Below are the lists of civil service exam announcements for which applications are currently accepted. Legal residents of Albany County, employees of Albany County government and/or military veterans/active-duty service members MAY be allowed to submit up to two applications per calendar year without having to pay the filing fee for certain exams. Please refer to the filing fee section of each individual exam announcement as the resident/employee/military waiver policy does not apply to all exams. Please note that all online credit card payments are subject to a $3.99 credit card processing fee in addition to the $20 exam application filing fee.
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TO APPLY YOU MUST USE THIS ONLINE CIVIL SERVICE PORTAL. THE EMAIL ADDRESS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR PORTAL ACCOUNT WILL BE USED FOR ALL CIVIL SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE INCLUDING APPEARANCE NOTICES, DISQUALIFICATION, RESULTS, CANVASSING, ETC. BE SURE TO CHECK BOTH YOUR INBOX AND SPAM/CLUTTER FOLDER FOR ALL CORRESPONDENCE. WE NO LONGER SEND/USE PAPER APPEARANCE LETTERS AS WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AN ELECTRONIC CHECK-IN PROCESS.
Open-Competitive Exams
| Exam (Click Exam Title To View/Download Announcement) |
Type | Application Deadline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLICE OFFICER / DEPUTY SHERIFF | OPEN-COMPETITIVE | 04/02/25 | APPLY |
Promotional Exams
| Exam (Click Exam Title To View/Download Announcement) |
Type | Application Deadline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASE SUPERVISOR A (SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES) | PROMOTION | 04/25/25 | APPLY |
| CASE SUPERVISOR B (SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES) | PROMOTION | 04/25/25 | APPLY |
| POLICE SERGEANT | PROMOTION | 04/25/25 | APPLY |
| POLICE SERGEANT (VILLAGE OF GREEN ISLAND) | PROMOTION | 04/06/25 | APPLY |
| SENIOR CASE SUPERVISOR B (SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES) | PROMOTION | 04/25/25 | APPLY |
| SENIOR CASEWORKER | PROMOTION | 04/25/25 | APPLY |
| SENIOR CASEWORKER (CHILDREN'S SERVICES) | PROMOTION | 04/25/25 | APPLY |
Continuous Recruitment
| Exam (Click Exam Title To View/Download Announcement) |
Type | |
|---|---|---|
| DO NOT USE - FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY | OPEN-COMPETITIVE | APPLY |
| EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN | OPEN-COMPETITIVE | APPLY |
| PARAMEDIC | OPEN-COMPETITIVE | APPLY |
| PARAMEDIC (PROMOTIONAL) | PROMOTION | APPLY |
