Examination
Posting
IMPORTANT: Please read
through the posting as it contains important information concerning this exam
including residency requirements and minimum qualifications. At the end of the
posting, you will find a link to the application packet. Completed applications
must be printed, signed and mailed in to the Personnel Office by the filing
deadline.
THE GLEN COVE
MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Announces
an Promotional Continuous Recruitment Examination for
Account Clerk
Exam Number 12021
This
Exam Date: Saturday,
February 4, 2012.
Next
Exam Date: Saturday,
August 4, 2012.
CONTINUOUS
RECRUITMENT: Applications for this title are accepted
continuously and exams are given every six months. Applicants applying up to two weeks prior to
the exam date will be allowed to take the exam on that date. Successful candidates will have their
names placed on the eligible list in order of their final score, regardless of
the date on which they take the test. A
candidate's eligibility for appointment begins within one month after the exam
and will remain in effect for 4 years.
Candidates already on the list may take the exam again to improve their
listed score. The Commission reserves
the right to terminate or modify this Continuous Recruitment program at any
time.
STUDY GUIDES: Study guides prepared by the NYS Department of
LOCATION OF EXAM: To be announced.
APPLICATION FEE: A nonrefundable application fee of $25.00
is required for each separately numbered examination for which you apply. The required fee(s) must accompany your
application(s). Please make your
personal check or money order payable to Glen Cove Municipal
LOCATION OF POSITION/VACANCY:
The list established from this exam can be used to fill any current or
anticipated full-time or part-time vacancy in the
SALARY: $34,066 to $59,735 (2009 annual
salary for City)
DUTIES:
Posts to journal or
ledger accounts from appropriation, expense, invoice, payroll, receipts,
voucher records and other original entry media;
Prepares summary
statements of ledger balances;
Receives
remittances by mail or in person, verifies amount, computes interest and
penalties and posts to book of original entry;
Issues receipts for
monies received;
Compiles payroll
data, prepares and checks payrolls;
Assists in
maintaining labor, material and operational cost records;
Verifies and
reconciles account balances according to a prescribed procedure;
Sorts, indexes and
files requisitions, vouchers, ledger cards and other materials;
Compiles data for
and prepares simple financial and statistical reports;
Classifies
constantly recurring receipts and expenditures and distributes costs according
to prescribed code;
Reviews and checks
routine account keeping records and reports for arithmetical and clerical accuracy,
completeness and proper extension;
Operates computing,
calculating, check writing and other office machines;
Operates
a computer terminal to enter data directly into the computer.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
This exam is open
to current employees with one year permanent competitive class service in a
clerical title with a lower pay grade OR
current employees with six months permanent competitive class service as a
Senior Clerk OR current employees
with two years permanent non-competitive class service as either a part-time
Clerk or Account Clerk in the department or agency in which the promotion is
sought.
SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION:
There will be a
written test that you must pass in order to be considered for appointment. The written test will be for knowledge,
skills and/or abilities in such areas as:
1. CLERICAL OPERATIONS WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS:
These
questions test your skills and abilities in clerical operations involving
alphabetizing, comparing, checking and counting. The questions require you to
follow the specific directions given for each question which may involve
alphabetizing, comparing, checking and counting given groups of letters and/or
numbers.
2. ARITHMETIC COMPUTATION WITHOUT CALCULATORS:
These
questions test your ability to do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division. Questions may also involve
fractions, decimals, averages, and percents.
You may NOT use a calculator or any other type of calculating device to
answer these questions or any other questions in the written test.
3. ARITHMETIC REASONING:
These
questions test your ability to solve an arithmetic problem presented in
sentence or short paragraph form. You
must read the problem, understand the situation presented, decide what must be
done to solve it, and apply the appropriate arithmetic operation(s) in the
appropriate order in order to determine the correct solution. Knowledge of addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division is necessary.
Questions may also involve the use of percents, decimals, and fractions.
The use of solar or battery operated calculators is prohibited.
CROSS FILER STATEMENT:
If you have applied
for any other
RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION/DISABLED CANDIDATES/MILITARY
MEMBERS:
Applicants whose
religious observances, religious practices or military service prevent their
taking examinations on the scheduled date and disabled candidates who require
special accommodations to take the test should indicate the need for special
arrangements by checking the “Special Arrangement” box on the front
of the applications. Candidates who are
called to military service after filing an application should send a request
for an alternate test date to the City of
MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS:
If you apply for an
examination during the filing period but are on active military duty on the
date the examination is scheduled, you may request a military makeup
examination. You must contact The City
of Glen Cove Municipal
This examination will be
prepared and rated in accordance with Section 23(2) of the
SENIORITY CREDIT:
Seniority is based
on the length of continuous permanent classified service in the jurisdiction in
which promotion is sought, with points added to an eligible’s passing
score for each appropriate five-year period or fraction thereof in accordance
with the following schedule:
Less
than (1) one year 0
points
1
year to 6 years 1
points
Over
6 years to 11 years 2
points
Over
11 years to 16 years 3
points
Over
16 years up to 21 years 4
points
Over 21 years up to 26
years 5 points
For this Continuous
Recruitment Series, Seniority will be calculated when the list is established,
when names are added to the list and when the list is certified for
appointment. Notification of changes in
the eligible list due to recalculated seniority would only be made if the
changes result in a change of relative standing between two eligibles on the
list. When an examination is open to
incumbents of non-competitive class positions, seniority would be based on time
spent in a title or titles eligible to take the examination in accordance with
the above schedule.
VETERAN’S CREDIT:
Veterans or
disabled veterans who are eligible for additional credit must submit an
application for Veteran’s credit with their application for examination
or at any time between the date of the application for examination and the date
of the establishment of the resulting eligible list. Applications for Veteran’s credits are
available from this office. Effective
January 1, 1998, the State Constitution was amended to permit a candidate
currently in the armed forces to apply for and be conditionally granted
Veteran’s Credits in examinations.
Any candidate who applies for such credit must provide proof of military
status to receive additional credit. No credit may be granted after the
establishment of the list. It is the responsibility
of the candidate to provide appropriate documentary proof indicating that the
service was in time of war as defined in Section 85 of the
APPLICATIONS / GENERAL INFORMATION / INSTRUCTIONS:
Application forms may be obtained from the City of Glen Cove Website:
OR:
From the office of: The
Glen Cove Municipal Civil Service Commission
City of
Glen
During: Any weekday from the posting date through the last filing deadline (except holidays).
Between the hours of: 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday OR: by sending a stamped ($.55)
self-addressed legal sized envelope with the applicants name and address on it,
requesting an application for the position.
Applications received/postmarked after the filing deadline will not be
accepted.
The applicant should make certain every question on the
application is answered, and that the application is complete in all
respects. All statements made by the
candidates in their application are subject to verification. Candidates will be notified of the
disposition of their applications. The
Glen Cove Municipal
ALTERNATE TEST DATES:
Alternate test
dates may be arranged upon review of the circumstances according to the
Alternate Test Date Policy established by this department. Under specific circumstances an alternate
test date may be arranged. Your request
with written documentation must be received in the
ADMISSION NOTICES:
You will be
notified of the time and place of the examination. If you have not received your notice to
appear for the written test five (5) days before the date of the examination,
call the Glen Cove Municipal
CHANGE OF ADDRESS:
It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify the
Glen Cove Municipal
The City of
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6/17/08)