Employment Opportunities

Current Job Openings
Application Process
Benefits

Fillmore County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fillmore County will not discriminate against or harass any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, marital status, sexual preference/orientation, or political affiliation.

NOTE: Fillmore County will only accept applications for current openings and does not keep applications on file. An application form - 619 KB [PDF] must be completed for an applicant to be eligible for a position; resumes may be included but will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application form.

Current Job Openings:

Application Process:

When completing the application, please note the specific job title as is listed in each job announcement. A separate application form is needed for each position you wish to apply for.

Applications are to be received by 4:30 p.m. on the posted closing date. Late applications will not be considered.

To obtain an application form - 619 KB [PDF] for a currently posted position, you may choose one of the following methods:

1. Download an Application Form
• If you do not have a PDF Viewer installed, go to adobe.com for instructions on how to get Adobe Acrobat Reader free from Adobe's Web Site. (A PDF Viewer is needed to read and print the form.)
• Launch the form by clicking Application Form. You will see an Adobe Acrobat form that has a menu bar at the top of the form.
• Either print the form by performing the following step or begin typing to complete the form and follow with step to print the form.
• Select the Adobe Acrobat print icon on the Adobe Acrobat menu bar to print the form.
2. Request a job application packet by calling 507-765-4566

Return completed application forms to:
Fillmore County Coordinator
P.O. Box 466
101 Fillmore Street
Preston, MN 55965

Benefits

Fillmore County provides a comprehensive benefit package to eligible employees. Our benefit package includes the following:
•         Basic Term Life Insurance
•         Short Term Disability
•         Medical Plans
•         Dental/Vision Plan
•         Long Term Disability
•         Flexible Spending Plan
•         Retirement Plan
•         Deferred Compensation Plan
•         Optional Term Life Insurance
•         Employee Training & Management Development
•         Employee Assistance Program
•         Paid Holidays
•         Paid Time Off

All regular employees working 40 or more hours per week OR salaried part-time employees working 30 or more hours per week are eligible for full County benefits as listed above.

Pro-rated Paid Holiday and Paid Time Off (PTO) benefits will be paid for regular part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week using the full-time employee equivalency (FTE) percentage which is determined by the number of hours worked per week. The FTE percentage for regular part-time employees working on an hourly schedule is calculated based on the average number of hours worked during the previous year.

Salary Compliance Notice
Chapter 156 of the Session Laws of 2005 [471.701] [SALARY DATA.] :
A city or county with a population of more than 15,000 must annually notify its residents of the positions and base salaries of its three highest-paid employees. This notice may be provided on the homepage of the primary Web site maintained by the political subdivision for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days, in a publication of the political subdivision that is distributed to all residents in the political subdivision, or as part of the annual notice of proposed property taxes prepared under section 275.065.

The following information is provided pursuant to this statute:

2010 salaries:  Director of Public Health - $86,528.24; Social Services Director -$88,008.00; and Highway Engineer - $94,891.96

This notice was published January 1, 2010.