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 Procurement Department wins Excellence Award
The Pima County Procurement Department is pleased to announce that for the 18th consecutive year it has received the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement® (AEP) Award for 2022 from the National Procurement Institute, Inc. (NPI).
County employees
may be eligible
for loan forgiveness
Some Pima County employees may be eligible for student loan forgiveness under the federal government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Under this program, borrowers can have the remaining balance on their loans forgiven under certain conditions, including having made 10 years’ worth of qualifying monthly payments while working for a public sector employer like Pima County.
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Deadline is Sept. 5
to approve JAQs
By now, most employees should have completed their Job Analysis Questionnaires. Supervisors now must complete a review of their employees' JAQs by Monday, Sept. 5.
A Supervisor Guide to Reviewing Employee JAQ FAQs is available on the Classification and Compensation website.
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Personnel policy updated
Updates have been made to Personnel Policy 8-119, Rules of Conduct:
- Employees need to report arrests, pending convictions and charges at HRMandatoryReport@pima.gov by 5 p.m. the next business day after occurrence.
- Employees cannot consume or ingest alcohol or marijuana on paid or unpaid mealtimes and breaks on a day that the employee is assigned to and attends work.
ECAP kickoff event
is set for Sept. 14
at Kino Event Center
The kickoff event for the 2022 Employees Care About Pima County charitable campaign is less than two weeks away and all county employees are invited to attend.
The event will take place Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Kino Event Center, 2500 E. Ajo Way, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The campaign will run through Dec. 16.
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Email is not a storage bin for public records
As the ITD department completes the transition to cloud-based email servers via Microsoft 365, County Administration has suspended the 60-day email reset policy.
This means instead of email older than 60 days disappearing from your inbox, all your email will remain in your inbox until you delete it or you hit the memory storage cap. The memory limit, though, is considerable, allowing for many thousands of emails.
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Got questions? Ask Jan
If you haven’t done so yet, check out the newest feature on the county administrator’s Intranet page: “Ask Jan.”
Employees are invited to submit any questions they may have to County Administrator Jan Lesher about county operations or governance. She will answer as many as she can in her monthly video address to employees, which you'll find in the second issue of eScoop each month.
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Are you looking? We’re Hiring
Fellow employees: Are you looking to make a move within Pima County? Or do you have family or friends looking for full- or part-time work?
If you love animals, Pima Animal Care is looking for an Adoptions Program Coordinator. The Health Department needs a Career Development and Retention Specialist. And Public Defense Services is hiring Attorneys.
Remember, if you’re not following the County’s LinkedIn page, you can do that here.
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Well Done: Making INVESTments, keeping
safe from floods
In each issue, eScoop likes to give a shout-out to employees and departments who have earned special recognition. We want to hear about colleagues who have earned kudos on the job, who are going above and beyond the call of duty, or are being recognized for their work or volunteerism outside the office.
Send your ideas on employees who should receive a pat on the back by emailing the eScoop editor.
In this issue, you’ll hear about a new correctional health professional whose background drives his career choice, honors for two programs administered through the Community and Workforce Development Department and thanks from a community member for keeping the washes clean and safe.
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Healthy Happenings:
Flu shots, lifestyle points and Social Security
It’s getting to be that time of year when the flu gets passed around like holiday leftovers. The county is again partnering with El Rio to offer free onsite flu shots for its employees, spouses, domestic partners and dependents six months or older on the county medical plan.
This issue also has info on registering with Virgin Pulse and how to sign up for a Sept. 7 seminar on Social Security.
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Health Department, Library expand at-home COVID test distribution program
The Pima County Health Department and the Pima County Public Library are expanding their COVID-19 test distribution efforts to increase availability and ensure county residents continue to have access to free and convenient tests.
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Need to complete training? Check LMS
Human Resources is reminding employees to complete the HR Training courses by 9/30/22. The good news is that all courses are online and can be taken when you’re available (before 9/30/22 and with supervisor approval, of course!). Use the link below to check and see which courses you still need to complete.
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