316 Government jobs

Scope This series specification describes three levels used throughout State service in the performance of a wide variety of fiscal, management, and staff services functions including such areas as personnel, budget, management analysis, administrative services, program evaluation and planning, and policy analysis and formulation. Incumbents in this series are typically subject-matter generalists who have demonstrated possession of the strong analytical skills, supervisory and/or managerial abilities, and personal qualifications to succeed in a broad range of fiscal, management, staff services, and related settings. Incumbents in this series are responsible for the effective resolution of a broad range of governmental, supervisory, and/or managerial problems. They conduct and/or review analytical studies and surveys; formulate procedures, policies, and program alternatives; make recommendations on a broad spectrum of administrative and program-related problems; review and...

Definition of Series The Accounting Officer series describes the work performed by professional accountants. Incumbents in these classes perform professional accounting duties. A professional accountant typically has responsibility for maintaining accounting records for organizational units, and may have budgetary and/or business management control; exercises central fiscal control activities; prepares, reviews and analyzes all types of accounts and records of financial transactions; and does other related work.   Specialist positions within this series are nonsupervisory and perform the professional accounting work assigned to that level.   Supervisory accounting officers plan, direct and evaluate the work of an accounting group, unit, or program. Distinguishing Characteristics A. Positions which have as their primary responsibility the making of analytical studies of accounting systems and the formulation of new or revised systems to meet accounting...

Description of Series Allocations to this classification series may incorporate duties from one or more domains of information technology work.   Information Technology Technician Under initial close supervision, incumbents typically perform routine support tasks within a limited scope typically involving one unit, function or process, following well-defined procedures in the Business Technology Management, Client Services, or Software Engineering domains.   Incumbents may install or repair hardware or peripheral equipment; manage user accounts and technology inventory; resolve client incidents or requests; ensure software/hardware compliance with security policies; create, test, maintain, and deploy desktop products; configure and/or modify software programs; perform data import and export activities; monitor information technology systems to ensure integrity and tune the system to meet performance requirements; troubleshoot routine issues; and other...

Definition of Series The Accounting Officer series describes the work performed by professional accountants. Incumbents in these classes perform professional accounting duties. A professional accountant typically has responsibility for maintaining accounting records for organizational units, and may have budgetary and/or business management control; exercises central fiscal control activities; prepares, reviews and analyzes all types of accounts and records of financial transactions; and does other related work.   Specialist positions within this series are nonsupervisory and perform the professional accounting work assigned to that level.   Supervisory accounting officers plan, direct and evaluate the work of an accounting group, unit, or program. Distinguishing Characteristics A. Positions which have as their primary responsibility the making of analytical studies of accounting systems and the formulation of new or revised systems to meet accounting...

Definition of Series The Forester series describes professional work concerned with forest, range, and watershed management and protection, which is accomplished by: providing encouragement, advice, and assistance to landowners, individuals, organizations, and agencies; regulating use; demonstrating good wildland management; and seeking through research, assessment, risk analysis, and studies the necessary knowledge to utilize forest, range, and watershed lands while protecting all their benefits. Foresters are also required to participate in fire protection, fire prevention, and all-risk response.   Work assignments involve the planning, development, and administration of resource management programs; surveys, research, and demonstration projects in the fields of forest pest protection, reforestation, climate change, forest utilization, and forest nursery operations; mapping and inventory of wildland soils and vegetation; emergency revegetation and rehabilitation;...

Definition Under direction, to operate heavy motorized equipment in wildland fire control work and in forest protection and conservation project work; to perform maintenance and repair on vehicles and heavy equipment; and to do other related work. Job Characteristics Incumbents will receive in a timely manner during the probationary period "Heavy Fire Equipment Operator" and "Basic Fire Control" training courses. Successful completion of both training courses is a requirement for permanent status in this class. Typical Tasks Operates heavy bulldozers, motor-graders, heavy-duty transports, trucks, and other types of heavy equipment used in fire suppression work, road maintenance and in other wildland protection and conservation project work; reads maps to understand type of terrain to be worked on and location of projects; operates equipment on steep, narrow, mountain roads and under hazardous conditions; as assigned, works with or supervises both inmate and free...

Scope This series specification describes three levels used throughout State service in the performance of a wide variety of fiscal, management, and staff services functions including such areas as personnel, budget, management analysis, administrative services, program evaluation and planning, and policy analysis and formulation. Incumbents in this series are typically subject-matter generalists who have demonstrated possession of the strong analytical skills, supervisory and/or managerial abilities, and personal qualifications to succeed in a broad range of fiscal, management, staff services, and related settings. Incumbents in this series are responsible for the effective resolution of a broad range of governmental, supervisory, and/or managerial problems. They conduct and/or review analytical studies and surveys; formulate procedures, policies, and program alternatives; make recommendations on a broad spectrum of administrative and program-related problems; review and...

