Looking for a job that you can feel passionate about? The Office of Transactions Services (OTS) is seeking hard-working, resourceful, enthusiastic individuals committed to achieving excellence to work in a fast-paced environment while delivering quality customer service. The Senior Personnel Specialist (Sr. PS) ensures our workforce is paid timely by documenting, reviewing, and completing payroll, personnel, benefit, and leave transactions, while applying related laws, rules, and policies, and meeting deadlines.
Under the general direction of a Branch Chief, the Sr. PS is responsible for a portion of the Office of Transactions Services (OTS) program. The Sr. PS acts in a lead capacity providing training, guidance, assistance, technical expertise, and support to Personnel Specialists (PS), employees and managers in personnel matters in a variety of payroll services and personnel transactions work. This includes areas of appointments; separations; payroll-related matters; implementation of collective bargaining provisions; health, dental, vision, life, flex, deferred compensation, and Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) benefits; leave accounting; disability compensation; adverse actions and salary issues. The Sr. PS demonstrates a positive attitude and a commitment to provide quality service that is accurate, timely and exceeds our customers' expectations.
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Senior Personnel Specialist exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click CalCareers and search by typing in the classification title.
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Job Description and Duties
Looking for a job that you can feel passionate about? The Office of Transactions Services (OTS) is seeking hard-working, resourceful, enthusiastic individuals committed to achieving excellence to work in a fast-paced environment while delivering quality customer service. The Senior Personnel Specialist (Sr. PS) ensures our workforce is paid timely by documenting, reviewing, and completing payroll, personnel, benefit, and leave transactions, while applying related laws, rules, and policies, and meeting deadlines.
Minimum Requirements
You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.
Application Instructions
Completed applications and all required documents must be received or postmarked by the Final Filing Date in order to be considered. Dates printed on Mobile Bar Codes, such as the Quick Response (QR) Codes available at the USPS, are not considered Postmark dates for the purpose of determining timely filing of an application.
Who May Apply: Individuals who are currently in the classification, eligible for lateral transfer, eligible for reinstatement, have list or LEAP eligibility, are in the process of obtaining list eligibility, or have SROA and/or Surplus eligibility (please attach your letter, if available). SROA and Surplus candidates are given priority; therefore, individuals with other eligibility may be considered in the event no SROA or Surplus candidates apply. Individuals who are eligible for a Training and Development assignment may also be considered for this position(s). Applications will be screened and only the most qualified applicants will be selected to move forward in the selection process.
