Exam Bulletin - Deputy Manager II

Department of Food & Agriculture

Exam Code: EX-4344

Examination Plans Included:

  • DEPUTY MANAGER II, DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION - Open

Final Filing Date: 6/6/2025

Classification Details

DEPUTY MANAGER II, DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $6,963.00 - $8,650.00 per Month

View the DEPUTY MANAGER II, DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION classification specification.

Application Instructions

Final Filing Date: 6/6/2025.

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will not be accepted.

Who Should Apply:

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

  • DEPUTY MANAGER II, DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION - Open

How To Apply:

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

  • Rachel Bonn EX-04344
    Department of Food and Agriculture
    Human Resources Branch: Exams Unit
    1220 N Street, Room 242
    Sacramento, CA 95814

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

  • Department of Food and Agriculture
    Human Resources Branch: Exams Unit
    1220 N Street, Room 242
    Sacramento, CA 95814
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

The following items must be submitted with your Examination/Employment Application form. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application.

  • Transcript (Official or Unofficial)

Special Testing Arrangements:

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

Minimum Qualifications

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

00104387 - DEPUTY MANAGER II, DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Either I

One year of increasingly responsible and varied supervisory or managerial experience overseeing activities such as marketing and promotions, fostering local community contacts, providing customer-oriented service, developing revenue generating alternatives, identifying efficiencies to reduce cost, community liaison activities, and developing and managing a significant budget, equivalent in level of responsibility to a Deputy Manager I, District Agricultural Association, in the California state service.

Or II

Four years of increasingly responsible and varied supervisory or managerial experience overseeing the operations of a fair or exposition; agricultural association; arena, convention or event center; or other multi-use entertainment facility; or in an entrepreneurial capacity for a private or public sector organization responsible for activities such as marketing and promotions, fostering local community contacts, providing customer-oriented service, developing revenue generating alternatives, identifying efficiencies to reduce cost, community liaison activities, and developing and managing a significant budget. (A college degree in business administration, agricultural management, agricultural business, or a related field may be substituted for two years of the required experience.) (Completion of a recognized college internship program or an internship program through an organization such as Western Fairs Association, in which the intern performed significant duties at a DAA, fair, or exposition, may be applied toward the experience requirement, on a year-for-year basis.)

Position Description

00104387 - DEPUTY MANAGER II, DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Under general direction, serves as an assistant manager to the Secretary-Manager in planning and organizing major phases of the activities of a DAA and participates in program policy development, planning, decision making and evaluation; recommends new program direction, policies, rules, and regulations; may plan and administer the DAA's Capital Expenditure Account and Master Plan; represents the DAA with a variety of State, Federal, local agencies, members of the Legislature, and the media; consults with and advises Board members and community and trade organization representatives regarding DAA operations involving union contracts, architectural plans and bid packages, construction contracts and change orders, funding, land use and planning, community and environmental concerns; plans and manages a variety of operational program areas, such as contract management, security, telecommunications, safety, maintenance, and facilities development programs, or administrative programs including personnel, computer services, procurement, and financial operations; reviews pending legislation and advises the Secretary-Manager and the Board of Directors; represents the DAA at industry conventions; plans and negotiates financially significant, long-term leases, contracts, and grants for the DAA and approves contract provisions and language; prepares reports and makes presentations; acts in the absence of the Secretary-Manager; and performs other related work.

Special Personal Characteristics:
  1. Willingness to work long and irregular hours 
  2. Ability to effectively contribute to new business-building opportunities based on the DAA's objectives and strategy 
  3. Ability to evaluate program issues, draw sound conclusions, and develop long-range plans to achieve objectives which are both aggressive and realistic

Additional Desirable Qualifications:
  1. Experience in fair and exposition management, including knowledge of California agriculture and the specialized products of the region

For information regarding position location(s), please refer to the Eligible List Information section.

Examination Information

This examination consists of the following component(s):

Component OrderComponent TypeComponent DuePercentage of Final Score
1Education/ExperienceN/A100%

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:
  1. Good business practices and methods; principles, procedures and practices of budget development and control, fiscal management, procurement and contract administration 
  2. Long-range capital planning 
  3. Resource development 
  4. Principles and practices of human resources management, including training, labor relations and safety 
  5. Event planning, coordination, and management 
  6. Principles and techniques of designing, constructing and installing exhibits; building construction and maintenance 
  7. Event and facility security requirements and methods 
  8. Marketing principles and public relations 
  9. Multi-purpose facility programs, such as annual fairs, commercial and competitive exhibits, conventions, trade shows, concerts, live horse racing and satellite wagering 
  10. Equal employment opportunity objectives and a supervisor's role in the processes available to meet equal employment opportunity objectives

Ability to:
  1. Effectively manage, organize, coordinate, and oversee a variety of a DAA's operations, programs, and services 
  2. Be a successful and effective program administrator 
  3. Communicate effectively at a level required for successful job performance 
  4. Motivate, develop, and train staff 
  5. Provide work evaluations for assigned staff 
  6. Work independently on a variety of assignments 
  7. Work under pressure and meet established deadlines 
  8. Express ideas effectively 
  9. Develop and make public presentations to community organizations and groups 
  10. Interpret policies and procedures 
  11. Resolve emergency situations promptly and effectively; develop budgets and control expenditures 
  12. Gather, organize, and summarize data 
  13. Reason logically and creatively, utilizing a variety of analytical techniques to develop and evaluate alternatives 
  14. Prepare reports and correspondence 
  15. Organize and establish work objectives and priorities for assigned operations and services 
  16. Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships 
  17. Effectively contribute to the Department's equal employment opportunity objectives

Eligible List Information

A Departmental Open eligible list for the DEPUTY MANAGER II, DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION Classification will be established for:

  • Department of Food & Agriculture

The list(s) will be abolished 12 months after being established, unless the needs of the State and conditions of the list(s) warrant a change in this period.

Resulting Eligibility List(s) will be used to fill vacancies in

  • Fresno County

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

  • A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
  • A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

Testing Departments

  • Department of Food & Agriculture

Contact Information

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

Department of Food & Agriculture
Rachel Bonn EX-4344
Dept of Food & Agriculture
1220 N Street, Room 242
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 654-0790

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Drug Free Statement

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free State work place. Any applicant for State employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective, because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing civil service, and the special trust placed in public servants.

General Information

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Department of Food & Agriculture reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.
Application Methods:
Electronic (Your CalCareer Account)
By Mail
In Person (see bulletin for details)
Alternate Application Process

While we recommend that you utilize your CalCareer Account to take advantage of all the tools available, you may choose to apply for this examination without using your account. In this case, print and complete the Exam Application Package Checklist and include it if you submit a hard copy application.

Exam Application Package Checklist

Blank Application Form (STD678)

Accommodation Request (STD679)