Family Caregiver Specialist

Duties

To provide professional and analytical assistance in the administration and management of assigned District programs including, but not limited to, employee health and safety, regulatory agency relations, analyses of assigned safety program policies and procedures to make recommendations for improvement; and to perform a variety of analytical duties relative to assigned areas of responsibilities.

Requires the performance and application of a practical knowledge of basic engineering and scientific principles and methods to identify, evaluate, and control occupational hazards such as those encountered on a construction site or in an industrial plant.

Conducts professional safety work to eliminate or control hazardous conditions resulting from human error, equipment and machine operations which may lead to injury to persons and damage to property.

Minimum Qualifications

• Five years of increasingly responsible experience in administrative, management, systems, operations, budgetary or similar analyses;
• Experience should reflect diversity of analytical experience and Training: Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in public administration, political science, business administration or a related field.
• Directly related experience may be substituted for the college requirement on the basis of one and one-half years of experience for one year of education to a maximum of four years.

Special Requirement

• Three to five years of full time professional safety practice experience.
• Previous positions must have had the primary function and responsibility as being the prevention of harm to people, property and the environment and a Bachelor’s degree in occupational health & safety, engineering is desirable.

Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid California driver’s license may be required with determinations made on a case by case basis.

Medical Examination

Before appointment, candidates will be required to successfully complete a medical examination.

Salary

$6,936.80 – $8,453.47 per month—Based on a five-step salary plan Includes District payment of 8% PERS—Public Employees’ Retirement System

Apply

Application packages may be obtained by contacting the Santa Clara Valley Water District Recruitment and Examination Unit, 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA 95118. Phone (408) 265 2607, extension 2085 (Job Hotline), or by visiting our website at: www.valleywater.org.

An original signed District Employment Application, Supplemental Questionnaire, and any other required documents (resumes recommended), must be received by the Recruitment and Examination Unit no later than 5:00 p.m. on the final filing date.

Final Filing Date: Friday, November 17, 2006 by 5:00 p.m.

The District’s Equal Opportunity Non-Discrimination Plan information is available for review upon request.