73-279
PROMOTIONAL
EXAMINATION
INVESTIGATOR II
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: APRIL 30, 2021
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WRITTEN TEST DATE: JUNE 12, 2021
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $50,765
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GRADE 21
SPECIFICATION # 5752
STATE ANNOUNCED TEST
DATE: JUNE 5, 2021*
SUFFOLK COUNTY TEST DATE:
JUNE 12, 2021
*Special Note for
Candidates: Any candidate approved to take a civil service examination with
another local civil service agency on June 5, 2021 must notify this office upon
application. You may be required to take all of your exams, including Suffolk
County exams scheduled for June 12, 2021, on June 5, 2021 at that agency’s test
site. Failure to provide notice may
result in disqualification from the June 12, 2021 Suffolk County
examination(s).
SPECIAL
NOTE: Candidates
who filed an application for the original examination date of April 25, 2020 will
automatically be scheduled for the June 12, 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. 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 performs
investigations to uncover frauds perpetrated against Suffolk County. The incumbent is responsible for carrying out
extensive investigations of practices or incidents as well as uncovering and
gathering evidence of alleged frauds. This class differs from that of Investigator
I by virtue of the greater amount of independent judgment and initiative
exercised in the performance of regular assignments, which include
investigations of greater complexity,
The incumbent may act as a lead worker, and may be responsible for providing
on-the-job training and reviewing the work of Investigators I. Work is performed under the general
supervision of a higher level Investigator or Administrator. 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 an Investigator I or Investigator I (Spanish
Speaking) in the jurisdiction in which the candidate seeks promotion for at
least two (2) years immediately preceding the written examination 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.
Within six (6) months, employees hired after 4/7/88 must obtain a Notary
Public License. Possession of the
license must be maintained throughout employment in the title.
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.
Advanced
investigative techniques;
4.
Evaluating
information and evidence.
Note: The
use of calculators is allowed for this examination.
Note: A Guide for the Written Test for
Investigators is available at the New York State Department of Civil Service
website: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
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.
An
Expanded Description of the examination
subtests is available at: www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
3.
Candidates
who apply for this examination and who have not heard from the Suffolk County
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service by June 9, 2021
are advised to contact the 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: April 5, 2021
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
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 HUMAN RESOURCES, PERSONNEL AND CIVIL
SERVICE
Announcements and Applications Also Available At
SUFFOLK
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, PERSONNEL AND CIVIL SERVICE
725
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LINDSAY COUNTY COMPLEX, BLDG. #158 Information Display Unit,
P.O. BOX
6100, HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788-0099 Phone: 853-5500 County Center, Riverhead