Scope This series specification describes three levels used throughout State service in the performance of a wide variety of fiscal, management, and staff services functions including such areas as personnel, budget, management analysis, administrative services, program evaluation and planning, and policy analysis and formulation. Incumbents in this series are typically subject-matter generalists who have demonstrated possession of the strong analytical skills, supervisory and/or managerial abilities, and personal qualifications to succeed in a broad range of fiscal, management, staff services, and related settings. Incumbents in this series are responsible for the effective resolution of a broad range of governmental, supervisory, and/or managerial problems. They conduct and/or review analytical studies and surveys; formulate procedures, policies, and program alternatives; make recommendations on a broad spectrum of administrative and program-related problems; review and...

Definition of Series The Chief series describes work concerned primarily with an integrated program of multipurpose forestry and fire protection activities including response to emergencies of all types and protection of the State's natural resources.   Levels within the series perform fire protection and/or emergency response program management functions at headquarters, regions, units, and conservation camps. Program management includes planning, development, and administration of the Department's programs.   Positions in the series deliver fire protection services for private and publicly-owned forest, range, and watershed lands by protecting such lands from damage by fire; by reducing the occurrence of human-caused fires; by holding structural, improvement, and wildland fire losses to a minimum; by maintaining continual preparedness and capability to assist in the protection of life and property in the event of human-caused or natural disasters and...

Definition This specification describes a recruiting and developmental class for persons qualified to perform analytical work in one or more areas of a broad range of governmental and managerial problems. Incumbents are assigned duties and responsibilities commensurate with their background and training. Under supervision, incumbents perform work of average difficulty in a wide variety of consultative and analytical staff services assignments such as program evaluation and planning; systems development; budgeting; planning; training; management; and personnel analysis; and do other related work. Work at this level is distinguished from lower-level assignments by the analytical and evaluative nature of the work, rather than the performance of process-oriented assignments.   This class is the entry through first journey level. Positions are permanently allocated to this class when the major portion of tasks performed do not include the more responsible, varied, and...

Definition Under direction, incumbents perform the more responsible, varied, and complex technical analytical staff services assignments such as program evaluation and planning; policy analysis and formulation; systems development; budgeting, planning, management, and personnel analysis; and continually provide consultative services to management or others. This is the full journey level analyst class. Incumbents are typically subject-matter generalists who have demonstrated possession of intellectual abilities, the management tools, and the personal qualifications to succeed in a variety of general staff services settings. Typical Tasks Incumbents are assigned to work on a broad range of governmental and managerial problems that may be interdisciplinary in nature. Incumbents may be assigned to work as field representatives in complex and controversial intergovernmental negotiations. Incumbents conduct and/or review analytical studies and surveys; formulate procedures,...

Description of Series This series specification describes professional research data classifications responsible for planning, organizing, and conducting studies in a variety of areas, which affect programs or systems development. Incumbents in these classifications perform quantitative and qualitative data-driven research and statistical analysis. The term research as applied to this classification series is defined as a systematic, critical, quantitative and qualitative analytical approach to data collection and querying, mining and manipulation, data quality determination, and intensive investigation directed toward either a more comprehensive knowledge of the subject or for use in the resolution and operational improvement of program-related issues. Incumbents in this series gather, compile, populate, edit, and interpret structured and unstructured data, or they create, implement, troubleshoot and monitor data reporting tools, simulation models, and procedures to assemble...

Definition of Series The Automotive Technician series of classes describes work involved in the performance of the following functions: fleet maintenance duties involving inspection, diagnosis, adjustment, mechanical and electrical repair, scheduling of a fleet of vehicles for maintenance and repair by private vendors, and maintenance of necessary vehicle fleet records. Equipment installation duties involve comprehensive safety inspection and testing of new vehicles, assembly, installation, removal and repair of special equipment, reconditioning of used vehicles to prepare them for sale, and conducting sales of vehicles. In addition, incumbents are expected to do other related work. Entry Levels Entry to this series may be from the class of Service Assistant (Automotive) or from outside of State service. Factors Affecting Position Allocation Level of difficulty, complexity of assigned duties, independence of action and decision, degree of supervision received, and...

