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Menlo Park is seeking a well-rounded project management professional.  The ideal candidate shall demonstrate the technical skills necessary to manage the planning, design, and construction of capital improvement projects with a particular focus on facilities and building systems. Candidates shall possess problem solving and analytical skills, be highly organized, have excellent communication skills, and show a strong commitment for producing high quality work. The ideal candidate will be expected to use independent judgement and have the responsibility of working with other City departments and contractors while executing projects of varying degrees of difficulty and complexity

This entry-level position in the project management series is expected to perform, under the direction of a Senior Engineer, the full range of professional  project management work in the Capital Improvement Plan section, including the planning, design, and construction of the public works infrastructure.  Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities will be considered qualifying. Ideal candidates will possess the equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major work in Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, Public Administration or a closely-related field; and at least two (2) years of increasingly responsible project management experience.  

About the Department

The Public Works Department is responsible for planning, building and maintaining the City’s infrastructure including its facilities, streets, sidewalks, water, stormwater, parks, trees, landfill and transportation system. The Department protects the City’s investments in infrastructure and public facilities to ensure the health and safety of the community in an efficient, sustainable and cost-effective manner. The Department also provides private developments with oversight engineering review to insure that these projects are constructed according to city specifications.

The Department consists of three Divisions: Engineering, Transportation, and Maintenance. The Project Manager position resides in Capital Improvement Program section of the Engineering Division.

Menlo Park is seeking a well-rounded engineering professional with exceptional technical as well as project management skills. The Ideal candidate will be an impressive problem solver with the proven ability to be adaptable and innovative. A history of delivering outstanding projects and results will be expected. An engineer who prefers diversity in their work and would welcome opportunities to work on challenging and visible projects is encouraged to apply.  Menlo Park is willing to consider full-time or part-time employment.

Menlo Park is seeking a well-rounded engineering professional with exceptional technical as well as project management skills. The Ideal candidate will be an impressive problem solver with the proven ability to be adaptable and innovative. A history of delivering outstanding projects and results will be expected. An engineer who prefers diversity in their work and would welcome opportunities to work on challenging and visible projects is encouraged to apply.  Menlo Park is willing to consider full-time or part-time employment.

The Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, is seeking bright, collaborative, energetic, well qualified candidates, with a "Can-Do" disposition for the position of Collaborative Courts Coordinator.

Under general direction, the Collaborative Courts Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the activities, policy and program support, and successful operation of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo's collaborative courts. The Coordinator is also responsible for working with judicial officers, court staff, and staff of county justice agencies to ensure the successful operation of the various collaborative courts, including Pathways Mental Health Court, Bridges Treatment Court, Drug Court, Veterans Court, Military Diversion Court, 1370 Court, and Restitution Court.

Examples Of Duties:

• Work with the collaborative courts judges and support their leadership role by coordinating collaborative court program activities.
• Provide judicial officers with administrative and technical support to increase operational functioning of each of the collaborative court programs; Use professional judgment by working independently when necessary and advising collaborative court judges when appropriate.
• Work with Court management, staff, and justice partners to calendar and coordinate court case referrals to the appropriate collaborative court.
• Coordinate stakeholder collaborative court workgroup to include County justice partners (District Attorney, Private Defender Program, Probation Department, Sheriff's Department, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services).
• Develop and maintain collaborative court program manuals. 
• Provide the collaborative court judges and stakeholder agencies with program related information.
• Coordinate program documentation, data collection and data flow process development.
• Research data collection models and using national collaborative court data collection standards, develop San Mateo Court model for tracking defendant enrollment, probation violation, program completion, and recidivism rates.
• Prepare monthly data reports on drug court and behavioral health court cases that describe outcomes; Provide JCC and granting agencies with quarterly program progress reports as requested.
• Develop San Mateo Collaborative Court Program informational materials and update as necessary. 
• Develop and maintain content for collaborative court web page on the court's web site.
• Identify national and state collaborative court judicial education programs for use by judicial officers and collaborative justice partners.
• Research trends in collaborative court programs and treatment; Disseminate information and provide updates to judiciary and program partners.
• Oversee San Mateo collaborative court grants and reporting.
• Coordinate applications for state and national collaborative court grants.
• Work with Court's Policy Analyst to research grant opportunities and assist with writing proposals with support from Court management.
• Evaluate programs for effectiveness and efficiency.
• Extract data from existing data collection sources for reporting and program analysis; Collaborate with court staff and partner agencies to supplement data.
• Analyze data to understand program trends and to support policy changes.
• Work closely with the staff of State Judicial Council to determine most current data gathering tools, including cost/benefit analysis.
• Ensure program sustainability for all collaborative court programs.
• Coordinate the court's forensic evaluation process.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
 
