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The City of San José, the Capital of Silicon Valley, is one of the nation's best managed cities and one of the top ten cities in which to live, work, and do business. Moreover, San José is the center of cultural government and economic activity for the region. The employees of the City of San José have embraced the following values: Integrity, Innovation, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Celebration.

The Office of the City Clerk is a service department within the municipal government upon which the City Council, all City departments, and the general public rely for information regarding the operations and legislative history of the City. The City Clerk serves as the liaison between the public and City Council and provides related municipal services, including delivering fiscal, human resources, and administrative and technical support services to the Mayor's Office, City Council Offices, and for the City's Boards, Commissions and Committees.The Office of the City Clerk is recruiting for a full-time Legislative Secretary to become part of a dynamic and productive team. The Legislative Secretary reports to the City Clerk and conducts activities unique to the Office of the City Clerk, in support of the Legislative process of the City Council, assigned Council Committees, and Boards or Commissions. Successful applicants must possess strong organizational skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. They must possess exemplary customer service and communication skills to interact effectively and respond to inquiries from the general public, elected officials, and City staff throughout the organization. A successful applicant must work well under pressure, meeting frequent deadlines. Occasional evening work may be required. The Legislative Secretary coordinates preparation of City Council agenda packets, meeting minutes, and calendars; publishes legal notices, hearings, ordinances, etc.; follows-up on Council actions to ensure timely preparation; compiles original documents, transmittal letters, affidavits and exhibits from City Council Meeting agenda items; prepares meeting minutes; processes actions resulting from meetings.

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In order to fulfill these job duties, a Legislative Secretary should have good knowledge of English composition, grammar, spelling and punctuation and be experienced with standard office practices and procedures with the skills necessary to organize, coordinate, and prioritize assigned tasks in order to meet established daily deadlines. The position requires the ability to type 55 words per minute with proficiency using MS Word, or equivalent, with the ability to follow strict formatting requirements for the preparation of meeting agenda, synopsis, and/or minutes for each Council, Committee, Board or Commission meeting. The employee may be expected to learn various software systems including Granicus and become proficient at posting or editing documents for publication on the web and to the GILES Records Database.

Agenda : The Legislative Secretary is responsible for preparing a variety of documents (Agendas for City Council, Council Committee, Boards or Commissions) utilizing wording and layout based upon standard formats to ensure consistency and compliance with the City's legislative procedures; posting documents in accordance with State Brown Act and City Open Government requirements. The Legislative Secretary may be responsible for the assembly and distribution of those documents to elected officials, City Administration, media and the public under tight deadlines.

Minutes : Responsibilities include attending City Council, Council Committee, Board or Commission meetings and taking complete notes of actions taken while utilizing Granicus software and/or other audio recording equipment to provide for storage and playback. Subsequently, the Legislative Secretary is responsible for preparing a synopsis and/or minutes of the meeting which accurately reflect the course of the proceedings and actions taken by the body for the approval by the City Clerk for publication and distribution within prescribed deadlines. The Legislative Secretary must selectively condense and paraphrase the discussions while exercising care to include relevant materials and to accurately record the vote(s) taken. The development of complete synopsis and/or minutes requires the Legislative Secretary to review all documents on which the Council, Council Committee, Board or Commission has taken action to ensure that the documentation is complete and accurate.

Records Management : The Office of the City Clerk is responsible for maintaining records and documents and other public disclosures required under State and local laws to be filed by elected officials, candidates for public office, lobbyists, campaigns, Board and Commission members, designated employees, and other governmental agencies. The Legislative Secretary is responsible for reading, indexing, filing, researching and retrieving documents considered and acted upon by the City Council, Council Committee, Board or Commission, as well as other documents required to be filed with the City Clerk including contracts, agreements, maps, disclosure forms, etc. The Office must respond to requests under the California Public Records Act for information from members of the public and media and/or research information, as well as records and documents requested by various City departments and other public agencies.

