The County of Yuba is currently recruiting for the position of Administrative Analyst. Vacancies currently exist within the Sheriff's Office, County Administrator's Office, and Administrative Services department. Additional vacancies are expected. Under general supervision, the incumbent performs a variety of simple to moderately complex professional level analytical work to support the operations of County Departments, agencies and programs in areas such as the legislative analysis, evaluation and development of management/administrative policy, development and administration of contractual agreements, and/or assists with program evaluation and planning; and performs other duties as assigned. This is the journey level classification in the professional Analyst series.
SAVE THE DATE: A selection process has tentatively been scheduled for Tuesday, November 12th & Wednesday, November 13th. Additional details including the status of your application, test date and location will follow.
The ideal candidate will take a customer focused approach to their work and have the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in a diverse work force and community. Not only are they organized, but the ideal candidate shows initiative and can adapt to changes in workflow and prioritize effectively. They will be skilled in collecting, compiling, organizing, analyzing and interpreting data; developing logical conclusions from data analysis and making sound recommendations; preparing analytical reports, summaries, manuals, analyses and displays of information. Successful candidates are able to prepare accurate administrative documents for managers, department heads, members of boards and commissions, and members of the public as well as read, understand, interpret, and apply contracts, ordinances, legislation, policies and procedures, directives and manuals. The ideal candidate has excellent technical writing skills and is experienced drafting business correspondence.
Qualifications:
MINIMUM: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Public Administration, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, or a field related to the work AND one (1) year of experience performing increasingly responsible administrative analysis or departmental administrative and/or project support. Candidates with strong progressively responsible administrative experience who lack the degree are encouraged to apply. Relevant experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
PREFERRED: In addition to the minimum, two years of experience at least equivalent to the County's class of Administrative Technician.