Review Vacancy
AgencyChildren & Family Services, Office of
TitleAssociate Director of Training 1
Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers
Bargaining UnitM/C - Management / Confidential (Unrepresented)
Salary RangeFrom $82383 to $104135 Annually
Minimum Qualifications
One year of permanent competitive or 55b/c service in this title or in a title eligible for 52.6 transfer.
Duties Description Reporting directly to an Associate Director Training 2, this position will be responsible for the following duties:
• Primary liaison between the Bureau of Training and Development and the DJJOY program area to provide subject matter expertise for training design, implementation, and/or redesign.
• Develop questions for and conduct focus groups with Juvenile Justice (JJ) staff across the state and at all levels to gather data regarding implementation of JJ training and assess training needs.
• Work with Instructional Design Unit to develop Level 3 evaluations for JJ training.
• Work with agency program managers to identify and analyze short- and long-term training goals for staff and program development.
• Supervision of staff.
• Oversee the development of standards and training materials for programs and instructors in order to create methods to evaluate and monitor the proposed implementations.
• Collect, analyze, report data and create reports to determine the direction and efficacy of new training and employee development.
• Develop and monitor a project plan for overall JJ curricula updates, development, piloting and rollout.
• Additional duties will be discussed in detail during the interview.
Additional Comments Travel (80%).
Preferred Qualifications
• Minimum of ten years of direct experience working in the Juvenile Justice field
• Minimum of ten years of experience directly offering and/or developing and/or overseeing Juvenile Justice training
Background Investigation Requirements:
1) All prospective employees will be investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC), which includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. All convictions must be reported; conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, or any falsified or omitted information on the prospective appointee’s employment application, may bar appointment or result in removal after appointment. Each case will be determined on its own merits, consistent with the applicable provisions of State and federal laws, rules, and regulations. Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order to obtain a record of their criminal history information, and may be required to pay any necessary fees.
2) All prospective employees will be screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). Prospective employees will be required to pay any necessary fees.
3) For Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth (DJJOY) prospective appointees will be checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. Prospective employees whose names appear on the SEL as having been found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from appointment and may have their names removed from the eligible list(s) for the title(s) if applicable.
Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. OCFS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. OCFS is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for persons with disabilities and workplace diversity. It is the policy of OCFS to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the position for which they are applying or for which they are employed. OCFS does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under title I of the ADA.
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Name New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Email Address eoajobpostings@ocfs.ny.gov
Address
Street Bureau of Personnel - RAA
52 Washington Street, 231 North
Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should e-mail their resume and letter of interest to eoajobpostings@ocfs.ny.gov You MUST include the Vacancy number of the position in the subject line of your email and/or cover letter to ensure receipt of your application. In order to qualify you for the position when you have current or prior New York State employment, you may be contacted by OCFS Personnel for your social security number to confirm your employment history.