
Personnel Department
ASSISTANT MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION SUPERVISOR
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This is difficult clerical work involving responsibility for assisting in planning and supervising the clerical activities in the Motor Vehicle Division. Work is performed under general supervision of the Deputy County Clerk or other higher-ranking officials. Supervision is exercised over the work of a number of Motor Vehicle Cashier Examiners and clerical employees. Performs related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative only)
- Assists in the administration and coordination of the activities of employees of the Motor Vehicle Division;
- Provides information to the public on law and procedures relating to motor vehicle registration;
- Administers vision and written tests;
- Assists in the collection, recording and deposition of monies;
- Assists in the preparation of a variety of activity reports on a regular basis;
- Composes and types routine correspondence requiring a knowledge of Division operations and regulations;
- Performs a variety of related activities as required.
Typical Work Activities are intended only as illustrations of possible types of work that might be appropriately assigned to an incumbent of this title. Work activities that do not appear above are not excluded as appropriate work assignments, as long as they can be reasonably understood to be within the logical limits of the job.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES & PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Good knowledge of the laws, procedures and equipment involved in the activities of the Motor Vehicle Division; working knowledge of business arithmetic and English; ability to plan, lay out and supervise the work of clerical employees; ability to type at an acceptable rate of speed; ability to follow complex directions and prepare correspondence and reports; ability to secure the cooperation of others; good judgment; initiative; integrity.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Either
- Bachelor's degree or completion of 120 credits of post-secondary level coursework and two (2) years of experience as Motor Vehicle Cashier Examiner or comparable title at a Department of Motor Vehicles; or
- Associates degree or completion of 60 credits of post-secondary level coursework and four (4) years of experience as Motor Vehicle Cashier Examiner or comparable title at a Department of Motor Vehicles; or
- Graduation from high school or possession of a comparable diploma and six (6) years of experience as Motor Vehicle Cashier Examiner or comparable title at a Department of Motor Vehicles.
PLEASE NOTE: Education beyond the secondary level must be from an institution accredited or recognized by the Board of Regents of the New York State Department of Education as a post-secondary, degree-granting institution.
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Our mission is to administer, in a fair and equitable manner, the provisions of New York State Civil Service Law and Putnam County Civil Service Rules with respect to the offices and employments in the classified service of Putnam County and the civil divisions therein, which include the towns, villages, school districts, libraries and special districts.
It is Putnam County Personnel Department’s responsibility to ensure Putnam County taxpayers of a public workforce qualified for their jobs pursuant to the principles of selection according to merit and fitness as set forth in Article 5, §6 of the New York State Constitution.

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Adriene Iasoni
Personnel Officer