Definition of Series The Automotive Technician series of classes describes work involved in the performance of the following functions: fleet maintenance duties involving inspection, diagnosis, adjustment, mechanical and electrical repair, scheduling of a fleet of vehicles for maintenance and repair by private vendors, and maintenance of necessary vehicle fleet records. Equipment installation duties involve comprehensive safety inspection and testing of new vehicles, assembly, installation, removal and repair of special equipment, reconditioning of used vehicles to prepare them for sale, and conducting sales of vehicles. In addition, incumbents are expected to do other related work. Entry Levels Entry to this series may be from the class of Service Assistant (Automotive) or from outside of State service. Factors Affecting Position Allocation Level of difficulty, complexity of assigned duties, independence of action and decision, degree of supervision received, and...

Scope This series specification describes three levels used throughout State service in the performance of a wide variety of fiscal, management, and staff services functions including such areas as personnel, budget, management analysis, administrative services, program evaluation and planning, and policy analysis and formulation. Incumbents in this series are typically subject-matter generalists who have demonstrated possession of the strong analytical skills, supervisory and/or managerial abilities, and personal qualifications to succeed in a broad range of fiscal, management, staff services, and related settings. Incumbents in this series are responsible for the effective resolution of a broad range of governmental, supervisory, and/or managerial problems. They conduct and/or review analytical studies and surveys; formulate procedures, policies, and program alternatives; make recommendations on a broad spectrum of administrative and program-related problems; review and...

Description of Series This series specification describes four attorney classifications used to perform a broad range of staff legal work. Incumbents in these classes serve the public by performing the following tasks which include, but are not limited to: study, interpret, and apply laws, regulations, court decisions, and other legal authorities; perform a wide variety of legal research; provide advice or opinions to departmental management or members of the public on legal issues arising out of the programs of the department in which the incumbent is employed and of the legal effect of rules, regulations, proposed legislation, statutory law, court decisions, and administrative actions; respond to legal correspondence; conduct special investigations involved in the enforcement of state laws and departmental rules and regulations; develop proposed legislation; testify before legislative committees; prepare or assist in preparing cases, opinions, briefs, and other legal documents...

Definition Under direction, in a State correctional facility in the Departments of Corrections or the Youth Authority, or in a conservation camp in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to construct, repair, and maintain automotive and heavy maintenance and construction equipment; to maintain order and supervise the conduct of inmates or wards; to protect and maintain the safety of persons and property; may instruct, lead, or supervise inmates, wards, or resident workers; and to do other related work. Distinguishing Characteristics Although the majority of duties assigned to positions in this class involve heavy maintenance and construction equipment, assignments may include some work on automotive equipment. Typical Tasks Inspects equipment to locate and determine the extent of necessary repairs and the corrective action necessary; maintains and repairs automobiles, trucks, tractors, power shovels, graders, snowplows, pumps, air...

Description of Series Allocations to this classification series may incorporate duties from one or more domains of information technology work.   Information Technology Technician Under initial close supervision, incumbents typically perform routine support tasks within a limited scope typically involving one unit, function or process, following well-defined procedures in the Business Technology Management, Client Services, or Software Engineering domains.   Incumbents may install or repair hardware or peripheral equipment; manage user accounts and technology inventory; resolve client incidents or requests; ensure software/hardware compliance with security policies; create, test, maintain, and deploy desktop products; configure and/or modify software programs; perform data import and export activities; monitor information technology systems to ensure integrity and tune the system to meet performance requirements; troubleshoot routine issues; and other...

Information Technology Technician Under initial close supervision, incumbents typically perform routine support tasks within a limited scope typically involving one unit, function or process, following well-defined procedures in the Business Technology Management, Client Services, or Software Engineering domains.   Incumbents may install or repair hardware or peripheral equipment; manage user accounts and technology inventory; resolve client incidents or requests; ensure software/hardware compliance with security policies; create, test, maintain, and deploy desktop products; configure and/or modify software programs; perform data import and export activities; monitor information technology systems to ensure integrity and tune the system to meet performance requirements; troubleshoot routine issues; and other related activities.   Information Technology Associate Under general supervision, incumbents typically perform a variety of recurring,...

Information Technology Technician Under initial close supervision, incumbents typically perform routine support tasks within a limited scope typically involving one unit, function or process, following well-defined procedures in the Business Technology Management, Client Services, or Software Engineering domains.   Incumbents may install or repair hardware or peripheral equipment; manage user accounts and technology inventory; resolve client incidents or requests; ensure software/hardware compliance with security policies; create, test, maintain, and deploy desktop products; configure and/or modify software programs; perform data import and export activities; monitor information technology systems to ensure integrity and tune the system to meet performance requirements; troubleshoot routine issues; and other related activities.   Information Technology Associate Under general supervision, incumbents typically perform a variety of recurring,...