Civil Service Legal Notice

LEGAL NOTICE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA

(341a Code of Iowa)

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

Applicant must be a United States citizen, able to speak, read, and write the English language. Applicants must be between the ages of eighteen and sixty. Applicants must be able to furnish: Current Iowa Driver’s License - Hold a valid Iowa driver's license*;*As referenced in Iowa Administrative Code 2.1(3), Railway special agents who are approved by the commissioner of public safety as special agents of the department, and officers who are allowed to reside in an adjacent state shall be required to possess a valid driver’s or chauffeur’s license of the state of residence of the officer, birth certificate, military discharge papers, high school diploma (or equivalency). These items must accompany the application. All applicants, other than lateral transfers, must pass the physical exam and written exam. All applicants, lateral transfers included, must pass the oral exam, background check, and be fingerprinted. Applicants will be tested solely on merit, efficiency, and fitness, which shall be ascertained by open competitive examinations and impartial investigations as provided by Section 341a.8 of the Code of Iowa. Full details of qualifications are not set out herein; physical agility requirements, along with additional minimum requirements, may be found on the ILEA website.

Lateral transfers will be accepted provided the candidate has 12 months of separation from service. The application must clearly state Lateral Transfer. For more information, consult the Personnel Director for the Civil Service Commission by phone. Applications may be obtained online.

FILING

Applicants must return signed application packets by mailing them to the Civil Service Commission for Deputy Sheriff, % Human Resources, 620 Douglas, 7th Floor, Sioux City 51101, postmarked NO LATER THAN Friday, October 28, 2022 by 4:30 pm or by delivering the application to the address listed above. by 4:30 pm. Sealed envelopes must be marked Civil Service Application enclosed.

TESTING DATE – PHYSICAL AGILITY AND WRITTEN EXAM

(Does not pertain to lateral transfers).

The physical agility and written test will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022, beginning at 8 am at the Sheriff’s Conference and Training Center - 1600 County Home Road, Sioux City, Iowa. Unless you are a lateral transfer, you will be required to pass all parts of the physical agility test to move on to the written test examination. Each candidate will be notified in writing upon passage of the written examination. Each eligible candidate will be contacted via writing to schedule an oral examination. You must bring a valid ID to enter both parts of the test.

Dated: September 26, 2022

By the Order of the Woodbury County Civil Service Commission for Deputy Sheriffs