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.
A.
It is the policy of the Town Council that all positions
in the Town government be filled by fully qualified persons who have
been examined on the basis of job-related criteria. Eligibility for
appointment shall be based on such an examination. Individuals will
be recruited from a geographic area as wide as necessary to assure
obtaining well-qualified persons for employment.
B.
The Town reserves the right to consider blood and
legal relationships in the Town's hiring practices. It is against
Town policy to appoint to any full-time or permanent position the
father, mother, husband, wife, or child of a present employee. However,
an employee who marries another employee after they are both on the
Town payroll will be permitted to continue employment with the Town.
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.
