Chief, Personnel/Payroll Services Division, CEA Level B - Sacramento, United States - California State Controller's Office

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    Statement of Qualifications (SOQ)

    - Please see the Statement of Qualifications Instructions section below for specific instructions.

    Note: Applicants who fail to submit all the required documents as instructed may be eliminated from the examination/hiring process.

    *File by Mail:

    State Controller's Office

    HR – Talent Management Unit Box

    Sacramento, CA

    Attn: Kelli Simpkin

    *File in Person:

    State Controller's Office

    HR – Talent Management Unit

    300 Capitol Mall, Suite 300

    Sacramento, CA 95814
    Attn: Kelli Simpkin

    *Candidates are responsible for obtaining proof of mailing or submission of their application to the Talent Management Unit.

    EXAMINATION INFORMATION:
    This examination consists of an evaluation of your Training and Experience weighted 100%.

    STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS INSTRUCTIONS:
    The SOQ items must be numbered and addressed in the same order as listed; do not consolidate the responses. The SOQ should be no more than three pages in length, single-spaced, with one-inch margins and a minimum font size of Arial 12.

    Applicants who fail to submit the SOQ as instructed may be eliminated from the examination/hiring process.

    Your SOQ must provide responses and specific examples for each item listed below to be considered for the position:

  • Provide a brief summary of your knowledge and/or experience as it relates to California State Government, its budgeting process, and the impact to civil service employment.
  • Describe your experience, and the number of years engaged in, organizing and managing a mandated program, and the nature of its complexity sensitivity to Legislative scrutiny, or public perception). The response must be high-level, but specific enough to provide the general nature of the services provided and your involvement in the oversight.
  • Please describe your involvement or experience with the implementation of change-management. What challenges did you experience, and how were they addressed?
  • Please describe an instance when you were required to solicit support of executive leadership to pursue a program solution or discuss jurisdictional/control authority over a problem. Include in your response the item/issue, a high-level overview, and the outcome.
  • Please provide an example of your experience or involvement in the development or implementation, from a leadership prospective, of an enterprise-wide project effort. In your description please indicate any successful conflict management issues, their outcome, and whether the overall project was successful during your tenure.
  • ELIGIBLE LIST INFORMATION:
    A minimum total rating of 70% must be attained to obtain list eligibility. Hiring interviews may be conducted with the most qualified candidates. All candidates will receive written notification of their examination results. The results of this examination will be used only to fill the position of Assistant Chief, State Accounting and Reporting Division, CEA Level A with the State Controller's Office. The eligible list will expire after twelve (12) months.

    Following a selection, those individuals remaining on the eligible list may be contacted for subsequent interviews should a vacancy occur in this position within the next twelve (12) months.

    GENERAL INFORMATION:
    For an examination without an advertised examination date,
    it is the candidate's responsibility to contact the State Controller's Office Talent Management Unit at three (3) weeks after the final filing date if he/she has not received a progress notice.

    Applications are available at , CA Department of Human Resources (CalHR) offices, local offices of the Employment Development Department (EDD), and the State Controller's Office.

    If you meet the requirements stated in this bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described on this bulletin will be compared with the performance of others who take this test, and all candidates who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

    General Qualifications: Candidates must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, and ability to work cooperatively with others.

    The State Controller's Office reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service law and rules and all competitors will be notified.