INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF CAREER EXECUTIVE ASSIGNMENT EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT

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DEPARTMENT:	INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF	RELEASE DATE:	Thursday, July 17, 2014
POSITION TITLE:	Assistant Chief Counsel	FINAL FILING DATE:	Friday, August 1, 2014
CEA LEVEL:	CEA B	EXTENDED FINAL FILING DATE:
SALARY RANGE:	$ 8,594.00 - $10,237.00 / Month	BULLETIN ID:	06202014_3

POSITION DESCRIPTION
Under the general direction of the Chief Counsel of the Department, the Assistant Chief Counsel (ACC) is the second highest -level attorney position in the Department, and frequently reports directly to the Director. The ACC serves as a member of the Director's executive management team, providing counsel and policy advice to the executive management team on a broad range of legal and non-legal issues facing the Department. With the Chief Counsel, the ACC plans, directs, coordinates, and reviews the attorney and investigator work in the regional offices of the Office of the Director, Legal Unit (ODL). The ACC directs work in multiple substantive areas of labor and employment law, including: defense of employee claims of civil service, discrimination, and pay violations; public works coverage determinations; and apprenticeship standards. The incumbent in this class is an expert attorney who has demonstrated the capacity for independence and responsibility, performing some of the most difficult legal work in the Department, much of which has policy and significant fiscal implications. Incumbent receives minimal direction on policy and resource allocation from the Chief Counsel. Finally, in the absence of the Chief Counsel, the ACC acts in the capacity of Chief Counsel.

Plans, directs, coordinates, and reviews the work of the Industrial Relations Counsels and Special Investigators in the regional office, and on statewide basis in substantive areas.

Develops policy pertaining to public works coverage; reviews coverage determinations for policy considerations and advises the Director on which determinations to make precedential; proposes policy on the promulgation of regulations and legislation, and Civil Rights matters involving discrimination, labor, and employment.

Litigates the most difficult and sensitive issues in both state and federal court and before state and federal agencies.

Proposes and reviews pending legislation to implement policy initiatives. Drafts and supervises the drafting of legislation and legislative analyses, negotiates with parties interested in legislation; interfaces with Agency and Governor's Office regarding policy initiatives and pending legislation, and attends and testifies at legislative committee meetings; proposes, reviews and oversees the drafting of administrative rules and participates in the public rule making process.

Meets with Agency staff, the regulated public, and others to discuss current policy issues of importance and resolution of those issues; responds to inquiries from the Legislature, the Governor's office, and members of the public; represents the Director at conferences, seminars and other forums dealing with the Department's mission.

Develops policy pertaining to Apprenticeship standards: Proposes policy on approval or non approval of apprenticeship programs; coordination with the U.S. Department of Labor; regulatory and statutory amendments to the law.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must meet the following minimum qualifications:

Either I
Must be a current State civil service employee with permanent civil service status, as defined in Government Code Section 18546.

Or II
Must be a current or former employee of the Legislature, who resigned or was released from service within the last 12 months, and with two or more consecutive years of service as defined in Government Code Section 18990.

Or III
Must be a current or former nonelected exempt employee of the Executive Branch of government who resigned or was released from service within the last 12 months, and with two or more consecutive years of service (excluding those positions for which the salaries are set by statute) as defined by Government Code Section 18992.

Or IV
Must be a person retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active military duty with a service-connected disability, or honorably discharged from active duty as defined in Government Code Section 18991.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Membership in the State Bar of California (Applicants must have active membership in the State Bar before they will be eligible for appointments).

(1) Knowledge of the organization and functions of California State Government including the organization and practices of the Legislature and the Executive Branch; principles, practices, and trends of public administration, organization, and management; techniques of organizing and motivating groups; program development and evaluation; methods of administrative problem solving; principles and practices of policy formulation and development; and personnel management techniques; the department’s or agency’s Equal Employment Opportunity Program objectives; and a manager’s role in the Equal Employment Opportunity Program.

(2) Ability to plan, organize, and direct the work of multidisciplinary professional and administrative staff; analyze administrative policies, organization, procedures and practices; integrate the activities of a diverse program to attain common goals; gain the confidence and support of top level administrators and advise them on a wide range of administrative matters; develop cooperative working relationships with representatives of all levels of government, the public, and the Legislature and Executive branches; analyze complex problems and recommend effective courses of action; and prepare and review reports; and effectively contribute to the department’s or agency’s Equal Employment Opportunity objectives.

