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DELAWARE COUNTY PERSONNEL OFFICE ANNOUNCES OPEN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR DATA ANALYST (BOCES)

Written By Editor on 9/6/24 | 9/6/24


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Date Issued Date of Examination Last Filing Date September 6, 2024 October 26, 2024 September 30, 2024 

NOTICE: ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE DELAWARE COUNTY PERSONNEL OFFICE WILL BE  CONSIDERED FOR THIS EXAMINATION. 

SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES WILL BE FOLLOWED 

EXAMINATION FEE: A fee of $15.00 is required for each separately numbered examination for which you apply. The required fee MUST  accompany your application and be in our office by 4:30pm on the last filing date or you will not be approved to take the examination. Send  or deliver your certified check or money order payable to the Delaware County Personnel Office. Write the examination number(s) on your  check or money order. ****PERSONAL CHECKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.**** No refund of fees will be allowed whether or not  you meet the minimum qualifications. You are urged to compare your qualifications carefully with the requirements for admission and file  only for those examinations for which you are clearly qualified. 

EXAMINATION FEE WAIVER: A waiver of examination fee will be allowed if you are unemployed and primarily responsible for the  support of a household. In addition, a waiver of examination fee will be allowed if you are determined eligible for Medicaid, or receiving  Supplemental Security Income payments, or Public Assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/Family Assistance or Safety Net  Assistance) or are certified Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act eligible through a State or local social service agency.  All claims for examination fee waiver are subject to verification. If you can verify eligibility for examination fee waiver, complete a  Request for Examination Fee Waiver and Certification form and submit it with your application by the Last Filing Date as listed on  the Examination Announcement. Request for Examination Fee Waiver and Certification forms may be obtained in the Personnel  Office or online at www.delcony.us. Click on “departments,” and then “personnel.” Waivers will not be considered if filed after the  last filing date. 

LOCATION OF POSITIONS: DCMO BOCES, Norwich, NY 13815 

SALARY: $40,400 - $62,900 

DUTIES: This is an information technology position at DCMO BOCES that is responsible for assembling, processing, analyzing, and  interpreting various data using software tools for the enterprise/district. The incumbent reports directly to and under the general supervision  of management, with leeway allowed for the use of independent judgement in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the job.  Supervision may be exercised over technical and/or clerical staff. Does related work as required. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Either: 

A) Graduation from a college or university with a Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, data science, marketing, marketing research and  analysis, computer science, data analytics, statistics, or closely related field AND (1) year experience processing, analyzing, or interpreting  electronic data; OR 

B) Graduation from a college or university with an Associate’s degree in business, data science, marketing, marketing research and analysis,  computer science, data analytics, statistics, or closely related field AND (3) years of experience processing, analyzing, or interpreting  electronic data, one of which included using business intelligence tools to create visualizations, graphics, or dashboards; OR C) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma or equivalent AND five years’ experience processing,  analyzing, or interpreting electronic data, two of which included using business intelligence to create visualizations, graphs, or dashboards,  OR 

D) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of A), B), and C) above. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: A valid New York State driver’s license is required at time of appointment and maintained during  employment. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT FOR APPOINTMENT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS: In accordance with the Safe Schools Against Violence  in Education (SAVE) legislation, Chapter 180 of the Laws of 2000, and by the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, candidates for  appointment in school districts must obtain clearance for employment from the State Education Department prior to employment based upon  a fingerprint and criminal history background check.  

NOTE: Your degree or training must have been conducted at a college, university, or business school accredited by a regional, national, or  specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree or  training was conducted at an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of  equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the Internet at  

http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. You must pay the required evaluation fee. 

Candidates claiming college credits MUST submit a copy of their official transcript(s). 

RESUMES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR APPLICATION BUT WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY AS  AN ADDITION TO YOUR APPLICATION. 

NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, all required experience must be full-time paid or its part-time paid equivalent. You are responsible for  submitting an accurate, adequate and clear description of your experience. Omissions or vagueness will NOT be interpreted in your  favor. Applicants for examination must meet all minimum qualifications on or before the examination date with no tolerances allowed. If an  applicant lacks the required experience or has not completed all required training at the time, he/she submits an application, but is serving in a  qualifying position or will complete all required course work by the date of the examination, he/she may be approved conditionally to take an  examination pending verification of successful completion of all experience and training requirements.

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The New York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this examination. However, candidates may find  information in the publication 'General Guide to Written Tests' helpful in preparing for this test. This publication is available online at:  https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm. Candidates who wish a copy of the Guide should call or write the Delaware County Personnel  Office, One Courthouse Square, Suite #2, Delhi, New York 13753 (607-832-5678) or access our web site at www.delcony.us. Click on  “departments,” and then “personnel.”  

Scopes / Subjects of examination: A test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas. Preparing written material: These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize paragraphs  logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of  the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order.  You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences. 

Understanding and interpreting written material: These questions test for the ability to understand and interpret written material. You will  be presented with brief reading passages and will be asked questions about the passages. You should base your answers to the questions only on what is presented in the passages and not on what you may happen to know about the topic.  

