysis and design.
Note: The
use of calculators is allowed for this
examination.
Note:
The New York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide
for this examination. However, candidates may find information in the
publication 'General Guide to Written Tests' helpful in preparing for this
test. This publication is available on line at:
https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
NOTES
1.
Should it become necessary to amend any
part of this announcement, the Department of Human Resources, Personnel and
Civil Service reserves the right to make such amendment on the Department’s web
page without notification to applicants.
The most current copy of this announcement is available during the
filing period at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
2. Expanded Description of the examination subtests is available at: www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
3.
Candidates
who apply for this examination and who have not heard from the Suffolk County
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service by July 14, 2021 are advised to contact the Department before the written
test date at (631) 853-5500.
4.
You
can view your room assignment and exam site on our home page at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
under “Candidate Exam Room Assignment Search” seven days prior to the
examination date.
N.Y.S.
DATE
PREPARED: April 28, 2021
GENERAL CONDITIONS
PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Application
may be made using the Suffolk County Application for
Promotional Examination (Form CS-203).
2.
Applicants
may complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form and
submit it with Form CS-203.
3.
Unless
otherwise stated, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications by the date
of the written test, or last filing date in the case of training and experience
evaluations. Unless otherwise stated, part-time experience will be pro-rated.
4.
Candidates
found ineligible to compete in the written examination may appeal to the
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service for reconsideration
prior to the last filing date appearing on this announcement. Appeals received on or after the last filing date will not be considered.
5.
Candidates
who fail the examination, or who fail to appear for the examination as
scheduled, will be eliminated from further
consideration for purposes of this competition.
Unless otherwise specified, the final rank order of the eligible list
will be determined on the basis of the scores received
on the written test, plus seniority and veterans' credits where appropriate.
6.
Eligible
applicants will be notified when and where to appear for examination. If an
application is rejected, due notice will be sent.
7.
Unless
specifically prohibited by the examination instructions, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or
battery-powered calculators. Devices
with typewriter keyboards, spell-checkers, personal digital assistants, address
books, language translators, dictionaries and any similar devices are prohibited.
8.
Eligible
lists resulting from promotional examinations are only
certified to the jurisdiction in which a candidate is employed. In
accordance with Section 52 of the Civil Service Law, for county service, first
consideration in appointment will be given to employees in the department where
a vacancy occurs after which appointments will be made from the general
eligible list.
9.
When
an examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service, the
provisions of the Suffolk County Civil Service Rules dealing with the rating of
examination will apply.
10.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the New York State Department of Civil
Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law, the
provisions of the New York State Civil Service Rules and Regulations
which deal with the rating of examination will apply.
11.
The
eligible list established as a result of this
examination will remain in force for at least one year and may be extended by
the Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service for a maximum of
four years. Changing conditions may make
it necessary to certify to future vacancies at higher or lower salaries than
those announced.
12.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans' credits appears on the promotional
application form.
13.
For
each six months of continuous permanent competitive service within the
jurisdiction, to a maximum of 20 years, .10 credits for seniority
14.
will be added to the scores of passing
candidates only.
15.
Inquiries
may be made as to character and ability and all
statements made by candidates are subject to verification. Some employers may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a background investigation.
16.
Candidates
must be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the
duties of the job. Candidates who are appointed to positions in the Suffolk County service may
be required to pass qualifying medical and/or physical and/or psychological
evaluations.
17.
Saturday
Sabbath Observers and handicapped persons:
If special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
18.
No
smoking is permitted in the building or on the grounds
of the examination site.
19.
If
you will be on active military duty with the armed forces of the United States
on the date of this test, please contact the Department of Human Resources,
Personnel and Civil Service before the last filing date appearing on this
announcement for alternate test date information.
20.
Multiple Examinations Scheduled for the
Same Date: If you have applied to take a
written test announced by either one or several local jurisdictions (county,
towns, city) scheduled to be held on the same test date as this written test,
you must notify each of the local jurisdictions no later than two weeks before
the test date, so they can make arrangements for taking all test at one test
site. All examinations for positions in State
government will be held at a State examination
center. If you have any questions please
call the Suffolk County Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil
Service at (631) 853-5500.
21.
For
information regarding a weather-related cancellation of this examination, please
refer to our website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service click
on the “Weather-Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil Service Announcements are shown at the bottom of that page. The following stations will broadcast notice
of cancellation:
WALK PATCHOGUE
97.5 FM
WBAB
BABYLON 102.3 FM
WBLI BABYLON 106.1 FM
WLNG
SAG HARBOR 92.1 FM
WBZO FARMINGDALE 103.1 FM
WRCN
MEDFORD 103.9 FM
NEWS
12 LONG ISLAND TV CHANNEL 12 website:
www.news12.com
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES,
PERSONNEL AND CIVIL SERVICE
Announcements and Applications Also
Available At
SUFFOLK COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, PERSONNEL AND CIVIL SERVICE
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HWY.
WILLIAM J LINDSAY
COUNTY COMPLEX, BLDG. #158 Information Display Unit,
P.O. BOX 6100,
HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788-0099 Phone:
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