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to qualify is:

• A baccalaureate degree in social sciences, communications, economics, business administration, public administration, and/or course work in the field of criminal justice, and
• Two years of progressively responsible professional work experience in fieldwork or case management experience, to include project or program case management in the fields of addictions, human/family services, health services, or public safety.  Two years of experience related to collaborative justice programs is preferred.

Up to two years of the education requirement may be substituted, on a year for year basis, with additional related experience.  Up to two years of the experience requirement may be substituted, by an advanced degree in law, public administration, social work, business administration, psychology, or communications.
 
Knowledge of:

• Project management and coordination
• Program evaluation methodologies
• Research and information gathering techniques
• Statistical methods and analysis
• Collaborative Justice programs, such as drug diversion programs, alcohol or substance abuse treatment programs, and behavioral health alternatives

Ability to:

• Work effectively in a team environment
• Work effectively with the Court's collaborative justice partners
• Advise judicial officers on a variety of related issues with confidence and reliability
• Organize and present ideas and recommendations both orally and in writing
• Gather, organize, and assess large amounts of data; determine appropriate data for extraction and analysis
• Write comprehensive and compelling reports, in a timely manner
• Operate a computer and use appropriate software in the performance of analytical work
• Effectively represent the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, with justice partners, the public, other Court staff, and other government agencies as a knowledgeable and competent resource
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships

Typical Working Conditions
Work is performed in an office and meeting room environment; with continuous contact with judicial officers, other governmental agencies and social service agencies, management staff, other staff, and the public.

Physical Requirements
Sit for extended periods; frequently stand and walk; normal manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination; lift, move and transport objects weighing up to 25 lbs.; use of office equipment, including computer, telephone, calculator, copiers, and facsimile. Must be able to travel within San Mateo and occasionally travel to other locations throughout the state for related meetings.     

APPLICATION/EXAMINATION
Open and Promotional. Anyone may apply. Current County of San Mateo and County of San Mateo Superior Court employees with at least six months (1040 hours) of continuous service in a classified regular, probationary, SEIU or AFSCME represented extra-help/term position prior to the final filing date will receive five points added to their final passing score on this examination. 

Responses to the Supplemental Questions must be submitted in addition to our regular employment Application Form. Failure to submit supplemental responses will result in the removal of your application from the process.  (Please be complete, yet concise, in your responses.  The information contained in your responses will be used in the application screening process.)

The examination process will consist of an application screening (weight: pass/fail) based on the candidates' application and responses to the supplemental questions. Candidates who pass the application screening will be invited to a panel interview (weight: 100%), which may include a written and/or performance exercise(s). Depending on the number of applicants, an application appraisal of education and experience may be used in place of other examinations or further evaluation of work experience may be conducted to group applicants by level of qualification. All applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination. All examinations will be given in County of San Mateo, California and applicants must participate at their own expense. 

IMPORTANT: Applications for this position will only be accepted online. If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the "Apply" button above or below. If you are not on the County's website, please go to http://jobs.smcgov.org/ to apply. Online applications must be received by the Human Resources Department before midnight on the final filing date.

NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies.

TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE:

Final Filing Date: January 28, 2019 at 11:50 p.m., PST
Applicant Screening:  Week of February 4, 2019
Panel Interviews:  February 18 and/or February 19, 2019

The City of Redwood City invites you to apply for the position of Senior Engineering Technician (Drafting/Design and Support Services). This is the advanced journey level position of the paraprofessional engineering class series.  The current opening will work primarily in the area of capital improvement plans and specification preparations and civil engineering design supports, in the Community Development Services Department. 

The ideal candidate will embrace the City’s emphasis on excellent customer service; will be a team player who can work independently with all members of the public, including contractors, property owners, and others contacted in the course of work; will demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills; a self-motivated individual who is experienced in civil engineering technical drafting principles and practices. The successful candidate must be experienced and skilled in using AUTOCAD/Civil 3D to prepare plans and maps; and in reading and interpreting construction plans, drawings, and field sketches; will use initiative, independent judgment and time management skills; will demonstrate basic computer skills to operate automated work systems; and will have a sense of humor.

