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):

• RESEARCH SCIENTIST PRINCIPAL - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

4856

For RESEARCH SCIENTIST PRINCIPAL, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-04856

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.

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.

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

This examination consists of the following component(s):

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:

1. Current scientific research literature and trends applicable to the scientific research area
2. Principles and procedures of scientific research and investigation planning, design, methodology and analysis
3. Methods of preparation of scientific research reports
4. Scientific and statistical methods and procedures
5. Data processing techniques
6. Bibliographic survey or previous related scientific research techniques
7. Determination and qualification of variables and mechanization of compilation of scientific data

1. Evaluate the adequacy of proposed scientific research and investigation designs and techniques
2. Think independently and creatively
3. Establish and maintain cooperative relations with professional staff and with officials of Federal, State, local, university and private research organizations
4. Communicate effectively, prepare scientific articles for publication
5. Prepare scientific reports
6. Provide persuasive and skilled guidance to other staff in scientific research, principles and methods
7. Apply professional scientific knowledge and administrative ability to resolve a variety of situations
8. Analyze situations accurately and take effective action
9. Participate as a team member on research or scientific investigation projects
10. Make independent decisions in a very limited area of a scientific specialty
11. Provide information to higher-level scientists in support of decisions on scientific research
12. Interpret scientific findings and present to higher-level scientists
13. Apply established guidelines and scientific techniques
14. Lead small scientific projects
15. Plan, organize, and direct scientific research studies of a highly developed scientific scope and complexity
16. Serve as a team leader for complex research or scientific investigation projects
17. Serve as a consultant to other research scientists
18. Make complex scientifically-based decisions within their scope of expertise
19. Act as a subject matter and scientific technical expert
20. Make recommendations to management on scientific policy issues
21. Apply expert scientific knowledge in their stated area of specialty
22. Work independently and develop scientific guidelines and technical procedures
23. Act as a subject matter and scientific technical expert
24. Make recommendations to management on scientific policy issues
25. Serve as team leaders for complex scientific research or investigation projects
26. Apply expert knowledge in their stated area of specialty
27. Coordinate research and scientific studies involving other agencies that result in a comprehensive finished scientific product
28. Act as a subject matter and scientific technical expert
29. Serve as a spokesperson in a scientific area appropriate to the specialty
30. Provide scientific support for the legal, legislative, and regulatory actions that occur in policy development

A Servicewide Open eligible list for the RESEARCH SCIENTIST PRINCIPAL Classification will be established for:

• State of California

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

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.

1. Planning and organizing major scientific research studies that are more complex and have statewide sensitivity and policy impact.
2. Directing major scientific research studies that are complex and have statewide sensitivity and policy impacts.
3. Serving as a team member on health projects and investigations within a program on a specific phase of a more complex scientific research study.
4. Acting as a technical scientific consultant on health projects and investigations within a program on a specific phase of a more complex scientific research study.
5. Serving as a scientific advisor to other lower-level scientists conducting studies in specific scientific field of expertise.
6. Serving as a consultant to other lower level scientists conducting studies in a specific scientific field.
7. Solving problems using standard principles, procedures, and techniques for a specific scientific area of expertise.
8. Making original, independent decisions on complex scientific problems using scientific theories and principles on association and risk.
9. Making original, independent decisions on complex scientific theories and principles to develop and test hypothesis on causes.
10. Applying methods, techniques, and procedures to carry out assignments.
11. Working on conclusions that are accepted as technically authoritative and are reviewed only for meeting the assignment’s objectives.
12. Providing leadership and coordinate scientific research studies and scientific investigations involving local, State, and Federal health agencies.
13. Presenting scientific research or investigations to State and national health experts and the community.
14. Conceiving, planning, and organizing the most difficult, advanced, complex, and highly original scientific research studies.
15. Directing difficult, advanced, complex, and highly scientific research studies.
16. Providing advice and guidance to management on matters of such difficulty and controversy that leading experts disagree as to the proper scientific approach.
17. Consulting with department management and others in areas appropriate to their qualifications and participate in the development of health policy.
18. Providing consultation to departmental management and others as requested.
19. Acting as a subject matter expert or a technical expert and serve as the highest-level scientific expert for the department.
20. Providing interpretations of scientific research findings for use by others.
21. Providing scientific support and direction for the legal, legislative, and regulatory actions that occur in health policy development.
22. Working independently and provide interpretation of research findings for use in the health policy development by upper management.
23. Increasing public awareness of State scientific work through participants in public forms and outreach.
24. Drafting grant proposals for external funding.
25. Presenting results of scientific research (in oral or poster) at recognized scientific meetings.
26. Helping develop cooperative research partnership through working relationships with local, State, and Federal agencies.
27. Participating on workgroups, committees and advisory bodies both internal and external.
28. Using principles and procedures of scientific research planning, design, methodology, and analysis.
29. Applying methods of preparation of scientific research reports and publications in peer-reviewed journals.
30. Using scientific statistical methods and procedures.
31. Utilizing data analytics, data management, and data processing techniques.
32. Determining, qualifying, and compiling variables of scientific data.
33. Applying scientific research literature and trends applicable to the scientific research area.
34. Using basic budgeting principles in financial and budgetary matters.
35. Applying methods and techniques for selecting appropriate samples for assessment, whether population based or environment.
36. Preparing grant proposal developments.
37. Utilizing surveys, questionnaires, and other data collection instrument designs.
38. Using data privacy, data visualization, and security principles.
39. Establishing and maintaining cooperative relationships with professional staff and with officials of Federal, State, local, university, and private research organizations.
40. Communicating effectively, both verbally and in writing, to peer, management, and lay audiences.
41. Preparing scientific articles and reports for publication.
42. Providing persuasive and skilled leadership to other staff in scientific research, principles, and methods.
43. Applying professional scientific knowledge and administrative ability to resolve a variety of situations.
44. Analyzing situations accurately and taking effective action
45. Providing information to higher level scientists in support of decisions on scientific research.
46. Applying established guidelines and scientific techniques.
47. Evaluating the adequacy of proposed scientific research designs and techniques.
48. Serving as a lead or team member of health research or scientific investigation projects.
49. Planning and organizing scientific research studies of a highly developed scientific scope of complexity.
50. Directing scientific research studies of a highly developed scientific scope of complexity.
51. Making health based independent scientific decisions within the project scope.
52. Serving as a consultant to other health research scientists.
53. Working independently and develop scientific guidelines and technical procedures.
54. Making recommendations to management on scientific health policy issues.
55. Serving as team leaders for complex scientific research or investigation projects.
56. Coordinating research and scientific studies involving other agencies that result in a comprehensive finished scientific product.
57. Serving as a spokesperson for programmatic research and policy decisions using evidence generated through scientific investigations.
58. Providing scientific support for the legal, legislative, and regulatory actions that occur in health policy development.
59. Providing talking points, background, and/or give interviews upon arrival to media.
60. Communicating and forming professional working relationships with the leading scientists and principle investigators in the field.

• State of California

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

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.

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.

State of California 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.