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NEW YORK STATE Department of Civil Service Announces Examination Open to All Qualified Individuals

Written Test To Be Held SEPTEMBER 22, 2001

Applications MUST Be Postmarked No Later Than JULY 30, 2001

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: On or before the date of the written test you must have a bachelor's degree AND seven years professional experience in a management or supervisory position. At least two years of this experience must have been in education finance including preparing or reviewing State aid claims or payments to school districts; collecting, editing, or verifying data submitted for State aid payments; or preparing or analyzing State aid data files or reports.

Substitution: A master's degree can be substituted for up to two years of management or supervisory experience.

NOTES:

1. Your degree and/or college credit must have been awarded by a regionally accredited college or university or one recognized by the NYS Education Department as following acceptable educational practices. If your degree and/or college credit was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can write to the Examination Information Desk of the Department of Civil Service for a list of acceptable companies who provide this service. This list is also available here. You must pay the required evaluation fee.
2. Appropriate part-time and volunteer experience, which can be verified, will be accepted on a prorated basis.
3. New York State residence is not required.

THE POSITION: This position exists in the New York State Education Department in Albany.

DUTIES: As the Chief, Bureau of State Aid, you would provide direction and leadership to the operations of the Bureau of State Aid. You would monitor fiscal management and information technology systems that provide State financial support of educational programs; coordinate data collection required to support State aid claims, payments and projections; and manage the review and approval of aid claims and the provision of technical assistance to school districts and BOCES.

SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: There will be a written test which you must pass in order to be considered for appointment. The written test is designed to test for knowledge, skills and/or abilities in such areas as:

• Management and Supervision: Assesses analyzing information for problem solution; communicating information within an organization and across organizations; interacting with others for the purposes of accomplishing work; monitoring quality, quantity and timeliness of work; designing and implementing action plans; assigning and scheduling work; and empowering others to act on their own initiative
• Written Communication: Assesses developing written communications, reviewing written communications for mechanics, content and appropriateness; and managing written communication activities.

NOTE TO STATE EMPLOYEES: You MUST take the written test even if you have participated in prior years' Promotion Test Batteries. Banked Promotion Test Battery scores cannot be used for this open-competitive examination. Likewise, your score on the written test will not be banked. If you qualify for the High-Level Managers and Administrators Promotion Test Battery you MUST file a separate application for the High-Level Managers and Administrators Promotion Test Battery if you want to bank the score from this test holding.

Approximately three days before the written test, you will receive a test admission notice of the time and place for you to take the written test on September 22, 2001.

If you have not received your notice to appear for the written test three days before the date of the test, call this Department at:
(518) 457-5483 for Albany area candidates
(518) 457-6556 for New York City area candidates
(518) 457-7022 for all other candidates

Test Guide: There will be a Test Guide which will be available to all candidates prior to the written test. This publication will provide an overview of the test process as well as detailed information about written simulation tests. Candidates will not be permitted to bring the Guide with them into the written test.

Beginning the third week in August, a copy of the Guide will be mailed to you. If you do not receive a copy, call the Department of Civil Service Examination Information Desk (518) 457-6216 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. weekdays.

The Test Guide will also be available here.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

ADMISSION TO EXAMINATION: Notice to appear for the test may be conditional as review of applications may not be made until after the test. If you have not received your notice to appear for the written test three days before the date of the test, call (518) 457-5483 if taking the test in Albany; (518) 457-6556 for New York City Test Center; (518) 457-7022 for all other Test Centers.

NEW YORK STATE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: It is the policy of the State of New York to provide for and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or arrest and/or criminal conviction record unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.

Saturday religious observers applying for examinations which have written tests scheduled to be held on a Saturday and who need special testing arrangements must note this on their applications.

Reasonable Accommodations in Testing:
In addition, it is the policy of the Department of Civil Service, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, to provide qualified persons with disabilities equal employment opportunity and equal opportunity to participate in and receive the benefits, services, programs, and activities of the Department. It is the policy of the Department to provide such persons reasonable accommodations and reasonable modifications as are necessary to enjoy equal opportunity. Persons with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in an examination must note this on their applications. Further information is available from the Special Arrangements Unit of the Department of Civil Service at (518) 457-3416 or TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf) (518) 457-8480.

MULTIPLE EXAMINATIONS SCHEDULED FOR THE SAME DAY: With the exception of written tests announced by New York City, if you have applied to take a written test announced by a local jurisdiction (county, town, city) scheduled to be held on the same test date as this written test, you must call (518) 457-7022 no later than two weeks before the test date to make arrangements for taking all tests at one test site. All tests will be held at the State examination center.

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Issued: 6/15/01

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