Understanding and interpreting tabular material: These questions test your ability to understand, analyze, and use the internal logic of  data presented in tabular form. You may be asked to perform tasks such as completing tables, drawing conclusions from them, analyzing data  trends or interrelationships, and revising or combining data sets. The concepts of rate, ratio, and proportion are tested. Mathematical  operations are simple, and computational speed is not a major factor in the test. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solar powered calculator for use on this test. You will not be permitted to use the calculator function of your cell phoneEvaluating conclusions in light of known facts: These questions will consist of a set of facts and a conclusion. You must decide if the  conclusion is proved by the facts, disproved by the facts or if the facts are not sufficient to prove or disprove the conclusion. The questions  will not be specific to a particular field.  

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES: USE OF CALCULATORS IS RECOMMENDED FOR THIS EXAM. You are permitted to use quiet,  hand-held, solar/battery powered calculators. Calculators with typewriter keyboards, Spell Checkers, Personal Digital Assistants, Address  Books, Language Translators, Dictionaries or any similar devices are prohibited. You may not bring books or other reference materials other  than what has been mentioned above. 

This examination is announced and will be rated in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law. The provisions of the New York State Civil  Service Law, Rules and Regulations dealing with the rating of examinations will apply to this examination. 

Applications for examination can be obtained from the Delaware County Personnel Office, One Courthouse Square, Suite #2, Delhi, New York 13753 or  online at www.delcony.us. Click on “departments,” and then “personnel.” ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION MUST BE CONTAINED IN YOUR  APPLICATION. RESUMES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR APPLICATION BUT WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY  AS AN ADDITION TO YOUR APPLICATION. A separate application must be filed for EACH examination for which you apply. Applications must  contain the correct examination title and/or number in order to be considered. The Delaware County Personnel Office reserves the right to accept or to reject  applications/fees submitted/postmarked after the last announced filing date. The Delaware County Personnel Office is NOT responsible for lost or  misdirected mail. 

CROSS-FILING: APPLYING FOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS WHEN EXAMINATIONS ARE  SCHEDULED ON SAME DATE: If you have applied for other Civil Service examinations for employment with N.Y. State or other local governments,  YOU must make arrangements to take all the examinations at one test site. If you are taking a state exam you must sit at a State site. If you have applied  for an examination, in another County, City or State, which is scheduled to be given the same date as this exam, you must write our office and the Civil  Service office in the other County/City or State and make arrangements to take both exams at either our test site or theirs. You must make these  arrangements with our office no later than the last filing date indicated on this announcement. You must advise our office in writing, by the last  filing date contained in this announcement where you intend to take this exam. Please note that State exams cannot be given at our test site.  

APPLICATION DEADLINE POLICY: All completed applications along with application fees or proofs of waiver must be submitted to the Delaware  County Personnel Department by 4:30pm on the date of last file as listed on the Examination announcement. Applications received via U.S. Mail will be  accepted only if received on or before the last file date. Applications that are received after the Application Deadline and are not received in the Personnel  Department by the last file date will not be accepted.  

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS, ALTERNATE TEST DATES, MILITARY PERSONNEL: If you require reasonable accommodations as a disabled person, or special testing arrangements as one in need of religious accommodation, or are an  alternate test date candidate (in accordance with Alternate Test Date Policy), or an active member of the military away from the area on the scheduled test  date, clearly indicate this fact on the application. All such requests must be supported by appropriate documentation. If you are unable to take this  examination due to an emergency situation, and you wish an alternate test date, you MUST call the Delaware County Personnel Office, with your request, by  noon of the Monday following the test date. 

***Religious Accommodation***Most written tests are held on Saturdays. If you cannot take the test on the announced test date due to a conflict with  religious observance or practice, check the box under ASpecial Arrangements. We will make arrangements for you to take the test on a different date (usually  the following Monday). 

***Handicapped Persons:***If special arrangements for testing are required, please indicate this on your application. ***Active Duty Military Personnel:***Pursuant to Section 243b of the Military Law, applicants who are unable to take this exam on the regular exam date  because of active military duty may be eligible to take a special military makeup examination. If you are on active military duty and unable to take this exam  on the regularly scheduled exam date, please indicate this on your application. You will then be sent additional information regarding a military makeup  exam. 

***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 dates of their application for examination and the date of the establishment of the resulting eligible list. Applications  for veteran’s credit are available from this office. Veteran’s credits can only be added to a passing score. 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 credit in examinations. Any candidate  who applies for such credit must provide proof of military status to receive the conditional credit. No credit may be granted after the establishment of the  list. It’s the responsibility of the candidate to provide appropriate proof, as defined in Section 85 of the Civil Service Law, that the candidate received an  honorable discharge or was released under honorable conditions in order to be certified at a score including veteran’s credits. 

***Children of Firefighters and Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty***In conformance with section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of  firefighters and police officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional ten points in a competitive examination for original  appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent has served. If you are qualified to participate in this examination and are a child of a  firefighter or police officer killed in the line of duty in this municipality, please inform this office of this matter when you submit your application for  examination. A candidate claiming such credit has a minimum of two months from the application deadline to provide the necessary documentation to verify  additional credit eligibility. However, no credit may be added after the eligible list has been established. 

DELAWARE COUNTY IS AN EQUAL DELAWARE COUNTY PERSONNEL OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER CARRARA KNOETGEN, PERSONNEL OFFICER 

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