The City of San José, the Capital of Silicon Valley, is one of the nation's best managed cities and one of the top ten cities in which to live work and do business. Moreover, San José is the center of cultural government and economic activity for the region. The employees of the City of San José have embraced the following values: Integrity, Innovation, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Celebration.

The Office of the City Clerk is a service department within the municipal government upon which the City Council, all City departments, and the general public rely for information regarding the operations and legislative history of the City. The City Clerk serves as the liaison between the public and City Council and provides related municipal services, including delivering fiscal, human resources, and administrative and technical support services to the Mayor's Office, City Council Offices, and for the City's Boards, Commissions and Committees.The Office of the City Clerk is recruiting for a full-time Principal Office Specialist to become part of a dynamic and productive team that will provide support to Clerk Administration and Management; Council Support, and Legislative team.

Typical duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Collect and maintain a centralized and monthly performance measures and workload activities that is organized and ready for analysis across all Clerk programs.
• Place Clerk's Office supplies orders as well as Council Chamber supply orders after supervisor approval.
• May assist as backup coverage to the lone Agendadesk staffer managing Council and Council Committee Agenda postings, legal publications (approximately 300), city Calendar, unit web posting, Committee assignment lists, Brown Act Board and Boards and Commissions.
• May assist with some attendance of Council or Council Committee meetings together with City Clerk/Assistant City Clerk and Legislative Secretary to manage Zoom participants.
• May assist the City Clerk by providing clerical/administrative support by uploading campaign reports and statements to the system.
• Provide backup assistance to Records team including filing and scanning as needed, responding to simple Public Records requests, and database clean-up.
• Provide support to Clerk's Council Support/Fiscal team in grant database entry, tracking, fingerprinting, and backup travel coordination and timekeeping for all 12 offices and accounting processing during leaves and temporary vacancies.
• Performs other related duties as required.

The Environmental Services Department (ESD) is a national leader in pollution prevention, watershed protection, utility service provision, and climate action. Together, ESD employees positively impact every resident and business in San Jose.

Our department is an exceptional place to start or grow your career. We have a supportive leadership team, numerous professional growth opportunities, and an inclusive workplace culture that is welcoming of your talents! We offer an array of meaningful career paths and value flexibility - offering hybrid work and alternative work schedules in select roles. Additionally, the City offers excellent health and pension benefits, as well as 15 paid holidays!

To learn more about ESD, follow @sjenvironment on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram and San Jose Environmental Services on LinkedIn.

The Environmental Services Department is currently seeking to hire three (3) Associate Engineer positions:1 (one) vacancy at Water Resources Division is located at 3025 Tuers Road, San Jose and 2 (two) vacancies at Capital Improvement Project (CIP) division is located at 700 Los Esteros Road, San Jose.

About the Water Resources Division: The Water Resources Division is comprised of three sections: Municipal Water System, South Bay Water Recycling, and Operations and Maintenance. The Water Resources Division provides potable water service through the Municipal Water System to the communities of Evergreen, North San José/Alviso, Edenvale, and Coyote. The Water Resources Division also provides recycled water service through the South Bay Water Recycling system to the cities of San Jose, Santa Clara, and Milpitas. South Bay Water Recycling includes 143 miles of pipeline and facilities, including four pump stations, three reservoirs, and Retail Agency Operations and Maintenance activities for over 800 individual customer connections. In addition, the Water Resources Division also leads water conservation efforts for the City of San José.

About the Capital Improvement Program Division: Join the San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (RWF) Capital Improvement Program (CIP) division in leading one of the largest public works programs in San José's history! Check out CIP's website for more information on the $1.4 billion infrastructure construction program currently in its first 10-year phase. While all this planning and construction is ongoing, the facility is in continuous operation, serving 1.4 million residents and over 17,000 businesses in eight cities.

