ALL JURISDICTIONS
To land All Jurisdictions in New Jersey you go through the competitive route: you sit an announced exam and the score puts you on the eligible list agencies hire from.
A bachelor's degree is the listed credential, and extra years on the job can be traded for it. The FY2026 range lands between $88,530 and $130,339.
How to apply
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Exam
This is an application to sit an exam and be placed on an eligible list for this title, not an application for a specific job. A $35 application fee applies to Non-Public-Safety announcements issued on or after 2026-02-01. There may be no current vacancy behind it, and the list it produces may not be certified for months or years.
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Exam
Open to permanent employees in the competitive division who hold a qualifying lower title in the same unit. A $35 application fee applies to Non-Public-Safety announcements issued on or after 2026-02-01. Like the open competitive exam, this places you on a list; it is not itself a job offer.
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.
Definition
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Under the direction of a county coordinator or chief of a division, or other higher level supervisory officer in local or state government administers and supervises the operations of a residential group center; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Directs the management and administration of the group center and develops suitable work programs and procedures.
- Formulates and executes plans for the effective utilization of available funds, personnel, equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Manages the work programs required in providing care for center residents, including rehabilitation, feeding, housing, protection, recreation, education.
- Directs the planning, developing, and executing of programs which will encourage and assist the residents toward completion of social and physical rehabilitation and in obtaining placement in community within minimum period of time.
- Ensures that the work programs involving the center's business operations, resident religious activities, resident dental and medical care, center buildings and grounds maintenance, and other operational activities are carried out efficiently and in accordance with prescribed procedures.
- Directs the daily inspection of the buildings and grounds of the institution.
- Directs the resident therapy programs.
- Visits county courts and probation departments on behalf of center residents.
- Manages the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for employee evaluations and for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining of employees.
- Directs the preparation of status, adjustment, and other reports relevant to the progress and development of residents.
- Provides assignments and instructions to center staff and residents; supervises work performance.
- Compiles reports of individual resident progress and prepares recommendations for transfer, removal, or extra-institutional care as may be required.
- Prepares sound, accurate, and informative correspondence, reports, and studies of center activities containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Supervises the establishment and maintenance of the essential records and files.
- May 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 with a Bachelor's degree.
Experience
Four (4) years of experience involving the care, custody, and training of individuals confined to a group residential and rehabilitation facility, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
License
Appointee 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
- Knowledge of the problems involved in the care, rehabilitation, and training of residents of a group facility.
- Knowledge of modern sociology, psychology, and educational theories, methods, and practices relevant to the training of care of residents.
- Knowledge of the procedures to formulate and execute plans for the effective utilization of available funds, personnel, equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Knowledge of the problems, procedures, and methods utilized to oversee the work programs, business operations, resident care, and other activities of a residential care and rehabilitation facility.
- Knowledge of available facilities, programs, and equipment, and their potential utilization for the rehabilitation and/or training of residents.
- Knowledge of the problems involved the supervision and organization of a group residential center providing custodial care and rehabilitation programs after a period of training.
- Knowledge of the procedures utilized to inspect facility grounds and of the remedial actions to be taken to correct problems after a period of training.
- Ability to provide assignments and instructions to facility employees and residents and supervise work performance.
- Ability to conduct established mental or emotional adjustment programs and other programs designed for the rehabilitation of group center residents and to recognize and utilize the methods by which to maintain discipline and morale.
- Ability to plan and develop effective social and physical rehabilitation programs and elicit participation to assist in the resident's incorporation into the community.
- Ability to prepare and review reports relevant to resident progress and development and to provide recommendations for changes in treatment programs as required.
- Ability to manage the various work programs, activities, and operations of a residential care and rehabilitation facility.
- Ability to confer with residents and their families to develop and discuss progress and rehabilitative programs and measures.
- Ability to prepare records, reports and correspondence containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Ability to analyze and interpret the laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures of residential group centers.
- Ability to formulate and execute plans for the effective utilization of funds, personnel, equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Ability to supervise the establishment and maintenance of essential records and files.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and 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.
- Codes: M28- (State) CAH 1/12/94 LG- (Local) THIS SPECIFICATION IS FOR STATE, LOCAL, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT USE ONLY.
Note
Applicants who do not possess the required education may substitute experience as indicated on a year for year basis.
A Master's degree in guidance and counseling, education, sociology, criminology, psychology, or social work may be substituted for one (1) year of the non-supervisory experience.