9-2282
PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION
FORENSIC SCIENTIST III
(BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES)
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: MARCH 2, 2022
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $98,397
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GRADE 28 STEP 11
SPECIFICATION # 2282
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 oversees the
technical and/or administrative functions of one (or more) sub-units,
disciplines, or areas of specialized responsibilities within the Biological
Sciences section of the crime laboratory.
The incumbent coordinates and participates in the performance of highly
complex technical analyses in the Biological Sciences section. The work involves the use of and maintenance
of highly sophisticated laboratory equipment.
An employee in this class may be assigned
specialized responsibilities in the section (such as acting as the Technical
Leader or Casework CODIS Administrator) in accordance with Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) standards and/or minimum qualifications. The work includes giving testimony at a
variety of legal proceedings, and requires the exercise of independent judgment
and initiative. Supervision may be exercised over
subordinate laboratory staff and is received from an administrative or section
supervisor through conferences and review of reports issued. May act as a crime scene team leader.
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 Forensic Scientist II (Biological
Sciences) in the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office for at least two
(2) years immediately preceding the last filing date.
Necessary Special Requirements
At the time of appointment and during
employment in this title, employees will be required to possess a valid license
to operate a motor vehicle in New York State.
Candidates will be subject to a background
investigation.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
There will be no written or oral test for
this examination. 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. Please prepare a complete
summary of your relevant education and experience for this position on Form
CS-205A.
In your summary of training include a copy of your college transcript(s) showing
all college degrees.
In your summary of experience describe fully each relevant position you
have held during the past ten (10) years.
State the type of organization and your place within it. Give a clear and precise description of your
principal duties and responsibilities including experience in forensic
biology. Include the percent of time you
normally devote to each. If you have
held more than one title with the same employer describe
each title separately.
Applications may be
supplemented by a resume, but submission of a resume does not relieve a
candidate of the responsibility for completing all sections of the official
application. To receive credit for
experience on a job, basic information such as your title, name and address of
employer, title of supervisor, hours in the work week,
dates of employment (including month and year), etc., must be shown.
Be as concrete and specific as possible in
your summary of training and experience; ambiguity and
vagueness will not be resolved in favor of the candidate. Additional information concerning a
candidate’s training and experience will not be accepted
after the application has been rated. Rank on the eligible list will be determined by the training and
experience evaluation plus seniority and veteran’s credits if applicable.
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 application to include current information.
LOCAL
DATE
PREPARED: January 28, 2022
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/Civil-Service
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
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