Associate Engineer Position at South Bay Water Recycling (SBWR) Section

The SBWR section is responsible for system operation and maintenance engineering support, and design and construction of the SBWR Recycling Water System pipeline and facilities. This includes managing the water quality programs, and supporting the conservation program, providing development related support services, ensuring availability of recycling water supply, capital improvements, construction inspection, and engineering support to operations and maintenance. Typical duties for the position include but are not limited to:

• Supervises staff including prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.Prepares engineering plans, details, project schedule, engineer's cost estimates and specifications.
• Directs the collection and analysis of water quality samples and reviews and interprets the resulting data including preparing recommendations as may be appropriate.
• Prepares, coordinates, and implements consultant, contractor, and laboratory analysis agreements.
• Research technical documents and assist in developing and conducting water quality studies to achieve business objectives and goals.
• Conducts and/or delegates data analysis, summarizes data with tables and graphs, and prepares reports and/or presentations to explain causes and effects on water quality as required by management.
• Provides direct support and/or oversees provision of direct support to customers as necessary to respond to water quality-related inquiries.
• Maintains and assists in optimizing databases that may include but not limited to water quality database, water quality compliant database, etc.
• Delegates and/or develops programs to maintain full compliance with applicable requirements in water quality, including updating existing plans or creating new plans as necessary to ensure compliance with new water quality regulations.
• Prepares and/or approves reports for compliance purposes that may include but not limited to: California Division of Drinking Water (DDW) Annual Report, Consumer Confidence Report, Public Health Goal Report.
• Represents the City with contractors, consulting firms, DDW, EPA, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and other water quality and environmental regulating bodies, as required, and at public meetings concerning City policy on engineering projects.
• Oversees and prepares plan documents, including but not limited to, Assembling and reviewing plans and specifications for conformance. directs the inspection of major engineering projects, prepares bid documents, solicits bids, facilitates award of contracts, administers the contract, interprets plans and specifications, resolves field problems, gives final inspection, and follows through with acceptance of the project.

Associate Engineer Position at Capital Improvement Program

The Capital Project Delivery section has a wide variety of responsibilities, including preparing and/or reviews designs, improvement plans, condition assessments, feasibility studies, construction estimates, specifications, and contract documents for capital improvement projects that are prepared by subordinates and/or consultants engaged by the City. Typical duties for the position include but are not limited to:

• Manages capital improvement projects from concept development to completion, i.e., overseeing, controlling, and guiding projects.
• Prepares engineering plans, project schedule, engineer's cost estimates and specifications.
• Negotiates, drafts, and manages consultant agreements and/or construction contracts.
• Supervises staff including work prioritization, performance evaluations, training and involvement in hiring and disciplinary processes.
• Oversees the preparation and/or reviews of designs and contracts documents for various of construction projects or engineering related projects.
• Evaluates and coordinates responses for bid documents and construction documents.
• Interprets plans and specifications, resolving field problems, conducting inspection, and facilitate project acceptance procedures.
• Collaborates with construction inspectors and attends field meetings regarding problems in the field during the construction.

For more information and to apply, please visit:

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We are looking for a talented and experienced professional to be an Executive Assistant to support the City Manager and Assistant City Manager.  We are seeking a candidate with experience supporting high-level executives within an organization. Someone with the ability to act on the behalf of multiple executives, handling communication, scheduling, and other administrative tasks in support of operations in the Office of the City Manager. We are seeking individuals with distinct skills in organizational capabilities, time management, presentation development, technical knowledge of the specific area of assignment, customer relationship management, excellent writing skills, data entry skills, travel and logistics management, and communication skills.
 
Working for the City of Sunnyvale as an Executive Assistant is both challenging and rewarding and you are provided an opportunity to invest in the community and see the results of your work.  All of this, plus a generous benefits package which includes a competitive salary, career development and training opportunities make the City of Sunnyvale a great place to work.

This position requires graduation from high school or the tested equivalent, and six years of responsible administrative work, at least one of which has been in support of management at the senior executive level OR a Bachelor’s Degree and four years of responsible administrative work, at least one of which has been in support of management at the senior executive level

A complete application packet will consist of a City of Sunnyvale employment application and responses to the required supplemental questions. The final filing date is April 29, 2024, at 5:00 pm or after receiving 100 qualified applicants, whichever is first. 

