Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue is seeking to fill one vacancy on its Civil Service Commission. 

The five-member commission oversees TVF&R’s civil service system to ensure uniform standards in hiring, promotion, and tenure for employees. The commission meets quarterly to address a variety of matters, including oversight of actions related to employee classification, examinations, eligibility list management, appointments, and appeals.

An ideal volunteer candidate will have the following attributes:

• Is a resident in an area served by the District or owns property within TVF&R’s service area.
• An understanding of and commitment to the general purposes of the District’s civil service rules, including providing equal opportunity to qualified persons in all aspects of employment in civil service positions and increasing effectiveness and efficiency in the administration of personnel processes.
• Ability to make high-quality decisions based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement.
• Is comfortable dealing with concepts and complexity.
• A broad perspective for viewing a situation.
• Ability to make a commitment to a four-year term as an unpaid volunteer, with attendance at quarterly evening meetings in Tigard and special meetings as needed.

For more information about this volunteer opportunity and a link to apply, click here. Applications are now being accepted and are due by April 27. Interviews for selected candidates will occur Monday, May 5. An orientation will be held in late May or early June with the first commission meeting set for June 11 at 3 p.m.

The selected candidate will join a committed group of volunteers, noted Human Resources Manager Steven Partain. "The Commission's four current members have a combined tenure of over 67 years! This is an indication of how rewarding they have found the experience of serving the organization in this role," Partain said.

TVF&R is an all-hazards, full-service fire district providing fire protection and suppression, emergency medical services, hazardous materials response, technical and water rescue, fire prevention, public education, ambulance transport, and more to 548,000 residents in approximately 390 square miles. Our service area includes 11 cities and portions of four counties in Oregon.

The District operates 28 career fire stations and one volunteer station with a total of 586 employees. Almost 80% of our employees are in positions governed by the District's civil service system.