http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_openings.asp Thank you for your interest in employment with the County of Buncombe. Buncombe County wants to find the best qualified people available to serve its citizens. Everyone who applies cannot be hired, but your application will be given every consideration. Buncombe County is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, religion, handicap, disability or national origin. en-us Copyright © 2008, Buncombe County Government Sat, 17 May 2008 19:05:34 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edi/tech/rss 20 100 100 http://www.buncombecounty.org/common/images/seal.gif http://www.buncombecounty.org Buncombe County Government Job Openings http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=27 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=27 Work involves determining eligibility of clients to receive assistance through Department of Social Services. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=30 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=30 An employee in this class is responsible for recording data pertaining to size and grade of real properties to support the County tax appraisal program using established guidelines and procedures. Work includes traveling to individual properties in the County, measuring buildings and recording such measurements, preparing sketches of buildings according to scale, and determining and recording preliminary grade estimates on property record cards. Employee must exercise initiative and independent judgment to properly measure structures and record data, and in determining preliminary grading of structures. Employee must exercise considerable tact and courtesy in contact with property owners, contractors, developers, etc. The employee works under the general supervision of the Tax Data Collector II and is evaluated through discussions and periodic reports. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=35 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=35 Assists Teacher and Teacher's Assistant in providing a warm, nurturing environment in which a child will be emotionally, physically secure as well as socially and intellectually stimulated. Must be able to follow directions and be in good physical condition. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=49 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=49 Serves as a member of a crew responding to emergency medical calls, administering medical stabilization to patients in the field, and studying and training in the methods and techniques for emergency medical care. Work includes operating a mobile medical unit, applying necessary first-aid to sick or injured persons, and participating in the maintenance of station equipment and quarters. Employee in this class is required to administer drugs, start IV.'s, and perform gastric suction and pulmonary ventilation. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=50 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=50 An employee in this class serves as a member of a crew responding to emergency medical calls, administering medical stabilization to patients in the field, and studying and training in the methods and techniques for emergency medical care. The employee is required to administer emergency cardiac care as well as other advanced emergency medical treatments such as administering drugs parenterally, orally, or topically; obtaining blood; and performing pulmonary ventilation. Work is frequently performed under hazardous conditions requiring rapid response and strenuous physical exertion. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=99 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=99 Minimum current lifeguard training certificate or equivalent. Prefer WSI. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=102 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=102 Minimum current lifeguard training certificate or equivalent. Prefer WSI. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=116 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=116 Employee in this class performs skilled work in the maintenance, repair, and construction of County buildings and facilities. Duties require the application of journeyman level skills in one or more of the maintenance trades including carpentry, plumbing, electrical, masonry, heating and air conditioning, and painting. Work assignments are usually performed independently and require considerable independent judgement and initiative in completing tasks efficiently. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=160 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=160 The primary purpose of the Social Work Services Supervisor is to provide direct supervision to Social Workers at the level III-Investigations/Assessment & Treatment Social Work level within the Family and Children Services Division who provide all services mandated by Law and Policy to assess risk and protect children from abuse, neglect, and/or dependency. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=354 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=354 Work involves the safe operation of a transit vehicle; assisting passengers from door to door; securing wheelchairs and other assistive devices properly and securely; and completing information on a driver schedule/manifest with required trip information. Employees will undergo an initial training period, which includes, but is not limited to first aid; adult and infant CPR; emergency treatment plans; vehicle training including inspections, communications equipment, securement of child restraint devices; defensive driving; passenger relations; safety; anti-drug and alcohol misuse education programs; and sensitivity training. Drivers are assigned daily schedules to provide service in accordance with established procedures. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=385 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=385 An employee in this class is responsible for performing a variety of duties pertaining to the safety, detention and securing of prisoners in an assigned area of the County Jail. Considerable tact and firmness are required in frequent contacts with the general public. The employee is required to exercise alertness and some independent judgment in dealing with unusual situations. Work is performed in accordance with specific instructions and established jail operation policies and procedures. The employee is subject to the usual hazards of jail management work. Work is performed under the general supervision of a Jail Shift Supervisor and is evaluated through observation, review of records and on-site inspections. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=407 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=407 Uses a computer-aided dispatch system, receives 911 emergency calls from the public requesting law enforcement assistance. Determine the nature and location of the emergency, determine priorities and dispatch officers. Maintain contact with all units on assignment; maintain status and location of all units. Answer non emergency calls for assistance. Enter, update and retrieve information from a variety of computer systems. Monitor several complex public safety radio frequencies. Operate a variety of communications equipment, including radio consoles, telephones and computer systems. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=434 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=434 Position serves as one of several agents assigned to the DSS Call Center which is a part of the Customer Response Division. Position is supervised by an Income Maintenance Supervisor II. Position works 50% of the time taking inbound and making outbound calls from and to customers and providers in support of Economic Services Department staff and 50% of the time performing ancillary duties in support of Economic Services Department staff. Each CRA will be knowledgeable of all Adult and Family Medicaid functions Adult Services functions as well as Food assistance Policy and dispositions, and any other programs and operations as appropriate http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=476 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=476 Buncombe County seeks Local Health Director to serve as administrative head of the Buncombe County Health Center with an annual budget of approximately $17.5 million and a total staff of 252 full-time positions. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=518 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=518 This advertisement is for the purpose of developing a pool of ready applicants to fill social work positions in Family and Children Services thereby minimizing the time that positions are vacant. Family and Children Service: The purpose of this social work position within the Family and Children Services Division is to implement mandated service programs within the framework established by Law and Policy to assist in the protection of children, the preservation of the family unit, and/or provision of an alternative permanent plan in the child's best interest. Services that are provided to families and children (0-18 years of age) include Prevention, Investigation, Case Planning/Case Management, Foster Care and/or Adoption. The Foster Care/Adoptions Social Worker provides direct services to children and their parents and other caretakers in response to instances of actual or suspected child neglect, abuse, or dependency; evaluates the safety and risk to the child; and takes appropriate action to protect the child, employing in the initial stages of intervention the permanency planning philosophy and employing the practice of concurrent planning to ensure safe and timely permanency for children who cannot safely remain at home and enter foster care. http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=563 http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Administration/personnel_employment_Detail.asp?KeyID=563 Work closely with the IT Web team to design, develop, implement, and support internal and external websites and web applications. Support web-based applications in a timely and accurate fashion, working closely with other departments as appropriate to ensure that web applications meet business requirements and systems goals.