Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District

Employment Opportunity

Executive Secretary-Board Clerk
$4,642 - $5,642/ Month

The SBCAPCD is conducting a recruitment for a full time Executive Secretary-Board Clerk.  This is a single position class characterized by varied office coordination, secretarial, clerical, and administrative tasks normally performed with a relatively high level of independence. This class is differentiated from other clerical classes by its more varied responsibilities and its involvement with APCD policy making bodies.       

The Position

Under direction, performs a wide variety of responsible and complex duties related to office coordination, secretarial duties and administrative tasks in support of the Air Pollution Control Officer his/her management staff and the APCD Board and policy making bodies; compiles Board, Hearing Board, Community Advisory Council & other agendas; prepares and organizes the agenda packet for review and duplication; coordinates finalization, distribution, mailing and posting of agenda materials; coordinates, schedules and attends Board meetings and public meetings and hearings; takes comprehensive notes of actions taken, summarizes actions in written form; composes and types “action” minutes; arranges for public noticing of meetings and audio and video taping of meetings; identifies and collects documents that are a part of the record of the proceeding; composes correspondence to affected parties; codes documents for filing; certifies agency records; may supervise clerical and reception staff; performs related work as assigned.   

The Ideal Candidate 

The ideal candidate will be able to perform multiple and varied tasks under specific deadlines and with constant interruptions which change the planned work schedule; will have experience providing direct and confidential secretarial support to executive and other management staff; be able to maintain executive calendar, as well as make travel and meeting arrangements; have experience in records management including maintaining an up-to-date file index and system, storage retrieval, and destruction of files.  The ideal candidate will be skilled at preparing correspondence from verbal instruction or hand-written copy; initiating routine correspondence in accordance with established policy and procedures; typing complex reports, documents, and other materials from a variety of sources; facilitating transmission of information to other offices and agencies.  The Executive Secretary-Board Clerk is a confidential non-represented position and the successful incumbent will be able to maintain sensitive and/or confidential information on a routine basis.     

Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience that has provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for acceptable job performance.  Example combinations include equivalent to graduation from high school and four years of increasingly responsible secretarial experience involving administrative responsibilities of a highly sensitive nature and contact with the public, including or supplemented by specialized training in the clerical/secretarial occupational field as well as experience with public policy making bodies and/or Clerk of the Board activities. 

Other Requirements

Possession of a valid California driver’s license.

Selection Process

Interested individuals must submit: a completed official SBCAPCD application and the supplemental application form by 5:00 p.m. on March 19, 2010;  to the District Human Resources office located at 260 North San Antonio Road, Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. For an application packet or more information, contact the APCD at (805) 961-8800 or see this page. Resumes are not accepted in lieu of an official application. Postmarks, faxes, and e-mailed applications are not accepted.

All applications will be reviewed and screened based on necessary employment standards for the position. Applicants that best meet the minimum employment standards as determined by the application and supplemental application will be invited to participate in a written and oral exam scheduled for the week of April 12, 2010. Candidates’ rank on the eligibility list will be determined by scores obtained on the written (30%) and oral exam (70%).  Qualified applicants will be placed on an eligibility list that will remain in effect six months from the date the list is established.

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