Administrative Clerk

Application

Public Works - Sanitation

Exempt | Location: Civic Center

Hourly Salary

$25.15

contact information

Sonia
(213)000-0000
san.jobapplications@lacity.org

job description

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Six months of full-time paid experience in office clerical work or retail sales

(Customer Service experience is highly desirable).

2. Must be at least 18 years of age.

3. Have proof of identity and legal right to work in the U.S.

4. Position requires California Driver’s License and/or California ID Card.

5. Position requires reliable means of transportation to report to various SAFE Center locations on time.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Strength to perform average lifting 5 pounds and occasionally over 15 pounds; good speaking and hearing abilities; and good eyesight; moderate walking and standing while outdoors.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Customer service-oriented and working with the public;
Greets customers, takes surveys (written and/or smartphone) and handles all complaints, questions, and concerns while working alongside a hazardous waste City contractor;
Uses independent judgment to make sensible decisions;
Maintains and organizes required materials for the S.A.F.E. Centers;
Required to attend an in-person, 3-day classroom training for hazardous waste operations and emergency response;
Must attend the mandatory SAFE Center Quarterly Staff Meetings at the Public Works Building, located at 1149 S. Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90015
Become familiar with various types of HHW;
Occasionally, may work one day during the week for data entry at the Public Works Building, located at 1149 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90015

How to apply

HOW TO APPLY:

Candidates interested in applying for these positions must email a City of Los Angeles job application. You can download an application online at: http://per.lacity.org/Application.pdf.The application must be scanned and emailed by the application deadline date and time to:

EMAIL: san.jobapplications@lacity.org

The subject line should read: Exempt Admin Clerk – SAFE Center, ATTN: Sonia

Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. on October 31, 2025.

exempt employment

If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a “property interest” in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process.

General Information About Exempt Employment

Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees

There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.

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