Salary:  $44.47 - $56.76 Hourly, individuals in this classification receive a 3.5% confidential premium in addition to the base rate.

Are you the type of person that is driven to improve a community?  Can you motivate yourself and others to achieve project milestones?  Would you like to work on the City of Sunnyvale’s most exciting, high-dollar, and high-profile projects?  We’re looking for a person with excellent communication, critical thinking, and teamwork skills to help us rebuild our water pollution control plant and civic center.

The City of Sunnyvale is the second largest city in Santa Clara County and has the close-knit culture of a smaller city and the compelling projects and assignments of a large city.  We invite you to apply! 

The ideal candidate will have a passion for excellence, a commitment to serving the community, and have outstanding interpersonal skills. Other skills the City is looking for include excellent problem-solving skills, strong ability to communicate effectively and proactively both orally and in writing, and capability to establish and maintain effective work relationships.

The eligibility list created from this recruitment could be used for future Civil Engineer vacancies within the City.

The City of Sunnyvale offers:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Classic CalPERS members have 4% of the employee contributions paid by the City, leaving only 3% for the employee to contribute.
• Retiree medical benefits available

A complete application consists of a City application, responses to the required supplemental questions. The final filing date is April 30, 2024, at 5:00 pm. For complete information regarding this current opportunity, please visit: Sunnyvale.ca.gov

Salary: $55.96 - $71.41 Hourly

The City of San José is a place where we use civic technology to help our community thrive.

As the 10th largest city in the nation, the City manages a large set of services and assets. The City operates on a budget of $5 billion, with 7,000 employees serving 1+ million residents and 80,000 businesses in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Information Technology's (IT) mission: Put powerful tools and information in the hands of people to unleash their brilliance in service to our community. IT enables that mission through business and infrastructure systems, cybersecurity, data management and analysis, productivity and collaboration tools, the San Jose 311 resident experience platform, data equity and privacy programs, and strategic planning. San Jose is powered by truly great people, a robust technology environment, and a strong sense of purpose.

We promote work-life integration and a focus on growth to bring out the best in our people. Come join us in making San Jose the most vibrant, equitable, sustainable, and innovative city in America!

You can visit the Information Technology Department website to learn more about us.
NOTE - The first review of applications will be on Monday, April 22, 2024. Please submit your application by 11:59 p.m. (PST) on Friday, April 19, 2024, if you would like your application to be included in the first review. Candidates who pass the first application review round will be invited to interviews on the week of April 29, 2024.

The City of San José is recruiting for an Infrastructure and Operations Support Manager, Emergency Operations Center in the Information Technology Department. As a technical manager, this position will be responsible for overseeing infrastructure service and day-to-day operations for the City's Emergency Operation Center (EOC).

The Infrastructure and Operations Support Manager, Emergency Operations Center supports the essential technologies needed to operate the City's EOC in disasters, including the core network infrastructure, computing servers, storage, enterprise applications, collaboration tools, Mobile Device Management (MDM), and Motorola Computer Dispatch workstations. The EOC technologies include a multi-layer redundant/backup network connectivity with a localized data center, servers, and storage. This allows the EOC's technology services available during large-scale emergency events.

This position requires strong technical hands-on experience and leadership skills as well as the ability to take initiative and direct others. We are seeking an individual with a willingness to adapt to an ever-changing business as well as an ever-changing technical environment.

The ideal candidate must be able to take full ownership of managing and delegating the services of IT infrastructure, business collaboration tools, and City applications to support the EOC and lead projects to completion. Infrastructure operations include identity management, private and public cloud infrastructure, server virtualization, system management, and monitoring, client and server Windows Operating Systems and client applications, etc. Business collaboration tools include Microsoft Office 365 Productivity Suite, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, related Office 365 Suite offerings, Zoom, etc. City applications include GIS, desktop applications, etc. This position demands a proven ability to resolve complex technical issues with limited resources. A strong leadership mindset, the ability to collaborate well with teams, and a strong civil servant mentality are essential to this position.