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Applications are being accepted for the position of Financial Services Manager with the City of South San Francisco

FILING DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019 AT 5:00 P.M.

THE CITY OFFERS AN ATTRACTIVE BENEFIT PACKAGE, INCLUDING HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR FAMILIES, A GENEROUS VACATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PACKAGE, AS WELL AS CalPERS RETIREMENT PLAN AND PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL SECURITY 

The City of South San Francisco is a fully independent and highly commercialized full-service City with an estimated population of 64,585 growing to 100,000 during business hours. City departments include: Police; Fire; Parks and Recreation; Public Works; Economic and Community Development; City Attorney; Library; Finance; Information Technology; Human Resources; City Clerk; and Office of the City Manager. The City has a Council-City Manager form of government with more than 400 full-and part-time regular employees.

THE DEPARTMENT

The Finance Department has two divisions:  Administration/Budget and Accounting Operations. The Department consists of the Director of Finance, two Financial Services Managers, two Financial Analyst IIs, a Senior Accountant, an Accountant II, a Payroll Administrator, four Accounting Assistants IIs, an Administrative Assistant II, and a Mail Courier.

The Department, with a staff of 13.6 FTE, is looking for an experienced Financial Services Manager whose duties may include:

• Supervise and mentor Accounting, front office, and mail service staff;
• Lead the annual audit process, ensure timely issuance of the CAFR;
• Review the City’s internal controls, ensure adherence with best practices;
• Support the biennial budget development process.

The City of Redwood City invites you to apply for the position of LANDSCAPE GARDENER.  The incumbent will perform a variety of semi-skilled and skilled gardening and turf maintenance duties in a team-based environment.  The Landscape Gardener will be involved in the development, maintenance and repair of landscaped areas and will operate a variety of landscape maintenance equipment. 

The ideal candidate will embrace the City’s emphasis on excellent customer service, will be detail oriented and able to manage multiple tasks; will use initiative and independent judgement; will be a team player who likes working with a variety of City staff and the public; and will have a good sense of humor.

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Date Posted:            January 14, 2019

Classification:          EDUCATIONAL DATA ANALYST  (60%)
                                   Open recruitment

Work Schedule:       8 hours per day;
                                   3 days per week (Monday - Friday);
                                 12 months per year
 

Salary Range:          Step A            Step B           Step C            Step D            Step E
(monthly)               starting            6 mos          18 mos           30 mos          42 mos
                                 $4,125            $4,331          $4,548            $4,775           $5,014

Benefits:  Total Compensation Package:  Placement on salary schedule.  If a medical plan is selected, the employee will receive a contribution of $975.00/month toward the selected medical plan (through CalPERS), Delta Dental, and Life Insurance.  The employee pays the balance of their health premiums from their gross earnings on a pre-tax basis.  If a medical plan is not selected, employees will receive a contribution of $275.00/month toward single coverage for Delta Dental, and Life Insurance.  A vision plan (VSP) is also available.  Employees pay the worker contribution to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).

Current Vacancy:     Instructional Services Division; Early Learning Support Services Department;
                                   101 Twin Dolphin Drive; Redwood City, CA  94065

Application Deadline:          Friday, February 1, 2019     (application and supplemental application must be received online, or in the Personnel Office by 5:00PM)

Job Summary:  Under the direction of the Coordinator, Early Learning Quality Improvement, perform a variety of professional activities involved in the research, collection, organization, analysis, preparation, processing, interpretation, and reporting of County Office and other agency enrollment, testing, program and a variety of other data; verify and assure accuracy and integrity of data and reports; utilize an assigned computer system to input and extract data, and generate a variety of statistical reports and documents.

Essential Job Functions:              

