THE AGENCY
The General Services Agency (GSA) is made up of Fleet Services, Facilities, Procurement, Special Services, Security and Business Support, and the Parks Department and is responsible for a broad spectrum of services to all the County departments and agencies. It requires a very diverse workforce to accomplish the GSA mission of contributing to the quality of life in Ventura County by partnering with their customers to provide expertise and cost-effective service delivery, and foster the preservation of natural resources.

THE POSITION
Under general supervision, performs document production functions, in a a print shop environment, in such areas as print production, scanning, indexing, bindery, copying or related services as required.

• General Salary Increase of 4.0% effective January 21, 2024 and 3.5% effective January 19, 2025
• New Hire Incentive- Subject to the applicable section of the IUOE 501 MOA 2023-2026 Secs. 3401: New hires may be eligible for a one-time New Hire Incentive of up to 10% of the newly hired employee's current annual base wage.
• Educational Incentive: 2.5% for an Associate's degree, 3.5% for a Bachelor's degree, or 5% for a Master's degree.
• Vacation Accrual – New regular, full-time employees shall accrue approximately 14 days of vacation a year for the first 10,400 hours or 5 years of service; vacation accruals increase at 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 20 years of service topping out at 26 days a year and 400 hours of vacation hours banked.
• Vacation Leave Redemption – After 14,560 hours of continuous County service an employee may elect to "cash in" or redeem up to 80 hours of vacation accrued in the same year after using 80 hours of vacation in the preceding 12 months.
• Sick Leave - Full time regular employees accrue 3.08 hours of sick leave per pay period with an advance at hire of 40.04 hours which will be balanced at the completion of 13 bi-weekly pay periods.
• Flexible Credit Allowance: Biweekly contribution towards medical, dental, and/or vision insurance from authorized plans.
• Deferred Compensation: County match of up to 3%, dependent upon your contribution amount.
• Pension Plan: Participation in the County's defined benefit plan.
• Holidays - 12 paid days per year which, includes a scheduled floating holiday.

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Set up and operate of a wide variety of equipment used in document finishing including; mail inserters, envelope address printers, tabbers, cutters, staplers, paper drills, folders, wrappers and collators.
• Clean, maintain, and perform minor repairs on a wide variety of equipment used in document production and finishing; monitor equipment and set up service calls as necessary to ensure proper functioning of equipment.
• Wrap, pack, and manually process outgoing finished jobs.
• Monitor and maintain supplies; requisition supplies to meet project demand.
• Set up and operate networked digital printers/copiers (black & white and color) to produce printed materials.
• Prepare, scan and index documents for electronic storage using production level scanners and document capture software.
• Set up and operate networked digital printers/copiers (black & white and color) to produce printed materials.
• Use document content management systems and web-to-print applications to manage files and access files and accounts to support scan workflows, indexing, version control, and synchronization with digital print systems.
• Enter data from job tickets that are related to production activity to generate billing records.
• Perform other related duties as required.

• The ability to kneel, crouch, squat, stoop, reach, twist and lift to accomplish assigned tasks.

• Some Experience with pre-press functions across PDF and Adobe InDesign applications.

• Print/document production methods and procedures,
• Safety,
• Graphics related computers/software,
• Customer service practices

• Independently operate complex graphics equipment,
• Follow complicated oral and written instructions,
• Perform accurate data entry (billing, time cards, workload and inventory tracking, supply requisition).
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

FINAL FILING DATE
This is a continuous recruitment and may close at any time. Apply as soon as possible if you are interested. Applications must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources in Ventura, California, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the closing day.

To apply on-line please refer to our web site at www.ventura.org/jobs. A paper application can be obtained by calling (805) 654-5129. Our address is County of Ventura Human Resources, 800 South Victoria Avenue, L-1970, Ventura, CA 93009.

Note to Applicants: Sufficient information must be provided under the Education/Work experience portion of the application and supplemental questionnaire to thoroughly and accurately demonstrate your qualifications to determine eligibility. A resume may be attached to supplement your responses in the above sections; however, it may not be substituted in lieu of the application.

NOTE: If presently permanently employed in another "merit" or "civil service" public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as is advertised, and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a "merit" or "civil service" style examination, then appointment by "Lateral Transfer may be possible. If interested, please click here (Download PDF reader) (Download Adobe Reader) for additional information.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE - qualifying
All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this examination at the time of filing. This questionnaire may be used throughout the examination process to assist in determining each applicants qualifications for the position. Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire may result in removal of the application from further consideration.

APPLICATION EVALUATION - qualifying:
All applications will be reviewed to determine whether or not the stated requirements are met. Those individuals meeting the stated requirements will be invited to continue to the next step in the examination process.

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE EVALUATION-100%
A Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E) is a structured evaluation of the job application materials submitted by a candidate, including the written responses to the supplemental questionnaire. The T&E is NOT a determination of whether the candidate meets the stated requirements; rather, the T&E is one method for determining who are the better qualified among those who have shown that they meet the stated requirements. In a T&E, applications are either scored or rank ordered according to criteria that most closely meet the business needs of the department. Candidates are typically scored/ranked in relation to one another; consequently, when the pool of candidates is exceptionally strong, many qualified candidates may receive a score or rank which is moderate or even low resulting in them not being advanced in the process.

NOTE: In a typical T&E, your training and experience are evaluated in relation to the background, experience and factors identified for successful job performance during a job analysis. For this reason, it is recommended that your application materials clearly show your relevant background and specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities. It is also highly recommended that the supplemental questions within the application are completed with care and diligence. Applicants must earn a score of seventy percent (70%) or higher to qualify for placement on the eligible list.

If there are three (3) or fewer qualified applicants, a score of 70 will be assigned to each application and each applicant will be placed on the eligibility list. . Candidates successfully completing the examination process may be placed on an eligible list for a period of one (1) year.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A thorough pre-employment, post offer background investigation which may include inquiry into past employment, education, criminal background information, and driving record may be required for this position.

For further information regarding this recruitment, please contact Lucy Fernandez by email at Lucy.Fernandez@ventura.org or by telephone (805) 654-3943.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The County of Ventura is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.