Department of Human Resources

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire

0932 Manager IV - Director of Public Administrator, Public Guardian, and Public Conservator

This supplemental questionnaire will be used to determine that you meet the minimum qualifications for the 0932 Manager IV - Director of Public Administrator, Public Guardian, and Public Conservator position.  Responses to items must be supported by the information provided on the application and is subject to verification.

Please be sure to include all relevant education and/or experience in the work history and education sections of the application. A resume will not substitute for this supplemental questionnaire or for a completed application.

As a reminder, all work experience, education, training, and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. If you are copying an old application, take the time to update your work history and other information before submitting this application.

Please indicate the selection that best matches your HIGHEST educational attainment.

As a reminder, all qualifying education must be listed in the application in order to be considered in review of Minimum Qualifications. If you do not include the education experience you are about to describe in the "Education History" section of your application, you will not receive credit for this education. If you are copying an old application, please taken the time to update your work history section before submitting your application.  

In which of the following majors have you completed/declared your Master's degree or higher:

As a reminder, all qualifying education must be listed in the application in order to be considered in review of Minimum Qualifications. If you do not include the education experience you are about to describe in the "Education History" section of your application, you will not receive credit for this education. If you are copying an old application, please taken the time to update your work history section before submitting your application.   

How much verifiable professional experience do you have working in programs serving older people and adults with disabilities in areas such as aging and adult protective services, behavioral health, probate or mental health conservatorship programs and/or legal services?  This experience must be gained in a large social services setting or related community based organization.

As a reminder, all qualifying work experience must be listed in the application in order to be considered in review of Minimum Qualifications. If you do not include the work experience you are about to describe in the "Work History" section of your application, you will not receive credit for this experience. If you are copying an old application, please take the time to update your work history section before submitting your application.   

How much verifiable professional experience do you have supervising professionals in the fields noted above?

As a reminder, all qualifying work experience must be listed in the application in order to be considered in review of Minimum Qualifications. If you do not include the work experience you are about to describe in the "Work History" section of your application, you will not receive credit for this experience. If you are copying an old application, please take the time to update your work history section before submitting your application.   

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE

0932 Manager IV - Director of the Public Administrator, Public Guardian, and Public Conservator

PBT-0932-101717

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR EXAMINATION SCORE AND RANK ON THE ELIGIBLE LIST

The purpose of this Supplemental Questionnaire (SQ) is to describe your training and experience as they relate to the knowledge, skills, and abilities linked to the essential functions of this 0932 Manager IV - Director of the Public Administrator, Public Guardian, and Public Conservator position (please refer to the job announcement for a more detailed description of these knowledge, skills and abilities).

Only the information you provide in your answers to these questions will be evaluated to determine your score in the selection process for this position. No attachments or additional documents such as resumes, cover letters, or employment applications will be considered (i.e. Writing ‘see resume’ or ’N/A’ is not a sufficient response).

The SQ will be presented to an expert review panel for an assessment and will be used as the examination process to determine candidates' score and rank on the eligible list. This Supplemental Questionnaire will account for 60% of the total weight of candidates’ final scores. Insufficient or non-responsive answers and/or answers that are plagiarized or have falsified information may result in disqualification from the recruitment process.

The responses that you provide to this questionnaire should be consistent with the information on your application, and are subject to verification.

If there is a question regarding experience that you do not have, try to include examples of similar experience that would demonstrate your ability or potential to perform the specific function. It is suggested that you review the questions before starting, prepare your thorough narrative style responses in a word processing document, and then paste them into the questionnaire. Responses should be sufficiently detailed to assist in evaluating your qualifications for this position. Please limit responses to one page unless otherwise instructed.

Again, please be complete and specific in answering the questions as your score will be based on this information.

Describe your professional experience mitigating the negative side effects of homelessness for older adults and adults with disabilities. If you do not have this experience, describe what you would do.

In your response, please include:

• The clients you served in this capacity
• The role your organization played in addressing homelessness
• Key strategies discussed and/or implemented to meaningfully contribute to the effort
• How these strategies worked and how they didn’t
• The outcome

List the employer(s), your position(s)/title(s), and date(s) where you gained the experience indicated in the previous question.  If you do not have experience, type "none".

Describe a recent professional experience where you implemented a performance improvement process and it failed.

In your response, please include:

• The environment/organization this experience was gained in
• The number of people or staff this included
• The reason or reasons performance improvement was needed
• The different approaches you considered; and the one you picked and why
• Why the process failed
• Lessons learned

List the employer(s), your position(s)/title(s), and date(s) where you gained the experience indicated in the previous question.  If you do not have experience, type "none".

Tell us about a time you had to build collaboration across distinct groups of professionals.

In your response, please include:

• The project or reason collaboration between the groups was necessary
• Who these groups were and/or why they were different
• The methods or process you used to increase teamwork and collaboration, and why you chose this method or process
• Difficulties that came up
• The outcome

List the employer(s), your position(s)/title(s), and date(s) where you gained the experience indicated in the previous question.  If you do not have experience, type "none".