Administrative Assistant Iii/Correctional Health
About The Position
Los Angeles Health Services is hiring Administrative Assistant III employees for emergency vacancies in Correctional Health related to the Department of Justice Consent Decree. The work supports efforts to improve conditions and mental health care in County jails and to connect justice-involved people with services in the community. Applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days. During that period, work performance is assessed; those who pass may be considered for permanent County appointment. The position defines, analyzes, and recommends solutions to complex departmental operating, budgetary, financing, and other management problems, and participates in implementing approved solutions. Work includes involvement in major program budget planning, legislative and regulatory analysis, grant development, program and facility planning, management studies, and process-improvement work. The employee may also lead administrative generalists or specialists working on projects, studies, or ongoing assignments.
Requirements
- Option I: Three years of experience in a staff capacity analyzing problems and recommending solutions involving organization, systems and procedures, programs, facility planning, budget, personnel, or higher; at least one year must be in a responsible staff capacity in a department’s administrative staff organization or a central administrative staff organization.
- Option II: One year of experience at the level of Los Angeles County Administrative Assistant II or Staff Assistant II.
- A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to use an alternative method of transportation when needed to perform job-related essential functions.
- Must meet the stated minimum requirements to be appointed to a vacancy.
- Staff-capacity experience is defined as research and support work that helps an organization operate efficiently, including analysis of personnel utilization, funding and budgeting, workloads, legislation, programs, or procedures, and development of recommendations.
- Responsible staff capacity is journey-level staff experience requiring working knowledge of rules, regulations, and other guidelines related to the assigned program area.
Responsibilities
- Participate from the beginning at a decision-making level in budget planning for major departmental programs involving $10 million to $20 million or more in annual expenditures.
- Analyze complex pending legislation and regulatory rules with potential impact on department operations and financing; recommend the department’s position and advocate for approved recommendations with central staff agencies.
- Investigate and draft proposals for new and renewed grants, negotiating details with other governmental agencies.
- Analyze and recommend organization, staffing, financing, and operational approaches for major new departmental functions or modifications to existing programs.
- Analyze and recommend approaches to purchasing, leasing, siting, equipping, and space planning for major departmental facilities.
- Conduct management studies of departmental component organizations, assessing management practices, policies, organization, staffing, and financing; report problem areas and develop recommendations.
- Determine the need for work-measurement and methods-improvement studies and, as assigned, coordinate Systems & Work Measurement Analysts or Methods Technicians; review study results and help line managers accept revised procedures and work standards.
- Lead administrative generalists or specialists working together on specific projects and studies or ongoing assignments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
