What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Director, Workforce Development Board position at Alameda County?
Introduction
THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended.
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD RECRUITMENT BROCHURE
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SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resources Services Department by 5:00:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.
Applications and Supplemental Questionnaire must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.
Applications and Supplemental Questionnaire will only be accepted online.
DESCRIPTION
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:
- Labor market information and local economic development resources.
- Functions and purpose of the Workforce Development Board, state and federal workforce organizations administering public workforce funding and grant resources.
- The local and regional economy, workforce services and community assets, and stakeholder groups invested in serving Alameda County’s residents.
- Principles and techniques of budget, personnel, and contract management.
- Talent development, planning, staffing, and Human Resource policy and implementation and monitoring.
- Principles, methods, and techniques of administration, including the organization and management of modern social services and institutional administration.
- Laws, codes, and statutes relating to the functions and duties of major workforce and development programs.
- Social, economic, and psychological factors that impact employment and training programs.
- Forces and trends relating to employment and economic impacts that affect job seekers such as dislocated workers, disadvantaged youths, adults, and other groups with barriers to employment, including but not limited to the re-entry population, people with disabilities, long-term unemployed, and underemployed workers.
- Career pathway strategies, career counseling, training opportunities, and various modes of skills development to meet the needs of the current labor market.
- Support and advise the WDB Director and the WDB’s Board members on sensitive issues
- Provide leadership and direction to highly motivated staff.
- Plan and supervise the work of others in a highly dynamic and collaborative work environment.
- Plan and work cooperatively with partners engaged in local and regional education, community, and industry development.
- Manage work, set priorities, and oversee multiple projects effectively.
- Plan, organize, and direct workforce programs that are responsive to employer needs. Create innovative solutions to complex workforce issues identified by industry.
- Understand prominent industry sector strategies and implement effective programs within a “results-based” framework.
- Analyze situations accurately and adopt effective courses of action.
- Write effectively and make presentations before industry, civic, and community stakeholder groups.
- Prepare budget estimates and reports.
- Work with elected and public officials.
- Maintain flexibility.
EXAMINATION COMPONENTS
The examination will consist of the following steps:
1. A review of candidates' application to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.
2. A review of the supplemental questionnaire to determine the best qualified.
3. An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the candidates' final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.
Candidates must attain a qualifying rating on each portion of this recruitment.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS.
Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments many be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.
To learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please visit the "What You Need To Know" section of our website: www.acgov.org/hrs.
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN
TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT PLAN:
Deadline For Filing:
5:00:00 p.m., Monday, February 24, 2025
Review of Minimum Qualifications
Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified
March 3, 2025
Week of March 17, 2025
Civil Service Oral Examination:
Results Notification:
Promulgation of Eligible List:
**Week of April 7, 2025
April 17, 2025
April 30, 2025
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN:
Departmental Hiring Interviews:
**Combined Process
For more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website, https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov/reasonable-accommodation/
BENEFITS
Alameda County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many different employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall well being. These benefits include but are not limited to*:
For your Health & Well-Being
- Medical – HMO & PPO Plans
- Dental – HMO & PPO Plans
- Vision or Vision Reimbursement
- Share the Savings
- Basic Life Insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- County Allowance Credit
- Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
- Employee Assistance Program
For your Financial Future
- Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
- Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)
For your Work/Life Balance
- 12 paid holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Vacation and sick leave accrual
- Vacation purchase program
- Management Paid Leave**
- Catastrophic Sick Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Guaranteed Ride Home
- Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)
- Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)
- Child Care Resources
- 1st United Services Credit Union
- Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a brief summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.
** Non-exempt management employees are entitled to up to three days of management paid leave. Exempt management employees are entitled to up to seven days of management paid leave.
Conclusion
All notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @jobaps.com, acgov.org and Noreply@jobaps.com as accepted addresses to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised to regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to check for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account by clicking on the 'My applications' button on the Current Job Openings page.
Please take the steps recommended above to insure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.
NOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box Noreply@jobaps.com are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. If you have questions, please go to our website at https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov/. You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitment for which you have applied.
Ione Bell, Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services, County of Alameda
Ione.bell@acgov.org
https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov/
(510) 272-6456
DISASTER SERVICE WORKER
All Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law. Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Alameda County has a diverse workforce, that is representative of the communities we serve and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance and business need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors protected under federal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace environment.
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