What are the responsibilities and job description for the Personnel Technician - Fire position at City of Fayetteville, North Carolina?
Description
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INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.
A RESUME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING YOUR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.
The City of Fayetteville is currently recruiting a Personnel Technician in the Fire Department to perform a variety of routine personnel related technical and clerical duties for an assigned City department, including departmental payroll, performance evaluation monitoring and composing a variety of routine reports and documents; and to provide responsible staff assistance to an assigned department.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
For a complete job description, click here.
Experience
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Two years of office support experience including experience in personnel administration.
Training
Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade, supplemented by additional training in personnel administration.
From the time of closing, the selection process is anticipated to last approximately 4 - 6 weeks. The process will consist of a panel interview and clerical tests which may include but not limited to: Keyboarding, MS Word and Excel, Outlook and Proofreading with the selected candidate being subject to a pre-employment drug screen, background check and driving history check.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Health And Dental Insurance
The City of Fayetteville Employee Healthcare Benefit Plan provides comprehensive and affordable health and dental coverage while maintaining reasonable costs to employees. Coverage is available for all regular status employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week. Employees may also choose to cover eligible dependents. The premium is deducted on a pre-tax basis, with the City paying a portion of the premium. Qualifying employees are eligible for benefits on the 1st day of the month following 30 days of service.
Employer Paid Leave
Paid Vacation: Employees earn vacation leave beginning the first day of employment, however, they are not eligible to take leave for 6 months. Leave accruals are based upon the number of years of service and the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work.
Paid Holidays: The City of Fayetteville observes 11 paid holidays per calendar year. The approved holidays are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, 2 days at Thanksgiving and 2 days at Christmas.
Sick / Funeral Leave: Regular employees earn sick leave in proportion to the number of hours they are scheduled to work per week. Sick leave accruals begin the first day of employment. Sick leave can also be taken for deaths in your extended family. Sick leave hours accumulate without limits and may be used toward credible service upon retirement from the NC Local Government Retirement System.
Retirement
The City assists our employees in securing their financial future during retirement by participating in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, administered by the State of North Carolina. Regular status employees, scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week, become members in the retirement system upon employment. As a member of this system, employees are required to contribute 6 percent of their gross salary on a tax-deferred basis.
Deferred Compensation Plans
To further assist employees in saving for retirement, the City offers two supplemental retirement savings programs. These programs offer employees an opportunity to save a portion of their salary on a tax-deferred basis to supplement their retirement benefit. The programs offered are 401(k) Supplemental Retirement Income Plan and the ICMA 457 Plan.
Cafeteria Plan / Supplemental Benefits
Realizing that each employee may have different insurance needs, the City offers its employees the opportunity to supplement City-provided benefits by selecting from the benefits listed below. These benefits are offered at employee's expense through payroll deduction:
The first year an employee contributes to the retirement system, the city provides a death benefit of $3,000. After one year as a contributing member of the Retirement System, a death benefit is provided that is equal to the highest 12 months' salary in a row during the 24 months before death, no less than $25,000 and no more than $50,000. There is no cost to the employee for these benefits.
Pay Periods/Direct Deposit
City employees are paid bi-weekly, every other Friday. As an added convenience and safety measure, the City requires all new employees to sign up for direct deposit of their payroll checks.
Employee Assistance Program
The EAP is available at no cost to all employees and their household members. The EAP provides confidential guidance on legal, financial and personal issues that could affect your health, relationships and job performance.
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Responses to the supplemental questions must reflect the information provided under the "Work Experience" section of the application. Your responses will be used to determine whether or not you possess the minimum qualifications required for this position.
Are you a current City of Fayetteville employee?
Have you held an out-of-state driver's license (other than NC) in the past 3 years?
How many years of office support experience do you have?
Briefly describe your experience in office support. (If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
06
How many experience do you have in personnel administration?
Briefly describe your experience in personnel administration. (If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
08
Do you have experience preparing payroll?
From the list below, please select the number of employees for which you have experience preparing payroll.
Do you have experience dealing with confidential personnel related issues?
Briefly describe your experience dealing with confidential personnel related issues. ( If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
12
Which of the following HRIS systems have you used?
