Extra-help Special Projects Coordinator - Merced, United States - Merced County, CA
Description
Examples of Duties:
_This recruitment is being established to obtain a current eligible list for Extra-Help vacancies. Extra-Help are not entitled to county benefits and are limited to 25 hours a week._
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Desirable Experience:
Experience in training, implementing, developing culturally responsive practices, working with diverse population in a behavioral health or social service type setting.
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Supervise and manage staff as required.
- Plan, design and implement systems.
- Modify existing systems in response to changes in the County's operational environment and/or regulatory changes.
- Act as liaison with other departments affected by systems changes.
- Recommend changes to County policies and procedures if necessary to optimize the efficiencies of the Department's services.
- Perform all duties required to complete assigned project or systems changes.
- These duties may include but are not limited to: general administrative, fiscal, program, and data processing system analysis.
- Gather, tabulate, and analyze data.
- Interview and consult with departmental officials, employees and others to give and receive information.
- Provide training and technical assistance to other staff.
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience:
At least five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in the system for which the specific department is requesting.
Education:
Formal, advanced educational training in system of expertise is highly desirable.
Essential Functions:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Frequent operation of personal computer and other modern office equipment.
- Communicate effectively with others in person, in writing, and over the telephone.
- Analyze data, interpret policies, procedures and regulations, develop appropriate conclusions, and prepare reports.
- Meet deadlines under stressful conditions.
- Resolve conflicts and respond appropriately to complaints.
- Complete multiple priority projects with conflicting deadlines.
- Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
- Make presentations.
- Train staff.
- Repetitive motion, sitting for long periods, walking.
- Occasional standing, pushing, pulling, bending, squatting, climbing.
- Lifting
- Frequently 5 pounds or less; occasionally 5 to 30 pounds.
- Constant good overall vision and reading and closeup work.
- Frequent color perception and use of eye/hand coordination.
- Occasional use of depth perception and peripheral vision.
- Normal dexterity with frequent writing.
- Frequent decision making, concentration, and public contact.
- Some assignments may require working weekends, nights, and/or occasional overtime.
- Regular attendance is an essential function.
Knowledge of:
- Data processing techniques and capabilities.
- Data analysis and program planning and evaluation.
- Principles of public fiscal administration.
- Principles of staff management, supervision, and training.
- Organization and functions of the various County departments and political subdivisions.
- Political legislative processes.
- Codes, regulations, ordinances and laws governing the operations of the County and other governmental entities.
Ability to:
- Plan, design, and implement complex automated systems.
- Analyze, develop and/or modify procedures and systems.
- Establish project development schedules and coordinate the effort of affected staff activities to attained desired goals and objectives.
- Evaluate manual work assignments and workflows to determine if cost effective automated alternatives could be implemented.
FAMILY CARE LEAVE
Family Care Leave applies to all employees who work 1250 or more hours in any twelve month period.
HEALTH PLANS AND LIFE INSURANCE
Extra-help employees are not entitled to County-paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Employee Assistance Program benefits and are not eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan.
JURY DUTY
Extra-help employees are not entitled to pay or receive reimbursement from the County for Jury Duty.
PAID TIME BENEFITS
Extra-help employees are not entitled to paid bereavement, vacation, or holidays.
PAID SICK LEAVE
Extra-help employees are entitled to accrue up to three (3) paid sick days (24 hours) in a 12-month period.
SOCIAL SECURITY
**Extra-help employment earnings are not covered under Social Security. Merced County provides an alternate plan - Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) - for extra-help employees who ar
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