CEA Level A Responsible for broad administrative and program activities, including the execution and/or evaluation of program policies.

CEA Level B Responsible for extensive managerial and program administration or broad program manager experience with substantial participation in the formulation, operation, and/or evaluation of program policies.

CEA Level C Responsible for extensive highly professional influence and contributes to program, policy, and the methods to provide professional services needed to set policies, to meet the mission of the State department and often exercising technical and or professional skills that are required at this level.

Responses to the supplemental items will be assessed based on predetermined job-related rating criteria. In appraising the relative qualifications of candidates, consideration will be given to the extent and type of pertinent experience and education over and above that required under the minimum qualifications.

The Supplemental Application serves as documentation for each candidate's ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing and should be typed and no more than four pages in length.

INSTRUCTIONS: When responding to the supplemental items, please follow these guidelines:

Responses must be typewritten or generated by word processing on 8½" X 11" paper.

Identify each page with your full name.

Responses must be limited to one page per item. (Should not exceed a TOTAL of four pages in length).

Answer each numbered item separately indicating the corresponding item number for each response. You may include multiple responses on a single page.

Make sure your responses are complete, specific, clear, and concise.

Include place of employment, pertinent dates, duties performed, etc., when responding to items. In the event that one particular job contained responsibilities applicable to several items, separate the different functions of the job in order to respond to all items completely.

SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS

1. Describe your knowledge and experience in labor and employment law including defense of employee claims of civil service, discrimination, pay violations, public works coverage determinations, apprenticeship standards, and mediation and conciliation.

2. Describe your experience in litigating difficult and sensitive issues in both state and federal court and before state and federal agencies.

3. Demonstrate your knowledge and experience in providing legal counsel and policy advice to executive level management.

4. Demonstrate your knowledge and experience with reviewing pending legislation and implementing policy initiatives.

5. Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the critical issues confronting the DIR.

6. Describe how you would accomplish reorganizing the structure and responsibilities of staff in an environment of changing issues.

EXAMINATION INFORMATION
A minimum rating of 70% must be attained to obtain list eligibility. Hiring interviews may be conducted with the most qualified candidates. All candidates will receive written notification of their examination results. The result of this examination will be used only to fill the position of Assistant Chief Counsel , with the INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF. Applications will be retained for twelve months.

The results of this examination will be used only to fill this position.

Applicants are required to respond to the six Supplemental Items in the "Desirable Qualifications" section of this bulletin.

The application and resume must include periods of employment (month/day/year) and civil service classification (not your working title). The Supplemental Items in the Desirable Qualifications section listed on this bulletin will be used as the standard to screen the applications. Interviews may be conducted with the most qualified candidates if it is determined necessary, in order to make a selection. Each candidate will be ranked competitively and notified of their examination results. Applicants who fail to submit all required documents listed above by the final file date will be eliminated from the examination.

On your Supplemental Application, you must list each Supplemental Item and describe your experience, knowledge and abilities as they relate to the Supplemental Items of the Desirable Qualifications section on this bulletin. You must provide specific examples.

The Supplemental Application should not exceed four pages in length with a font no smaller than 10 point. Please note that the examples you provide in the Supplemental Application may be the only tool used for determining your final score and rank on the eligibility list.

FILING INSTRUCTIONS

Interested applicants must submit:

• A completed Standard State Application (Form 678).
• Resume (A resume does not take the place of the Supplemental Application).
• Supplemental Application weighted 100%. Responses to the Supplemental Items are a narrative discussion of how the candidate's education, training, experience, and skills meet the minimum and desirable qualifications and qualify them for this position.

Applications must be submitted by the final filing date to:

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF, Human Resources - Examination Unit
P.O. Box 420603, San Francisco, CA 94102
Johanna Collins | 415 703-5253 | jcollins@dir.ca.gov

SPECIAL TESTING
If you have a disability and need special testing arrangements, mark the appropriate box in Part 2 of the "Examination Application." You will be contacted to make specific arrangements.

GENERAL INFORMATION
If you meet the requirements stated in this bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described on this bulletin will be compared with the performance of others who take this test, and all candidates who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

The INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service law and rules and all competitors will be notified.

General Qualifications: Candidates must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, and ability to work cooperatively with others.

Class specs:  CEA and Exempt Appointees