The Town Manager and Town Attorney shall be appointed by the Town Council as provided in Article
II, Section 3, of the Town Charter. The Town Manager shall appoint all statutory officers and department heads subject to confirmation by the Town Council as provided in Article
III, Section 3, of the Town Charter. All other personnel shall be appointed by the Town Manager.
Recruitment notices shall be prepared setting
forth a basic description of the position, qualification requirements
and application materials. Such notices shall affirm the Town of South
Berwick to be an equal opportunity employer. Such various media of
publicity may be used as might be expected to bring notice of vacancies
to an adequate number of qualified applicants and to further the Town's
commitment to equal employment opportunities. Recruitment notices
should be distributed to department heads for posting on bulletin
boards.
Candidates for positions shall be examined on
the basis of job-related criteria. Such examinations may include such
things as: application/resume review, completion of written skills
tests, and evaluation of education and job experience, a personal
interview, a medical examination, and a background investigation.
All persons appointed, promoted, or transferred
to any position in the Town government shall serve a probationary
period of six months. The probationary period is intended to be an
extension of the recruitment or selection process. Consequently, any
employee appointed, promoted, or transferred to any position and serving
a probationary period is subject to dismissal without cause at any
time during the probationary period. However, for any employee who
is transferred or promoted and who does not meet or otherwise comply
with the work standards of the new position, an effort will be made
to transfer that employee to the previous position for which he is
deemed to qualify, to protect the employee's job security.