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EXAMINATION PROCEDURE: The examination process will include the following: 1. Screening of applications to determine completion and meeting the minimum requirements. Applicants who meet the minimum requirements and whose application was complete at the time the recruitment closed will move to the Examination Process. 2. Qualified candidates will be notified via email and invited to participate in the Examination Process. Following are details on the examination: a. Multiple Choice Exam: A multiple choice exam will be administered to evaluate the applicant's job-related knowledge. The exam consists of different categories such as grammar, spelling, punctuation, basic math, reading comprehension, safety, principles, and/or practices of the trade or profession. The weight of this exam is 75%. The date of the multiple choice exam is TBD. b. Performance Exercise: A performance exercise may be administered to evaluate the applicants related skills. The weight of the performance exercise is worth 25%. Date: It will be on the same day of the multiple choice exam. The final score will be determined by adding the score from the multiple choice exam (worth 75%) and the score from the performance exercise (worth 25%) for a possible maximum total of 100%. Applicants must achieve a minimum score of 70% to pass the examination. Applicants successful in the examination process will be placed on an eligibility list (good for up to one year) in rank order of their examination score. Interviews are made from the top three ranks from a promotional eligibility list (current employees). If less than three ranks of promotional applicants are available, the remaining rank(s) will be obtained from the open eligibility list (outside applicants). If fewer than three ranks are available for certification a new examination/ recruitment may be requested and conducted. Merit Rule 50.200.4 (B). Please note that if a new recruitment is requested and conducted, you will maintain your examination score however, your rank may change as a result of subsequent recruitments. The scores of new eligible applicants from subsequent recruitments will be merged with the initial eligibility list. SELECTION PROCEDURE: Merit Rule #50.100.2 B Any permanent classified employees of the District who voluntarily resigns from his permanent position may be reinstated or reemployed by the Board of Education of the District within 39 months after his last day of paid service and without further competitive examination, to a position in his former classification as a permanent or limited-term employee in a related lowers class in which the employee formerly had permanent status. Merit Rule #50.200.1 A A. Names shall be certified for appointment from employment lists in the sequence that follows: 1. Automatic appointments to Layoff Reemployment list candidates, until exhausted; 2. Promotional eligibility list (three ranks); 3. If less than three ranks of Promotional candidates are available, the remaining rank(s) are to be obtained from the Open eligibility list. B. In addition, the following candidates will be eligible to interview for the vacancy(s): “Request to Transfer” requests meeting at least one of the following criteria: 1. A classification within the same range or higher in a related classification; or 2. An employee who has taken a voluntary demotion being restored to his former class or to a related lower class, within 39 months - Rule #60.200.3. POSITION REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES KNOWLEDGE OF: • School office terminology, practices and procedures. • Modern office practices, procedures and equipment. • District organization, operations, policies and objectives. • Applicable laws, codes, rules and regulations related to assigned activities. • Financial record-keeping techniques. • Business letter and report writing techniques. • Telephone techniques and etiquette. • Oral and written communication skills. • Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary. • Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy. • Operation of a computer and assigned software. ABILITY TO: • Perform a wide variety of complex and responsible clerical and secretarial duties to assure smooth school office operations and to relieve the Principal of administrative detail. • Interpret, apply and explain laws, codes, rules and regulations related to assigned activities. • Maintain good public relations with students, parents, teachers and the public. • Understand and resolve issues, complaints or problems. • Assure smooth and efficient school office operations. • Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action. • Answer telephones and greet the public courteously. • Type at 45 words per minute from clear copy. • Compose correspondence and written materials independently or from oral instructions. • Work independently with little direction. • Maintain financial records. • Plan and organize work. • Compile and verify data and prepare reports. • Complete work with many interruptions. A LIST OF THE ESSENTIAL DUTIES FOR THIS CLASSIFICATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION ON THE PC WEBSITE (https://www.cusdk12.org/Departments/Personnel-Commission/Job-Descriptions/index.html) OR ON EDJOIN.ORG (https://www.edjoin.org/ Home/DistrictJobPosting/1305568) AND THEN CLICK ON "VIEW JOB DESCRIPTION". EEO Statement We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, creed, color, age, national origin or union status. ADA Statement We do not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, Company programs and activities in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Applicants who need accommodation for interviewing or testing activities should request this in advance. All employees are subject to fingerprinting (Education Code 45125) and review of arrest and conviction record, if any, prior to hiring.