DIRECTOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (M28)
Career Family: DIRECTOR
Director Residential Services, School for the Deaf falls in New Jersey's unclassified service: an appointing authority hires for it directly, without a civil service exam.
On paper it calls for a bachelor's degree, though the specification lets enough relevant experience stand in for the degree. The published schedule for this title runs $59,132 to $82,794, but it is frozen at an older rate and these titles are typically paid off-schedule, so actual pay is often higher.
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This specification cites 11A:3-5, political subdivision unclassified service..
A title in the political subdivision unclassified service sits outside Title 11A unless a provision says otherwise. In practice that means no competitive examination to get the job, and none of the career service protections that come with it: no permanent status after a working test period, and no right of appeal to the Civil Service Commission from a removal. Appointment and removal rest with the appointing authority.
The rule that allocates a title to this service is N.J.A.C. 4A:3-1.3.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under the direction of the Superintendent or a supervisory official in the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf, Department of Education, is responsible for overseeing the residential programs and activities of a residence or dormitory; manages staff and work activities. Prepares and signs official performance evaluations for subordinate staff; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Directs and oversees the residential programs and activities of a residence or dormitory.
- Ensures students are suitably, safely, and comfortably housed according to established rules, regulations, standards, and policies.
- Ensures discipline is maintained within a residence and/or dormitory.
- Identifies and responds to situations that may affect student performance.
- Conducts inspections and reviews of residential areas and programs.
- May counsel students and/or parents on matters relating to personal and social development.
- Assigns students to appropriate living quarters.
- Organizes and participates in conferences, workshops and related training activities.
- Develops and executes corrective plans to remedy any noted deficiencies within a residence and/or dormitory.
- Manages the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending, the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or discipline of employees.
- Prepares and directs the preparation of clear, sound, accurate and informative reports and summaries containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
- Prepares extensive correspondence during official duties.
- Directs the maintenance of essential records and files.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree.
Experience
Four (4) years of experience in direct care training and supervision of the hearing impaired in a residential setting, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Ability to learn and understand the programs, objectives, standards, policies, and procedures of the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf and the New Jersey Department of Education.
- Ability to direct and oversee residential programs and activities of a residence and/or dormitory.
- Ability to identify and correct problems involving the safety and cleanliness of a residence and/or dormitory in which children with impaired hearing are housed.
- Ability to communicate effectively with the hearing impaired.
- Ability to manage assigned staff and plan, organize and implement projects within the unit.
- Ability to coordinate the residential program with the academic and other nonacademic programs of the school.
- Ability to coordinate the scheduling of activities and meetings in the residence or dormitory.
- Ability to oversee the social training and development of students.
- Ability to maintain a prescribed level of discipline and order in the residences.
- Ability to ensure the proper placement of students in residences.
- Ability to counsel students and/or parents on matters relating to the students personal and social development.
- Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate and informative reports and summaries containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
- Ability to maintain essential records and files.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible if they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
Applicants who do not possess the required education may substitute non-supervisory experience as noted above on a year-for-year basis with thirty (30) semester hour credits being equal to one (1) year of experience.
<b>SPECIAL SKILL:</b>
Appointees must be able to communicate effectively in American Sign Language, at the intermediate or an equivalent level to perform the duties of this position.
Appointees must possess a National Associate of the Deaf Certificate (NAD), Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Certificate (RID) OR National Interpreter Credentials (NIC).
The responsibility for ensuring appointees possess one of the above stated certifications rests with the Appointing Authority.
Appointees must be fingerprinted and submit to a criminal background check to qualify for employment.