APPLICATION DEVELOPER II / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT HOMELESSNESS

This opportunity will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.

The Department of Mental Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Application Developer II vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.

Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.

Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Application Developer II.

Essential Job Functions

Codes, tests and debugs application programs to create new business applications and interfaces or maintains/modifies existing business applications according to program specifications.

Develops program specifications.

Performs unit or modular testing and integration testing for new or modified applications.

Writes and executes programs to extract, transform, and load data for system conversions.

Prepares technical documents, user manuals, and help files.

Identifies, analyzes, records, tracks, and resolves application problems.

Develops functional requirements, as needed.

Installs application software, as needed.

Researches application development tools and methodologies and makes recommendations to management, as needed.

Assists in the development of solicitation documents including requests for information, requests for proposals, requests for quotes, and statements of work, as needed.

Assists in reviewing vendor performance, as needed.

Assists in database management related activities for a specific application, as needed., Applicants are required to complete and submit an online Los Angeles County Employment Application AND Supplemental Questionnaire in order to be considered for this examination. Paper applications, resumes, or any unsolicited documents will not be accepted in lieu of completing the online application and Supplemental Questionnaire. Application filing may be suspended at any time without advance notice.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING ONLINE:

Applications must be submitted online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing, we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information.

Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application, so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add hcheang@dmh.lacounty.gov as well as noreply@governmentjobs.com and info@governmentjob.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notification from being filtered as span/junk/clutter mail.

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Plan to submit your online application well in advance before the deadline as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on govermentjobs.com/careers/lacounty.gov

You can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT LIBRARIES: For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County., The information you provide on this supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated and used to determine your eligibility to participate in the next phase of the examination process. Please be as specific as possible and include all information as requested. Comments such as “see resume or application” will not be considered as a response. Please note that all information is subject to verification at any time in the examination and hiring process. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or dismissal.

Software Development, Homeless Services, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Homeless Services, Problem Solving Skills, Software Development, Performance Analysis, Business Solutions, Debugging Skills, Integration Testing, Option I: Graduation from an accredited* college or university with a bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field and two (2) years of recent experience coding, testing and debugging application programs.

Option II: One (1) year of experience at the level of Los Angeles County class of Application Developer I.

Option III: Three (3) years of recent experience coding, testing and debugging application programs.

• ACCREDITATION: Accredited institutions are those listed in the publications of regional, national or international accrediting agencies which are accepted by the Department of Human Resources. Publications such as American Universities and Colleges and International Handbook of Universities are acceptable references. Also acceptable, if appropriate, are degrees that have been evaluated and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from United States accredited institutions by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE).

Recent is defined as experience accrued within the last five (5) years.

You MUST meet the above requirement(s) at time of filing in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.

NO OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE WILL BE ACCEPTED.

License:

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Physical Class 2 - Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved., Did you graduate from an accredited college or university with a bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field and have at least two (2) years of recent experience coding, testing and debugging application programs? ACCREDITATION: Accredited institutions are those listed in the publications of regional, national or international accrediting agencies which are accepted by the Department of Human Resources. Publications such as American Universities and Colleges and International Handbook of Universities are acceptable references. Also acceptable, if appropriate, are degrees that have been evaluated and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from United States accredited institutions by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE). Recent is defined as within the last five(5) years.

• Yes, I have the above experience and attached an official Diploma or Transcripts to my online application.
• Yes, I have the above experience and will email an official Diploma or Transcripts to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov within (7) calendar days from application submission.
• No, I dont have the above experience and/or the bachelors degree.

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If you answered Yes to Question 4, please describe your two (2) years of recent experience coding, testing and debugging application programs. Otherwise, please write “DOES NOT APPLY” or “N/A”. It is the applicants sole responsibility to complete this questionnaire completely, correctly, and accurately. Please do not use “see resume”, this is not an acceptable response, and credit will not be given. EMPLOYER/COUNTY DEPARTMENT UNIT: PAYROLL TITLE: DATES OF EMPLOYMENT: FROM (mm/dd/yy) - TO (mm/dd/yy) : NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED PER WEEK: NAME AND CONTACT NUMBER(S) OF DIRECT SUPERVISOR(S), Do you have at least three (3) years of recent experience coding, testing and debugging application programs? Recent is defined as within the last five(5) years.

• Yes, I have.
• No, I dont have.

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If you answered Yes to Question 8, please describe your three (3) years of recent experience coding, testing and debugging application programs. Otherwise, please write “DOES NOT APPLY” or “N/A”. It is the applicants sole responsibility to complete this questionnaire completely, correctly, and accurately. Please do not use “see resume”, this is not an acceptable response, and credit will not be given. EMPLOYER/COUNTY DEPARTMENT UNIT: PAYROLL TITLE: DATES OF EMPLOYMENT: FROM (mm/dd/yy) - TO (mm/dd/yy) : NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED PER WEEK: NAME AND CONTACT NUMBER(S) OF DIRECT SUPERVISOR(S)