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

Written Test To Be Held OCTOBER 27, 2001

Applications MUST Be Postmarked No Later Than SEPTEMBER 17, 2001

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: On or before the date of the written test, you must have:

For No. 23-954: a master's degree AND three years professional level experience in elementary, middle or secondary education. Two years of this experience must have been in educational administration with major responsibility for education finance, education finance research or fiscal management.

For No. 23-955: a master's degree AND five years professional level experience in elementary, middle or secondary education. Three years of this experience must have been in educational administration with major responsibility for education finance, education finance research or fiscal management.

NOTES:

1. Appropriate part-time and volunteer experience, which can be verified, will be accepted on a prorated basis.
2. New York State residence is not required.
3. Your degree 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 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.
4. You may file for these examinations by completing one OC-APP application form. Unless you are eligible for a fee waiver, the indicated processing fee must be submitted for each examination listed on your application.
5. As these positions require travel, you may be required to have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State or otherwise demonstrate your ability to meet the transportation needs of the job.
6. Eligible lists for these positions may also be used to fill Assistant and Associate in School Business Management positions.

THE POSITIONS: These positions exist in the New York State Education Department in Albany. Currently, there are two vacancies at the Assistant level and one vacancy at the Associate level.

DUTIES: As an Associate in School Financial Aid, you would provide advice and assistance to local school district and BOCES administrators in matters of school finance and business management. This may include administering laws, regulations and procedures concerned with State and federal assistance to local educational agencies; compiling data for local assistance reports; establishing procedures and policies to ensure adherence to State and federal regulations; reviewing for approval local applications for aid; reviewing school district and BOCES budgets and audits; reviewing contracts; managing capital construction projects; and conducting field visits to ensure the fiscal integrity of projects.

As an Assistant in School Financial Aid, you would provide assistance to higher level professional staff in the areas described for Associate in School Financial Aid.

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:

• Written Communication: Assesses developing written communications, or reviewing written communications for mechanics, content and appropriateness.
• Analysis of Information: Assesses the ability to analyze memos, letters, tables, etc. to reach conclusions or to evaluate the reasoning and conclusions they contain.

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 Specialists Promotion Test Battery you MUST file a separate application for the Specialists 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 October 27, 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

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: 8/3/01

BE SURE TO USE THE APPLICATION FORM OC-APP
WHEN APPLYING FOR THESE EXAMINATIONS

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