The Infrastructure and Operations Support Manager for the Emergency Operations Center is a member of the IT Department with a mission to support the EOC. The work plan defines the business requirements with priorities set by the Office of Emergency Management. As a member of the EOC response team, the Infrastructure and Operations Support Manager, Emergency Operations Center will need to be available onsite to support the emergency event. Work hours during an emergency event could be after the City's business hours or on the weekend.

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Providing technical leadership for the City's enterprise infrastructure which includes: network, servers, hyperconverged infrastructure, desktops and mobile devices, Active Directory, VPN, Federation Service, Public/Private Cloud support, enterprise storage, system management and monitoring, enterprise system backups and restore, as well as Disaster Recovery of EOC IT services.
• Leading advanced troubleshooting and triage responsibilities for infrastructure issues to ensure service availability to meet service level expectations.
• Validating and managing system configuration changes to ensure successful system upgrades and configuration changes to the production environment.
• Developing technical guidelines and governance framework to ensure best practices and security.
• Triaging, leading, and resolving advanced infrastructure issues and service outages.
• Leading project implementation to completion.
• Coordinating communication and IT service needs with Public Safety and departments.
• Managing asset life cycle, including tracking, replacement, and surplus of equipment.
• Managing infrastructure maintenance and support contracts.
• Providing technical leadership and IT training to EOC staff and City employees

Please note that the Infrastructure and Operations Support Manager, Emergency Operation Center position is currently eligible for a hybrid telework schedule. The schedule for working remotely and onsite is subject to change.

Salary Information: The final candidate's qualifications and experience shall determine the actual salary. In addition to the starting salary, employees in the Enterprise Supervising Technology Analyst (ESTA) classification shall also receive an approximate five percent (5%) ongoing non-pensionable compensation pay.

• Salary Range (including the 5% NPWI): $136,237.92 - $ 166,005.84

The ESTA classification is represented by the City Association of Management Personnel (CAMP) bargaining unit.

The award-winning San José Public Library (SJPL) consists of more than 600 employees, a 23% bilingual workforce, and has 24 branch libraries across San José, in addition to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, which is the city's main library jointly operated through a unique partnership with San José State University. SJPL serves a diverse community of roughly one-million residents and currently has nearly 700,000 library members. It annually attracts over 6 million visitors (pre-pandemic) and circulates more than 8 million items per year.

Over the past few years, SJPL has cultivated a 21st century library experience dedicated to public service and committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the core. In addition to providing library services to the community, SJPL proudly leads two citywide initiatives - the Education and Digital Literacy Strategy and the SJ Access digital equity initiative, which has become the number one provider of free public access to Wi-Fi connectivity, tech device lending, and multi-lingual digital literacy programs and support. SJPL is led by Jill Bourne, City Librarian, who was nationally recognized in 2017 as Library Journal's "Librarian of the Year."

SJPL enriches lives by fostering lifelong learning and ensuring that every member of the community has access to a vast array of ideas and information. The library department is a place where people do great work and make a difference in our community. To see examples of SJPL's work and learn more about its impact, visit www.sjpl.org. Join us to make a difference! The San José Public Library is looking to fill openings across all our branch locations and units. Library Pages selected will be scheduled to work 16 hours per week on a year-round regular basis. The days and hours assigned will vary depending on location and the scheduling needs of that branch/unit. The schedule may include evening, Saturday, and Sunday shifts.

Library Pages are responsible for providing direct customer service and handling library materials. This can include the following: Filing materials on the shelves quickly and accurately, providing assistance at the customer service desk, assisting in maintaining an orderly and welcoming environment, answering questions from customers in person and over the phone, explaining library policies and procedures, addressing challenging customer behaviors, conducting basic searches on library catalogues, checking materials in/out, helping customers register for a borrower's card, collecting fines, interacting with and working well with other team members.

These positions require pushing or pulling carts loaded with materials; packing, unpacking and transporting shipment boxes; reaching, bending, and stooping to put materials on low and high shelves; actively moving for several hours at a time, retrieving items from deep bins, and standing for periods of time. Bilingual skills preferred.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.