Salary: $25.02 – $36.93 Hourly
Location : Newport Beach, CA
Job Type: Part-Time
Job Number: 22/23-00163
Department: Finance
Opening Date: 08/31/2023
Closing Date: Continuous
Bargaining Unit: 90 – Seasonal PT
Definition
The City of Newport Beach seeks a motivated individual to join the Finance Department as a part-time Senior Fiscal Clerk! The selected individual will perform duties related to customer service and business license compliance including, but not limited to, field inspections/investigations and discovery, identifying delinquent accounts, assisting in the investigation of citizen complaints, providing advisory information to business owners, maintaining records and providing revenue analysis reports related to business licenses.
SCHEDULE:
- The anticipated schedule is six hour shifts Monday – Friday.
SELECTION COMPONENTS:
- Application Evaluation: Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis with the first review date of September 14, 2023. In order for the application package to be considered complete, candidates are required to attach their resume to their online application. The recruitment will remain open until the position is filled.
- Online Exam: The online exam is tentatively scheduled for the week of October 2, 2023. Top scoring candidates will be invited to the oral interview.
- Virtual Interview: Interviews are tentatively scheduled for October 24, 2023. Passing applicants will be placed on an eligibility list that may be used to fill future part-time vacancies as they occur.
CAREER PATH:
- The career path for this position includes: Fiscal Specialist.
CalPERS:
- The City offers an excellent benefit package and membership in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). The retirement formula is based on appointment date and membership status with CalPERS and the employee is required to contribute 11.5% of pay toward the retirement benefit.
Essential Duties
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Qualifications
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Experience & Education and License/Certificate
A combination of experience and education that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities may be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible experience in the maintenance of financial and related statistical records.
Education: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade, supplemented by courses in accounting or business practices.
License/Certificate: Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid California driver’s license.
Please Note: Candidates deemed most qualified, as reflected in their application materials, will be invited to continue in the recruitment process. The prospective candidate must successfully complete a thorough background review, including being fingerprinted by the Newport Beach Police Department. The resulting report of your conviction history, (if any), will be evaluated along with the other information received in connection with your application. Except as otherwise required by law, a criminal conviction will not necessarily disqualify you from the position. The nature, date, surrounding circumstances, and the relevance of the offense to the position applied for may, however, be considered.
Disaster Service Worker: In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, City of Newport Beach Employees, in the event of a disaster, are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to respond accordingly.
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PLEASE READ: The information provided on the Supplemental Questions will be used in conjunction with the job application to determine whether the qualification requirements are met. Failure to provide detailed and complete information may result in the application being rejected. A resume may not be submitted in place of completing the Supplemental Questions. When applying for this position, I understand that I must thoroughly complete the Education and Work Experience sections of my application and the Supplemental Questions. This includes a detailed description of each position that qualifies me for the job I am seeking. I have read the above statement and acknowledge that failure to provide sufficient detailed information may result in my application being rejected.
- Yes, I acknowledge
- No, I do not acknowledge
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I acknowledge I have read the job description and can perform the essential functions of the job for which I am applying.
- Yes
- No
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Please indicate your level of increasingly responsible experience in the maintenance of financial and related statistical records:
- Three or more years
- One to two years
- Less than one year
- No experience
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Please describe your experience in maintenance of financial and related statistical records (if no experience, type N/A).
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Please describe your customer service experience in a financial setting (if no experience, type N/A).
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Do you possess experience performing duties in business license compliance and/or tax enforcement?
- Yes
- No
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Please describe your work experience performing duties in business license compliance and/or tax enforcement (if no experience, type N/A).
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Please select the highest level of education you possess:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Some college or certificate(s)
- Associate’s degree
- Bachelor’s degree
- Graduate degree
- None of the above
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Please select the subject area(s) in which you have completed college-level coursework (check all that apply):
- Accounting
- Business Practices
- Economics
- None of the above
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Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
- Basic
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- No experience
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Do you possess a valid California driver’s license and an acceptable driving record?
- Yes
- I possess an out-of-state license and an acceptable driving record
- No
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Are you now, or have you in the past, been employed by any of the following agencies (check all that apply):
- Municipality (City)
- County
- School district
- Other public agency
- None of the above
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I acknowledge that this recruitment requires a resume to be attached (uploaded) to the online application prior to submittal and that the application will be considered incomplete without it.
- Yes
- No
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Please provide the name, relationship, and contact number of three professional references.
Required Question