If selected "other" to the above question, please list HRIS systems used. (If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
14
Do you have experience using an on-line applicant tracking system?
Briefly describe the on-line applicant tracking system you have experience using. (If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
16
What is your skill level using Microsoft Word?
What is your skill level using Microsoft Excel?
INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED! You may attach a resume; however, the application MUST include a 10-year history. Please answer all questions on the application in their entirety and your application MUST include the following:
Click here to meet some of the City’s “CAN DO” employees.
INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.
A RESUME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING YOUR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.
The City of Fayetteville is currently recruiting a Personnel Technician in the Fire Department to perform a variety of routine personnel related technical and clerical duties for an assigned City department, including departmental payroll, performance evaluation monitoring and composing a variety of routine reports and documents; and to provide responsible staff assistance to an assigned department.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform a variety of routine technical and clerical duties involved in the administration and maintenance of the personnel program for an assigned department, including overseeing departmental payroll, performance evaluation monitoring and composing a variety of routine personnel related reports and documents.
- Serve as a liaison between assigned department and the City's Human Resources Department.
- Schedule and arrange departmental training workshops and classes; arrange a variety of meetings and conferences.
- Prepare and maintain a variety of general and confidential files and filing systems relating to assigned area of responsibility; receive and distribute mail and other various materials to staff.
- Perform a variety of clerical duties in support of an assigned department; answer and screen visitors and telephone calls; forward to appropriate staff; compile, compose, prepare, type and distribute a variety of documents, letters, memorandums, reports, minutes, notices and forms including employee status reports, dismissals and disciplinary actions; take and transcribe minutes of various meetings as required.
- Create vacancies in applicable database; review applications forwarded from Human Resources Department; develop panel interview procedures and rating sheets; assist in the development of interview tests; participate in panel interviews; coordinate the filling of vacancies with the Human Resources Department; schedule and coordinate new employee orientation for an assigned department.
- Receive and update departmental employee personnel records pertaining to grade, step, longevity and increases.
- Participate and assist in the process of sensitive, confidential personnel actions; confer with the Human Resources Department on employee relations issues.
- Facilitate the implementation of new or revised City and/or departmental policies.
- Prepare and review departmental payroll; compute and transfer figures and payroll deductions; verify and post time cards and attendance records; report vacation and sick leave, compensation time and overtime calculations; process and monitor FMLA leaves; prepare routine reports on department overtime.
- Monitor and maintain workers' compensation claims and vehicular accidents forms and files for assigned department.
- Provide staff support to a variety of boards and committees including a paneled interview board, employee recognition program and grievance hearings; ensure interview structure complies with EEOC guidelines; assist with employee award selections.
- Update and maintain a variety of logs and records; monitor and provide technical assistance in personnel matters in compliance with Personnel Regulations.
- Prepare and process travel, training and per diem requests.
For a complete job description, click here.
Experience
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Two years of office support experience including experience in personnel administration.
Training
Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade, supplemented by additional training in personnel administration.
From the time of closing, the selection process is anticipated to last approximately 4 - 6 weeks. The process will consist of a panel interview and clerical tests which may include but not limited to: Keyboarding, MS Word and Excel, Outlook and Proofreading with the selected candidate being subject to a pre-employment drug screen, background check and driving history check.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Health And Dental Insurance
The City of Fayetteville Employee Healthcare Benefit Plan provides comprehensive and affordable health and dental coverage while maintaining reasonable costs to employees. Coverage is available for all regular status employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week. Employees may also choose to cover eligible dependents. The premium is deducted on a pre-tax basis, with the City paying a portion of the premium. Qualifying employees are eligible for benefits on the 1st day of the month following 30 days of service.
Employer Paid Leave
Paid Vacation: Employees earn vacation leave beginning the first day of employment, however, they are not eligible to take leave for 6 months. Leave accruals are based upon the number of years of service and the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work.
Paid Holidays: The City of Fayetteville observes 11 paid holidays per calendar year. The approved holidays are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, 2 days at Thanksgiving and 2 days at Christmas.
Sick / Funeral Leave: Regular employees earn sick leave in proportion to the number of hours they are scheduled to work per week. Sick leave accruals begin the first day of employment. Sick leave can also be taken for deaths in your extended family. Sick leave hours accumulate without limits and may be used toward credible service upon retirement from the NC Local Government Retirement System.
