DIRECTOR OFFICE OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
Career Family: DIRECTOR
Director Office of Highway Traffic Safety is an unclassified state title, filled by appointment and outside the tenure protections that cover the competitive ranks.
The minimum is a bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience. State payroll lists a single employee in the title, at Law and Public Safety.
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Director Office of Highway Traffic Safety appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Law & Public Safety.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Law & Public Safety | 1 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 1 person working under this title. The median actual salary is $174,000. The agencies employing the most are:
- Law and Public Safety (1)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
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.
Examples of work
- Under the direction of the Attorney General, is instrumental in arranging and conducting New Jersey's Annual Governor's Traffic Safety Conference.
- Assists in conducting polls, surveys and studies for the improvement of traffic conditions.
- Assists in the supervision of the State's Alcohol Determination Program in all fatal traffic accidents.
- Assists in the supervision of special experimental programs, such as several recent pilot studies in pedestrian safety.
- Supervises the preparation of safety posters, pamphlets, teaching aids and related materials.
- Assists County and Municipal Officials in the application of engineering, enforcement and educational principles.
- Assists in the supervision of all administrative and clerical duties associated with the activities mentioned above.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree.
Experience
Five (5) years of administrative experience in a large government agency, which shall have involved the responsibility for law interpretation and enforcement
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 essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of and familiarity with the laws of New Jersey relating to motor vehicles and traffic and of the regulations of the Division of Motor Vehicles promulgated thereunder.
- Knowledge of the rules, regulations, internal organization, standards, procedures and programs of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
- Ability to organize assigned technical work and to develop effective work methods.
- Ability to comprehend, analyze and interpret basic law and regulations.
- Ability to heir clan, organize and carry to completion special projects and research studies in specific motor vehicle regulation and traffic problems and to prepare detailed reports thereon for the Chief of the Traffic Safety Service.
- Ability to utilize modern statistical theory, methods and devices in reporting the work of the Division.
- Ability to act as a consultant and advisor to the Director of Motor Vehicles in terms of accumulating experiences of the Division. Ability to prepare extensive correspondence.
- Ability to prepare dear, sound, accurate and informative statistical, financial and other Division reports containing findings, analyses, conclusions and recommendations
- Ability to direct the establishment and maintenance of essential records and filer.
- Ability to stand instead of the Chief of the Traffic Safety Service in all respects in the Chief's absence.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the 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 as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. 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 particular 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.