Independent Assessor Fire Commission

Application

Fire

Exempt | Location: Civic Center

Annual Salary

$172,657 - $252,460

contact information

LAFD Civilian Selections Unit
lafd.civilianselections@lacity.org

job description

BACKGROUND

The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) has an exempt employment opportunity for an Independent Assessor. The Independent Assessor is responsible for planning, assigning, organizing and provides oversight of the LAFD’s internal disciplinary process for sworn and civilian employees, civil litigation, and directs annual audits. The incumbent conducts comprehensive procedural and operational audits of the LAFD’s administrative and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) investigations and application of discipline for civilian and sworn employees. The Independent Assessor handles special auditing and administrative review of assignments at the Commissions direction. The selected candidate will assist the Board of Fire Commission (BOFC) in providing civilian oversight by monitoring the disciplinary process in the LAFD and to ensure investigations are conducted in a thorough, fair, and effective manner.

WORK SCHEDULE

The Los Angeles City Fire Department offers 5/40 and 9/80 work schedules and has implemented a hybrid telecommuting program which allows some classifications a minimum of two (2) in-office work days per week, and on the remaining workdays, employees may telecommute, provided that the employee has passed their probationary period. The specific in-office days are flexible and will be coordinated with Executive Management. The hybrid telecommuting program is subject to change.

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How to apply

TO APPLY

Electronic submittals are required. Interested candidates should submit a Departmental application and resume to the Los Angeles Fire Department Human Resources Division. Please select “Independent Assessor - OFC” on the submission form below:

Report of Availability: https://forms.gle/MJPyXPHxTJ2Hu3dc6

Due consideration will be given to previous work experience, employment history, and attendance. Depending on the number of applications received, a screening process may be used to identify the most qualified candidates. Only qualified candidates will be invited to participate in the interview process. The evaluation of candidates for this position may be based on a combination of experience and training as presented in the resume, an interview, and/or a performance exercise.

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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