65-974
SUFFOLK COUNTY
MUNICIPAL PARKING ADMINISTRATOR
CIVIL SERVICE
OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
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WRITTEN TEST DATE: OCTOBER 19, 2019
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USUAL ANNUAL
SALARY $50,000
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SALARIES VARY BY
JURISDICTION
SPECIFICATION # 0998
All
statements made on the application may be verified and the backgrounds of
successful candidates are subject to investigation by the appointing authority.
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. Application may also be made using the Suffolk
County Application for Employment (Forms CS-205A and CS-205B). Make your check or money order payable to the
Suffolk County Department of Civil Service.
Do not send cash. Please indicate
the examination title and the last four digits of your Social Security number
on the face of your check or money order.
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. Internet applicants should complete the
“Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form on-line. All other
applicants should complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and
Certification” form and submit it with your application (Forms CS-205A and
CS-205B). 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 Civil Service. There is currently one vacancy in the Village
of Port Jefferson.
DUTIES
An employee in this class is responsible
for administering and planning a comprehensive managed parking program in a
municipality. The employee is responsible for overseeing metered parking
systems and facilities, assisting in the development, improvement, and
expansion of the parking program, marketing parking incentive programs,
responding to resident and visitor concerns and complaints, and overseeing the
repairs and maintenance of the parking meter system. Work requires considerable
initiative and judgment and is performed under general supervision. Does related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Either:
(a)
Graduation
from a college with federally-authorized accreditation or registration by NY
State with a Bachelor’s Degree* in Business Administration, Accounting,
Marketing, or a related field, and three (3) years of administrative and/or
supervisory experience in public relations, marketing, area development, or
business management; or,
(b)
Graduation
from a college with federally-authorized accreditation or registration by NY
State with an Associate’s Degree* in Business Administration, Accounting,
Marketing, or a related field, and five (5) years of administrative and/or
supervisory experience in public relations, marketing, area development, or
business management; or,
(c)
An
equivalent combination of education and experience as defined by the limits of
(a) and (b).
Notes: Experience in the monitoring,
installation, repair or maintenance of automated information systems and
technologies may be substituted for the above experience on a year-for-year
basis to a maximum of one (1) year. Up
to twelve (12) credits of coursework in information technology supplementing or
part of a qualifying degree may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of
experience defined in (a) and (b) where twelve (12) credits equals one (1)
year.
*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.
Preparing
written material;
2.
Understanding
and interpreting written material;
3.
Supervision;
4.
Working
with office records.
Note: The
use of calculators is recommended 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 online at:
https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
NOTES
1.
Should
it become necessary to amend any part of this announcement, the Civil Service
Department 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 by requesting a copy from the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service in Hauppauge. A self-addressed, stamped 9 ½” X 4” envelope must accompany this request.
3.
Candidates
who apply for this examination and who have not heard from the Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service by October 16, 2019 are advised to contact
the Civil Service 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: August 1, 2019
GENERAL CONDITIONS
OPEN-COMPETITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Paper
applications are available at the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service in
Hauppauge and at the Riverhead County Center display, or by sending a stamped,
self-addressed 9 ½” X 4”envelope for each title to: Suffolk County Department of Civil Service,
P.O. Box 6100, Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099.
2.
Applications
postmarked after midnight of the last filing date may not be considered
eligible for this examination.
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 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 scored 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 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 Civil Service Department 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 non-county 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 throughout 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 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 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
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
Announcements and Applications Also Available At
SUFFOLK COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
725 VETERANS
MEMORIAL HWY.
WILLIAM J LINDSAY
COUNTY COMPLEX, BLDG. #158 Information Display Unit,
P.O. BOX 6100,
HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788-0099 Phone:
853-5500 County Center, Riverhead