Permit Technician I / II

Job Title : Permit Technician

The full salary range for this position is as follows : Permit Technician I - $29.47 to $37.61 / Permit Technician II - $32.48 to $41.48. Expected hiring range is as follows : Permit Technician I $29.47-$32.48 / Permit Technician II - $32.48 to $35.82.

Performs responsible journey level paraprofessional, technical, and administrative work in their respective assigned area of responsibility including, but not limited to, drafting, filing and retrieval of information. Provides administrative assistance, information, and directions to public inquiries. Ensure multiple tasks occur on schedule; perform a variety of technical tasks relative to assigned areas of responsibility.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS :

Technician I

This entry level class of the series is distinguished from level II by routine and repetitive duties performed according to established procedures. Incumbents are closely supervised in their initial assignments. As they gain experience, incumbents will work more independently in routine work.

Technician II

Working under general supervision, the position is the journey level in the series. Employees at this level require specific experience and less supervision and review to complete assignments. Positions are flexibly staffed and are normally filled by advancement from the lower level, or if filled from the outside, require prior related experience.

Examples Of Essential Duties

Essential and other important responsibilities and functions may include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Build and maintain positive working relationships with co-workers, other City employees, and the public using principles of good customer service.
• Provide information in person or by telephone where judgment, common knowledge, and interpretation of departmental and City policies and regulations are necessary; provide customer and public assistance.
• Assist peers with their daily operational responsibilities.
• Research, compile, and prepare documents and reports; complete special projects related to department.
• Assist in the preparation of a variety of agenda reports and resolutions.
• Maintain records and files of various programs and projects including budgets and reports.
• Prepare visual presentations and reports.
• Write and implement procedural manuals by interpreting the federal and state regulations and policies for various funding sources.
• Compose correspondence and other public information documents for the department.
• Assist in tracking or reconciling expenditures; maintain logs and inventories, ledgers and statistical records as assigned.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Example Of Essential Functions When Assigned To :

Community Development

Experience & Training / License And / Or Certificate

Any combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge and abilities would be :

Experience :

Three to six years of increasingly responsible full-time administrative, technical, and clerical operations support experience.

Training :

Completion of the twelfth grade supplemented by college course work in a related field, unless noted below.

Licenses / Certifications / Other Requirements :

Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid California driver's license and the ability to be insured with the City's insurance carrier is required.

Special licenses that may be required :

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge of :

Technician II - In addition to the requirements for the Technician I :

Ability to :

Technician II :

Working Conditions :

Physical Demands : frequent use of keyboard; frequent walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pushing, and sitting; occasional climbing, bending, standing, and squatting.

Lifting : frequently up to 10 pounds; occasionally up to 75 pounds. For Theater, pushing and pulling up to 80 pounds.

Vision : constant use of overall vision; frequent reading and close-up work; occasional color and depth vision.

Dexterity : frequent repetitive motion; frequent writing; frequent grasping, holding, and reaching.

Hearing / Talking : frequent hearing and talking, in person and on the phone.

Emotional / Psychological : frequent decision-making and concentration; frequent public and / or coworker contact; occasional working alone.

Environmental : frequent exposure to noise.

Work is performed in a typical temperature-controlled office environment subject to typical office noise and environment