79-716
PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION
LIBRARIAN IV
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: DECEMBER 27, 2023
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USUAL ANNUAL
SALARY $88,000
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SALARIES VARY BY
JURISDICTION
SPECIFICATION # 0822
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, active duty military,
members of the reserves or National Guard, auxiliary police, firefighters,
members in good standing of a local fire district or ambulance
company, members of a Volunteer Fire Department 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 performs
administrative duties as head of a branch of a large public library. The incumbent is responsible for the
operation of the branch, and for the training and direction of professional and
nonprofessional staff through intermediate supervisors. The work is reviewed by the Director or
Assistant Director of the library through conferences and the attainment of
desired objectives. 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 Librarian III for at least one (1) year
or as a Librarian II for at least two (2) years in the jurisdiction in
which the candidate seeks promotion immediately preceding the last filing date.
Necessary Special Requirement
Appointees must maintain a valid New York
State Public Librarian’s Professional Certificate throughout employment in this
title.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
There will be no written or oral test for
this examination. If you meet the
minimum qualifications, you will receive a rating based upon an evaluation of your
training and experience against the duties of the position being tested.
Candidates must first complete an
examination application and return it to the Suffolk County Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil
Service on or before the last filing date of December 27, 2023.
Approved candidates will be sent a notice
containing directions to a website address needed to complete a Training and
Experience Questionnaire.
The Training and Experience Questionnaire
will be available on February 1, 2024,
and approved candidates will be required to complete and submit this
questionnaire between February 1, 2024 and midnight, February 29, 2024.
Note:
Candidates will not be able to claim credit for training and
experience gained after the application filing deadline of December 27, 2023.
Candidates who fail to submit a
questionnaire by midnight, February 29,
2024, will not receive a rating.
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 filed for this examination more than six months ago are advised to amend
their applications to include current information.
N.Y.S.
DATE
PREPARED: September 22, 2023
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
will be added to the
scores of passing candidates only.
14.
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.
15.
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.
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 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 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.
20.
For
information regarding a weather-related cancellation of this examination,
please refer to our website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/CivilService
and click on the “Weather Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil Service Announcements are shown at the
bottom of that page. Also check News 12 Long Island for notice of cancellation
of this examination: NEWS 12 LONG
ISLAND, TV CHANNEL 12 or at their website:
www.news12.com.
Suffolk County
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service
725 Veterans
Memorial Highway
William J. Lindsay
County Complex, Bldg. # 158
P. O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY
11788-0099
Phone (631)
853-5500