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State of Alabama, Personnel Department 64 North Union Street
P. O. Box 304100 Montgomery, AL 36130-4100 Phone: (334) 242-3389 Fax: (334) 242-1110 www.personnel.alabama.gov

Current Announcement

PARKS DIVISION ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - 70680

Salary: $67,320.00 - $102,712.80 Announcement Date: February 3, 2021

Application Deadline: February 24, 2021

The Parks Division Assistant Director is a permanent, full-time position with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The position is located in Montgomery, Alabama. This is responsible administrative work in planning and supervising a major phase of the state parks system.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must have all of the following to qualify:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited* four-year college or university in Business Administration, Recreation

Administration, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Public Administration, Public Relations, Forestry, or related

field; and

• Five years of administrative experience or on-site management experience within a parks, resorts, or recreational

  facility, that preferably includes lodging. [Examples of administrative experience would include administration of park and outdoor recreation planning, site operations (including food and beverage operations), reservation or business sales systems and analytics, as well as related administration of outdoor resort facilities.]

• For the promotional register, current, permanent status as a Parks Operations Supervisor (70668), Park Administrator III (70673), or Park Administrator IV (70674) within the Parks Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

  EXAMINATION
  • Open-Competitive to all applicants and Promotional to current state employees in the classifications specified

  above

• Qualified candidates may be required to complete an Experience Record Questionnaire. For the promotional

register, scores from the questionnaire will comprise 95% of the applicant’s final score, with the remaining 5% being based on the average of the applicant’s service ratings for the last three years. For the open-competitive register, scores from the questionnaire will comprise 100% of the applicant’s final score.

HOW TO APPLY

• Complete an Application for Examination Form available at www.personnel.alabama.gov, the above address, or any Alabama Career Center Office.

• Apply online, by mail, or by fax. Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the application deadline date shown above. The State Personnel Department is not responsible for late receipt of applications due to mail service or faxing malfunctions.

Individuals currently on the register MUST reapply to remain eligible for employment. Veteran’s credits are NOT allowed on promotional examinations.

THE STATE OF ALABAMA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

*Please refer to the back of this announcement for complete information on State Personnel’s policy for accepting post-secondary and advanced degrees.

Except for pretest information provided by State Personnel to all applicants, you should not directly or indirectly obtain information about examinations. If you do, the State Personnel Director may do several things. One, you may not be given an examination. Two, you may be disqualified after an examination. Three, your name may be removed from a register. Or four, your name may not be certified from the register. (Rules of the State Personnel Board, Chapter 670-x-9). According to the Code of Alabama, 36-26-47, a willful violation of exam security is a misdemeanor. Any person who is convicted of this type of misdemeanor will be ineligible for appointment to or employment in a position in State service for a period of five years and, if the person is an officer or employee of the State, will forfeit his or her office or position.

If you know of anyone who has violated this policy, you should contact the Examination Manager at the State Personnel Department.

Applicants hired by the State of Alabama on or after January 1, 2012 will be subject to the E-Verify process pursuant to Act No. 2011-535.

State of Alabama Personnel Department
Policy on Accepting College Coursework, Post-Secondary and Advanced Degrees

1. Specific college coursework required for a job classification, as well as bachelor’s, graduate, post graduate, and doctoral degrees will be accepted from schools accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) or any of the six regional accreditation associations in the United States listed below:

•  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

•  Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

•  Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

•  Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

•  New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)

•  Western Association of Schools and Colleges –Senior College and University Commission (WASC-SCUC)

  College coursework is defined as credit hours leading to a bachelor’s degree or higher.

2. Coursework or degrees from schools that have not been accredited by one of the above accreditation associations may be accepted if a regionally accredited school* considers the coursework or degree to be an acceptable prerequisite for admission to an advanced degree program. For example, if a regionally accredited school accepts an applicant’s bachelor’s degree for admittance into a graduate degree program, State Personnel will accept the degree. In the case of required college coursework (but no degree requirement), State Personnel will accept the college coursework if a regionally accredited school accepts the coursework towards a post-secondary degree (e.g., a bachelor’s degree). This must be documented by a letter of acceptance from the regionally accredited school. State Personnel will review such requests on a case-by-case basis.

Note: This policy is subject to change. Certain state agencies may have additional requirements.

*The term “regionally accredited school” refers to an institution of higher education accredited by one of the six regional accreditation associations listed above.