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Please note that this is a supplemental recruitment. The resulting eligibility list will be merged with the existing eligibility list.

Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is seeking candidates to fill Educational Community Worker - Bilingual Spanish vacancies. Current vacancies are located all throughout LA County.

The position performs liaison duties between the county office of education, school/college districts, students, and parents regarding educational and health resources; refers and informs students and parents to local agencies, community and school services/resources as appropriate.

Current vacancies are located in Antelope Valley High School, Bassett High School, Don Julian Elementary School, Duarte High School, Inglewood High School, Mayfair Middle/High Schools, McKinley Elementary School, MNettie L. Waite Middle School, Sierra Continuation High School, Sierra Vista High School, and Pasadena High School.

The resulting merged eligibility list will be used to fill future vacancies.

The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following

Knowledge:

• Community resource organizations including various federal, state, county, and local agencies
• Applicable district policies, the State Education Code, and/or other laws, rules and regulations
• General office practices, procedures and equipment
• Telephone techniques and etiquette
• Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other related applications
• Social media platforms
  

Competencies:

• Self-Management – Showing personal organization, self-discipline, and dependability
• Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
• Bilingual Communication – Speaking, reading, writing in a second language
• Oral Communication – Engaging effectively in dialogue
• Presentation Skill – Formally delivering information to groups
• Writing – Communicating effectively in writing
• Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
• Relationship Building – Establishing rapport and maintaining mutually productive relationships
• Valuing Diversity – Appreciating the benefits of varied backgrounds and cultures in the workplace
• Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communications and interactions that respect and include all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions, and cultures
  

Required Education and Experience

Education: Graduation from high school or its equivalent.

Experience: One year of experience working in educational or community service agencies involving public contact.

Additional Requirements: Positions in this classification require passing a test of bilingual proficiency in oral Spanish and English. A valid California driver's license and availability of private transportation or ability to provide transportation between job sites is required.

Selection Process

Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of the Clerical/Secretarial written examination, a Spanish multiple-choice written examination and English/Spanish written/oral translation examinations, data entry and MS Office 2010 (MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Powerpoint) computer examinations, and a structured interview. Candidates will need to meet or exceed the examination pass points to be placed on the eligibility list.

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Additional Information

Minimum qualifications must be met by the close of the filing date. For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc. For additional information on our selection procedures, please visit Exam Preparation on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans' Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application and testing are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.

Based on full-time assignment:

• Although new employees usually begin at the first salary step, advanced salary step placement may be requested
  
• 12 vacation days per year, 18 after 7 years of service
  
• 15 paid holidays per year
  
• 12 paid sick days annually
  
• Insurance includes health, medical, dental, vision and group life
  
• Retirement CALPERS combined with Social Security, and pre-tax retirement savings account options