Appointment for Personnel Commissioner

Purpose

A Personnel Commission is a non-partisan public body responsible for the administration of a

“merit system” for the selection, retention, and promotion of classified (non-teaching) employees in the Long Beach Community College District. By law, it is composed of three members appointed for

three-year terms with the term of one member expiring each year.

This notice is for the selection by the Commissioners (Joint Appointment)

The Personnel Commissioners Are Selected As Follows

• One member is selected by the Board of Trustees
• One member is selected by the Representative Union
• One member is selected by both the Board of Trustees and the Representative
  
  

Union appointees (joint appointment)

The Commission meets regularly on the first and third Monday evenings of each month and holds

periodic “special meetings” as required. The Personnel Commission has a threefold responsibility:

• to cooperate with the Board of Trustees and District management in the quest for competent
  
  

employees and a sound plan of personnel administration;

• to represent the interests of the general public by providing a personnel system dedicated to
  
  

hiring, retaining, and promoting competent workers in the service of the District; and

• to see that classified employees receive fair and equitable treatment.
  
  

This three-way division of responsibilities sometimes places commissioners in the position of being

mediators between the conflicting interests of employees, management and the general public.

They must make equitable decisions – decisions which are fair and which contribute to the overall

goal of a sound personnel program based on merit.

Requirements For Appointment

• Must be a registered voter and resident within the boundaries of the District, or territorial
  
  

jurisdiction of a county superintendent—Avalon, Lakewood, Long Beach, Signal Hill. The

District map is currently being finalized but here is a link to the map that is available at this

time.

• Shall be a known adherent to the principle of the merit system which is the selection, retention
  
  

and promotion of individuals upon the basis of merit and fitness. A known adherent of the merit

system shall mean a person who, by the nature of their prior public or private service, has given

evidence that they support the concept of the merit system.

• Shall not be a member of the Board of Trustees of the same District or county board of
  
  

education. Shall not be an employee of the same District.

• Shall be able to attend, in-person, the Personnel Commission regular and special meetings,
  
  

as scheduled.

Eligible qualified candidates will be invited for an in-person interview, on Tuesday,

August 20, 2024, starting at 4pm. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT:

• Must be a registered voter and resident within the boundaries of the District, or territorial jurisdiction of a county superintendent—Avalon, Lakewood, Long Beach, Signal Hill. The District map is currently being finalized but here is a link to the map that is available at this time.
• Shall be a known adherent to the principle of the merit system which is the selection, retention and promotion of individuals upon the basis of merit and fitness. A known adherent of the merit system shall mean a person who, by the nature of their prior public or private service, has given evidence that they support the concept of the merit system.
• Shall not be a member of the Board of Trustees of the same District or county board of education. Shall not be an employee of the same District.
• Shall be able to attend, in-person, the Personnel Commission regular and special meetings, as scheduled.