• Perform a variety of professional activities involved in the research, collection, organization, analysis, preparation, processing, interpretation, and reporting of County Office and other agency enrollment, testing, program and a variety of other data; verify and assure accuracy and integrity of data and reports
• Input, process and extract a variety of data in an assigned computer system; establish and maintain automated records and files; initiate queries, format data, develop spreadsheets and generate a variety of computerized reports and documents related to student test results, enrollment, assessment and programs; assure accuracy and completeness of input and output data
• Contact agencies to request and collect a variety of statistical data and information; assure data is recorded, analyzed and reported according to established procedures and time lines; distribute data, findings and reports to appropriate school district and County Office staff, administrators, sites and the California Department of Education
• Prepare a variety of narrative and statistical lists, records and reports related to student enrollment, testing, CBEDS, free and reduced meals, language, API, growth, school districts and assigned projects and activities; compare data and identify errors and discrepancies; make corrections, additions and modifications as needed
• Serve as a technical resource to County Office staff, administrators, school districts, outside agencies and the public concerning assigned projects and studies and related research, analysis and statistics; respond to inquiries and provide detailed and technical information concerning related findings, reports, data, information, practices, standards, requirements and procedures
• Participate in monitoring and analyzing County Office and agency programs for educational effectiveness, outcomes and operational efficiency; provide input concerning the development and implementation of practices, policies, programs, projects and procedures to enhance educational effectiveness, outcomes and operational efficiency
• Provide County Office and school district administrators with assistance in the development and preparation of a variety of reports, and the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data; develop and generate tables and graphics to enhance data presentation and reporting as needed
• Receive and evaluate requests for data, statistical analysis and research projects; design strategies to complete assignments; develop and implement research activities and methods of statistical data collection, analysis and presentation for assigned projects
• Communicate with personnel and various outside agencies to exchange information and resolve issues or concerns
• Operate a variety of office equipment including a copier, fax machine, scanner, computer and a variety of specialized software
• Design, develop and utilize a variety of measurement instruments such as tests, surveys and questionnaires as directed

Qualifications:  Any combination of education and experience providing the job knowledge, skills, and ability for successful job performance will be considered for positions in this classification.  Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

EDUCATION:   Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration or a related field

EXPERIENCE:   Two (2) years of experience involving statistical research and analysis including work with computer databases and software applications

Specialized Skills and Knowledge:     

• Knowledge of principles, practices, procedures and techniques involved in the research, collection, analysis, interpretation and reporting of statistical data
• Ability to perform a variety of professional activities involved in the research, collection, organization, analysis, preparation, processing, interpretation and reporting of County Office and school district enrollment, testing, program and a variety of other data
• Knowledge of computerized data collection, management, manipulation and distribution requirements for analysis and reporting functions
• Knowledge of data collection information systems and statistical software
• Ability to utilize an assigned computer system to input and extract data, maintain automated records and generate a variety of statistical reports and documents
• Knowledge of data control procedures and data entry operations
• Ability to review and verify input and output data to assure accuracy and efficiency
• Ability to type or input data at an acceptable rate of speed
• Knowledge of data verification and clean-up procedures
• Ability to compile and verify data and prepare reports
• Knowledge of statistical and mathematical computations
• Ability to perform accurate mathematical and statistical calculations
• Ability to make mathematical and statistical computations with speed and accuracy
• Ability to maintain accurate statistical records
• Knowledge of survey instruments, techniques and methodology
• Knowledge of report writing and statistical record-keeping techniques
• Ability to assemble, organize and prepare data for records and reports
• Ability to interpret findings and analyze data, and provide related recommendations
• Ability to serve as a technical resource concerning assigned projects, reports and related research, analysis and statistics
• Knowledge of record retrieval and storage systems
• Knowledge of principles, methods and procedures of operating computers and peripheral equipment
• Knowledge of oral and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Knowledge of correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary
• Knowledge of interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Ability to work independently with little direction
• Ability to plan and organize work
• Ability to meet schedules and time lines

Physical Requirements:  Applicants must possess the physical abilities outlined below with or without accommodation.  San Mateo County Office of Education will consider reasonable accommodation requests.

• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard
• Hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and on the telephone
• Seeing to read a variety of materials
• Sitting or standing for extended periods of time

Examination Process:  The examination process for this classification will consist of:

1.  A scored rating by a screening panel of application materials, including supplemental questionnaire, for education, training, experience, completeness, and accuracy
2.  An oral board examination (anticipated date- February 26, 2019)

Only the highest qualified candidates will be invited to attend the examinations.

                       Applicants will be notified of screening and examination results by e-mail or letter.

Personnel Commission

101 Twin Dolphin Drive

Redwood City, CA  94065

650-802-5300

classifiedjobs@smcoe.org

http://www.smcoe.org/employees-and-employment/personnel-commission

Proof of citizenship or legal status will be required upon offer of employment.

San Mateo County Office of Education provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons.  The recruitment, testing, and hiring of all personnel will be without regard to race, ancestry, national origin, age, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marriage status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristics, or veteran status.