Retirement
The City assists our employees in securing their financial future during retirement by participating in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, administered by the State of North Carolina. Regular status employees, scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week, become members in the retirement system upon employment. As a member of this system, employees are required to contribute 6 percent of their gross salary on a tax-deferred basis.
Deferred Compensation Plans
To further assist employees in saving for retirement, the City offers two supplemental retirement savings programs. These programs offer employees an opportunity to save a portion of their salary on a tax-deferred basis to supplement their retirement benefit. The programs offered are 401(k) Supplemental Retirement Income Plan and the ICMA 457 Plan.
Cafeteria Plan / Supplemental Benefits
Realizing that each employee may have different insurance needs, the City offers its employees the opportunity to supplement City-provided benefits by selecting from the benefits listed below. These benefits are offered at employee's expense through payroll deduction:
- Term Life Insurance (Pre-tax basis first $50,000 for employees)
- Dependent Term Life Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Universal Life Insurance
- Vision Insurance (Pre-tax basis)
- Disability Insurance
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Reimbursement Account (Pre-tax basis)
The first year an employee contributes to the retirement system, the city provides a death benefit of $3,000. After one year as a contributing member of the Retirement System, a death benefit is provided that is equal to the highest 12 months' salary in a row during the 24 months before death, no less than $25,000 and no more than $50,000. There is no cost to the employee for these benefits.
Pay Periods/Direct Deposit
City employees are paid bi-weekly, every other Friday. As an added convenience and safety measure, the City requires all new employees to sign up for direct deposit of their payroll checks.
Employee Assistance Program
The EAP is available at no cost to all employees and their household members. The EAP provides confidential guidance on legal, financial and personal issues that could affect your health, relationships and job performance.
01
Responses to the supplemental questions must reflect the information provided under the "Work Experience" section of the application. Your responses will be used to determine whether or not you possess the minimum qualifications required for this position.
- I have read and complied with the above statement.
Are you a current City of Fayetteville employee?
- Yes
- No
Have you held an out-of-state driver's license (other than NC) in the past 3 years?
- Yes
- No
How many years of office support experience do you have?
- 6 years
- 4 - 5 years
- 2 - 3 years
- One year or less
- None
Briefly describe your experience in office support. (If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
06
How many experience do you have in personnel administration?
- 6 years
- 4 - 5 years
- 2 - 3 years
- One year or less
- None
Briefly describe your experience in personnel administration. (If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
08
Do you have experience preparing payroll?
- Yes
- No
From the list below, please select the number of employees for which you have experience preparing payroll.
- 100
- 50 - 99
- 26 - 49
- 1 - 25
- None
Do you have experience dealing with confidential personnel related issues?
- Yes
- No
Briefly describe your experience dealing with confidential personnel related issues. ( If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
12
Which of the following HRIS systems have you used?
- ADP
- PeopleSoft
- JD Edwards
- Oracle
- Other
- None
If selected "other" to the above question, please list HRIS systems used. (If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
14
Do you have experience using an on-line applicant tracking system?
- Yes
- No
Briefly describe the on-line applicant tracking system you have experience using. (If this question does not apply, please type N/A in the space provided below.)
16
What is your skill level using Microsoft Word?
- Proficient
- Moderate
- Basic
- None
What is your skill level using Microsoft Excel?
- Proficient
- Moderate
- Basic
- None
INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED! You may attach a resume; however, the application MUST include a 10-year history. Please answer all questions on the application in their entirety and your application MUST include the following:
- Drivers License Number
- Employer information including salary, address, phone number, supervisor name, and reason for leaving for each employer
- Complete Education History (including High School)
- A complete 10-year history to include gaps you have had between employment and/or school attendance. Example: Office Assistant 1/2011 – present The Company 123 Hay Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 (910) 555-5555 Unemployed 6/2004 – 12/2010 Unemployed Student 12/2000 - 6/2004 My High School Fayetteville, NC 28301 Applications without a 10-year history and all the required information will be considered incomplete and will not be processed. Please take a moment to review your application for completeness.
- I have read and understand the above statement
- Required Question
Salary : $3,000
