8-0810
SUFFOLK COUNTY
LIBRARY ASSISTANT
CIVIL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
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 24, 2021
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USUAL ANNUAL
SALARY $50,591
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SALARIES VARY BY
JURISDICTION
SPECIFICATION # 0810
All
statements made on the application may be verified and the backgrounds of
successful candidates are subject to investigation by the appointing authority.
SPECIAL
NOTE: Candidates who filed an application for the
original examination date of April 18, 2020 will automatically be scheduled for
the July 24, 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. A separate application and
processing fee are required for each examination (identified by examination number)
for which you are applying. 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,
firefighters, members in good standing of a local fire district or ambulance company, volunteer CERT members and members of the
Suffolk County Police Explorers program. The fee may also be waived if you are
unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a household and for
recipients of Medicaid, SSI, Public Assistance or those in a training program
under the Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act administered by
a state or local social service agency. Applicants should complete the “Request
for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form online. All claims for
application fee waiver are subject to verification.
VACANCIES
The eligible list for this title will be
used to fill current and future vacancies in non-county jurisdictions under the
jurisdiction of the Suffolk County Department of Human Resources, Personnel and
Civil Service. There are currently two vacancies in the Smithtown Library.
DUTIES
An employee in this class performs
paraprofessional library work under the direct supervision of a professional
staff member. Although some latitude for
independent judgment may be permitted after training has been completed,
supervision continues to be exercised by a professional supervisor. Does related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Graduation from a college with
federally-authorized accreditation or registration by New York State with a
Bachelor’s Degree*.
* Please attach to the application a copy
of your college transcript(s) which must have your name, college name, and date
of graduation printed on it by the institution.
Grade reports, incomplete transcripts and other similar documents are unacceptable.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The
written test will cover knowledge, skills, and/or abilities in such
areas as:
1.
Library
terminology and practices;
2.
Preparing
written material;
3.
Understanding
and interpreting written material;
4.
Understanding
and interpreting tabular material;
5.
Basic
computer usage.
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.
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 21, 2021
are advised to contact the Department before the written test date at (631)
853-5500.
3.
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.
LOCAL
DATE
PREPARED: May 12, 2021
GENERAL CONDITIONS
OPEN-COMPETITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Application
may be made using the Suffolk County Application for Employment (Forms CS-205A
and CS-205B).
2.
Applicants
may complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form and
submit it with Forms CS-205A and CS-205B.
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 written test date appearing on this announcement. Appeals received on or after the announced
written test 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 score received on the written test, plus 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-checker, personal digital assistant, address books, language translators,
dictionaries and any similar devices are prohibited.
8.
When
the 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.
9.
When
the written 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.
10. 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.
11. Information
regarding eligibility for veterans’ credits appears on the open-competitive
application form.
12. Pursuant to
Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police
officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional
ten points added to a passing score attained in a competitive examination for
original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent
served. If you are qualified to
participate in this examination, and you are the child of a firefighter or
police officer killed in the line of duty, please so notify us in writing when
you submit your application for examination.
A candidate claiming such credit must submit appropriate documentation
to verify eligibility to receive these additional credits before the eligible
list is established. No additional
credits will be granted after the eligible list is established.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. Residency is not
required for taking any examinations.
However, some jurisdictions, such as schools, libraries, etc., give
hiring preference to residents. Some
towns also require employees to establish residency within the township. For employment in a Suffolk County Department,
with only limited exceptions set forth in Suffolk County Law, residency within
Suffolk County is required within five years of employment with the
county. In any case in which residency
preference is given, the appointee(s) must meet a specific residency standard
as defined in the Civil Service Rules.
16. Saturday Sabbath
Observers and handicapped persons: If
special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
17. No smoking is
permitted in the building or on the grounds of the examination site.
18. 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 Suffolk County Department of Human Resources,
Personnel and Civil Service before the last filing date appearing on this
announcement for alternate test date information.
19. Multiple
Examinations Scheduled for the Same Day:
If you have applied to take a written test announced by either one or
several local jurisdictions (county, town, 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 tests 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.
20. 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
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