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Community Development Coordinator
Supervises a professional staff in implementing community and economic development programs, managing high-profile projects, coordinating with city departments, and preparing budgets and contracts. Requires a Bachelor's Degree and five years of professional-level community development experience, including economic development program management, business finance management, community revitalization, and project management.
Community Development Specialist I
Conducts studies and financial analyses for community and economic development programs, manages medium size projects, liaises with community stakeholders, assists in budget management, promotes workforce development and sustainability, and prepares reports for City Council. Requires a Bachelor's Degree and one year of professional-level experience in areas such as grant management, business assistance, community services, planning, and finance.
Community Development Specialist II
Conducts major studies and financial analyses for community and economic development programs, coordinates activities with citizen advisory committees, provides technical assistance, promotes workforce development and sustainability, manages budgets, prepares reports for City Council, and performs special studies. Requires a Bachelor's Degree and two years of professional-level experience in areas such as grant management, business assistance, community services, planning, and finance.
Community Development Specialist III
Coordinates and implements community development, economic development, and redevelopment programs, representing the Mayor’s Office at various meetings, conducting feasibility analyses, managing budgets, promoting workforce development and sustainability, administering state and federal grants, and possibly supervising subordinates. Requires a Bachelor's Degree and three years of professional-level experience in areas such as grant management, business assistance, community services, planning, and finance.
Community Development Specialist IV
Plans, directs, and coordinates major community development, economic development, and redevelopment programs, representing the Mayor’s Office at various meetings, managing contracts and projects, analyzing complex proposals, developing detailed projects and budgets, promoting workforce development and sustainability, administering state and federal grants, and providing business assistance. Requires a Bachelor's Degree and four years of professional-level experience in areas such as grant management, business assistance, community services, planning, finance, and sustainability.
Community Relations Assistant to the Police Chief
Performs liaison work in community and minority group relations for the Police Department, reporting directly to the Police Chief, advising on policies and training, representing the Chief at civic events, and responding to emergency calls. Requires 60 college units or an Associate's Degree, or a California Intermediate P.O.S.T. certificate, and four years of experience as a sworn peace officer, including one year in community relations roles within the San Diego Police Department.
Compliance and Metering Manager
Manages and administers the City's meter reading activities, code compliance, water and sewer rate dispute resolutions, and field investigations, including overseeing the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) program and addressing water theft issues. Requires a Bachelor's degree and five years of full-time field service operations experience in a government agency or public/private utility, with three years at a supervisory or managerial level, and experience in conducting operational studies, developing policies, and formulating program efficiency measures.
Plans, estimates, administers, and inspects preventive maintenance, repair, alteration, and minor construction of buildings, including determining material and labor costs, preparing job specifications, and coordinating work between contract services and City forces. Requires two years of full-time experience estimating building construction or skilled trades maintenance costs, or three years of full-time journey-level experience in a skilled trade.
Contracts Processing Clerk
Performs specialized and complex clerical work, including the preparation and processing of complex legally binding documents, contracts, and legal notices for City procurement and construction projects, requiring review of contract specifications, determining appropriate documents, and ensuring legal compliance. Requires one year of full-time clerical experience, including six months creating and processing complex legal documents, and a typing certificate for 30 or 50 WPM.
Performs a variety of difficult secretarial and clerical work for a City Council district office, including preparing correspondence, responding to public inquiries, arranging meetings and travel, maintaining files, and possibly supervising and training other employees. Requires three years of full-time secretarial and clerical experience and the ability to type 50 net words per minute.
Performs complex clerical duties related to organizing and obtaining case documents for court calendars and responding to requests for legal discoveries and case inquiries from various stakeholders, requiring one year of full-time clerical experience, including six months with primary responsibility for case documents or legal inquiries, and the ability to type 30 net words per minute.
Performs specialized and complex clerical duties in the City Attorney’s Office, including researching criminal records, supporting Deputy City Attorneys in court, processing legal documents, and responding to legal inquiries, requiring two years of clerical experience with at least one year in a legal environment, and the ability to type 30 net words per minute.
Court Support Clerk Supervisor
Supervises and participates in the work of clerical staff in the City Attorney's Office, handling legal documents, court procedures, and legal proceedings, requiring three years of clerical experience, including one year as a Court Support Clerk or similar legal environment experience, and managing case documents, court calendars, and responding to legal inquiries.
The Crime Scene Specialist identifies, collects, photographs, and preserves evidence for police investigations, develops and evaluates latent prints for AFIS searches, and testifies as an expert witness, requiring two years of full-time crime scene processing experience or relevant degrees/certificates in forensic technology and a valid California Class C Driver License.
The Criminalist I performs complex analyses of blood, fibers, narcotics, and other evidence, conducts computer analysis on digital devices, and prepares evidence for court testimony, requiring a Bachelor’s degree in relevant sciences and one year of professional criminalistics experience in specified areas, along with a valid California Class C Driver License.
The Criminalist II performs advanced professional criminalistics work, including complex analyses of blood, fibers, narcotics, and other evidence, as well as computer analysis on digital devices, preparing evidence for court and testifying as an expert witness; requiring a Bachelor’s degree in relevant sciences and two years of professional criminalistics experience in specified areas, along with a valid California Class C Driver License.
The Criminalist III performs the most complex criminalistics work, including DNA analysis, firearms examination, and trace evidence analysis, leads the work of professional lab personnel, proposes and approves technical policies, and serves as a technical reference and expert witness, requiring a Bachelor’s degree in relevant sciences and three years of professional criminalistics experience, along with a valid California Class C Driver License.
The Custodian I is responsible for maintaining cleanliness and order in dressing rooms, comfort stations, and similar areas through tasks such as sweeping, scrubbing, washing windows, polishing metal, and vacuuming carpets, with no specific education or experience required.
The Custodian II performs skilled custodial work, including sweeping, scrubbing, polishing floors, vacuuming carpets, dusting furniture, cleaning restrooms, maintaining supplies, reporting building repairs, and preventing vandalism, requiring six months of custodial experience and a valid California Class C Driver’s License.
The Custodian III leads and participates in custodial work, supervising and inspecting staff, performing varied cleaning tasks, maintaining inventory, and providing public assistance, requiring one year of custodial experience and a valid California Class C Driver’s License.
Customer Information and Billing Manager
Customer Information and Billing Manager, water service billing, customer call center, E-Commerce, customer service training, complaint resolution, billing and payment problems, water service, collection processes, budget management, operational policies, program efficiency.
Customer Services Representative
The Customer Services Representative performs specialized and complex customer service work in a centralized utilities customer services section, including resolving billing problems, processing service requests, and responding to inquiries and complaints, requiring one year of clerical experience and six months of high-volume customer service experience.
Customer Services Supervisor
The Customer Services Supervisor plans, directs, and administers the City's water and sewer customer service activities, including billing, collection, field investigation, and meter reading functions, requiring three years of supervisory experience in a customer service role with full supervisory responsibilities.
The Deputy City Clerk I performs specialized and complex clerical work in the City Clerk’s Office, including researching inquiries about administrative and legislative policies, preparing legal notices for land use hearings, and processing various documents, requiring one year of clerical experience with six months in legal notice preparation and information retrieval.
The Deputy City Clerk II supervises and participates in specialized clerical work related to processing legislative matters, including coordinating City Council dockets and public hearings, managing subordinate staff, and ensuring compliance with legal and procedural requirements, requiring three years of clerical experience with one year equivalent to Deputy City Clerk I.
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