PROMOTIONAL
EXAMINATION
9-1246
BAY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST II
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: AUGUST 7, 2019
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USUAL ANNUAL
SALARY $74, 268
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SALARIES VARY BY
JURSIDICTION
SPECIFICATION # 1246
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
promotional examination (Form CS-203).
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, 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 other
applicants should complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and
Certification” form and submit it with your application (Form CS-203). All claims for application fee waiver are
subject to verification.
DUTIES
An employee in this class is responsible
for planning, supervising and performing surveys, investigations and projects
related to bay and shellfish research and management. Supervision may be exercised
over Bay Management Specialist Is or other technical personnel. General supervision is
received from professional waterways management or environmental protection
administrative personnel through conferences and written reports. 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 Bay Management Specialist I in the
jurisdiction in which the candidate seeks promotion for at least one (1)
year immediately preceding the last filing date.
Necessary Special Requirement
Must have the ability to learn how to
operate small boats.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The only subject of the examination will
be an evaluation of the candidates’ training and experience. Candidates who meet the minimum
qualifications will receive a rating based on an evaluation of their training
and experience against the background of the duties of the position.
All candidates should submit an
application on or before the last filing date.
After a preliminary review of qualifications, all approved candidates
will be required to complete and return a questionnaire describing their
relevant training and experience. The rating of training and experience will be based upon the information candidates provide on the
questionnaire. Ambiguity and vagueness
will not be resolved in the candidate’s favor.
Additional information concerning a candidate’s training and experience will not be accepted after the questionnaire has been
rated. Candidates who have not received
a questionnaire by August 28, 2019 should contact the Department of Civil
Service.
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.
Candidates
who filed for this examination more than six months ago are
advised to amend their applications to include current information.
LOCAL
DATE
PREPARED: June 19, 2019
GENERAL CONDITIONS
PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Candidates
must submit Suffolk County Application form CS-203 (Blue). 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,
New York 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 training and experience examination may
appeal to the Department of 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 training and experience evaluation, plus seniority and veterans' credits
where appropriate.
6.
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.
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. Eligible lists
resulting from promotional examinations are only certified
to the jurisdiction in which a candidate is employed.
11. 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 list.
12. 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.
13. Information
regarding eligibility for veterans' credits appears on the application form
(CS-203).
14. 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.
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. 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.
18. Saturday Sabbath
Observers and handicapped persons: If
special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
19. No smoking is permitted in the building or on the grounds of the
examination site.
20. 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.
21. 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 Civil service at (631) 853-5500.
22. 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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