PROGRAM PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST 1, VOC REHAB SERVICES
Career Family: PROGRAM PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
Program Planning & Development Specialist 1, Voc Rehab Services is a competitive state title, the kind you test for: the exam result, not a hiring manager's pick, decides where you land in line.
You can qualify with a master's degree or, if you do not have one, by piling up more experience instead. Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $87,507 to $128,719.
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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 a supervisory official, provides comprehensive technical consultation and services; provides professional skills training to field and office staff; designs and implements one or more primary program areas; monitors statistical and operational results to recommend changes and/or develop new programs; analyzes and recommends changes in policy and operations to improve delivery of services; does other related duties.
Examples of work
- Identifies new knowledge and program innovation to increase the employability of program clients.
- Develops and monitors federal grants, evaluates progress toward stated goals, provides training resources and acts as liaison to federal grantees.
- Oversees one or more major program areas to ensure delivery of services to clients.
- Determines the need for technological innovations that impact on successful vocational rehabilitation of clients.
- Develops marketing programs in major areas that meet the needs of both employers and agency clientele.
- Negotiates, drafts, and finalizes interagency cooperative agreements consistent with Federal mandates.
- Delivers consultation and training services to the business and industry community to increase the employability of program clients in accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
- Represents the agency on advisory committees to identify new resources financial and programmatic resources.
- Audits and provides consultation to private vocational rehabilitation facilities to ensure proper use of federal and State funds; recommends operational changes to ensure quality services to clients and cost effective fiscal policies.
- Periodically reviews and evaluates the status of program clients placed in rehabilitation facilities to determine their employability in the competitive labor market.
- Develops, coordinates and provides training to enhance the service delivery system and technical and professional skills.
- Supervises 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.
- May supervise subordinate staff. Evaluates programs to determine conformance to plans, service delivery and other factors used to gauge success.
- Collects, analyzes and interprets program data to assess service delivery, program outcomes, long range impact of services on consumers, efficiency of program management, future resource needs and program objectives.
- Prepares reports and correspondence.
- 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 a accredited college with Bachelors degree and Master's degree in rehabilitation counseling, guidance and counseling, psychology, sociology, social work, or human resource management.
Experience
Four (4) years of experience in planning, developing, monitoring, and evaluating employment of training programs in a vocational rehabilitation facility or agency, social insurance program, or other employment and training agency.
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.
KNOWLEDGES AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of the problems entailed in the coordination of a service delivery system.
Knowledge of program design and evaluation methods.
Knowledge of the needs of disabled persons and the impact of these needs on their employability.
Knowledge of group dynamics and problem solving interventions.
Knowledge of the role and functions of rehabilitation facilities and sheltered workshops in the rehabilitation process.
Knowledge of theories and practices in the field of vocational rehabilitation.
Knowledge of training techniques and dynamics.
Knowledge of the psychological, economic, social, and vocational problems of handicapped persons; and of their vocational possibilities and limitations.
Ability to identify funding sources available to handicapped persons.
Ability to read, interpret and apply applicable Federal and State laws and regulations regarding the vocational rehabilitation programs.
Ability to analyze national labor market information.
Ability to work effectively with various levels of staff in an advisory and consultative capacity.
Ability to develop, plan, and coordinate, informational workshops, conferences and meetings.
Ability to prepare applications for federal funding and to develop and prepare proposals to provide services for program clients.
Ability to interpret, evaluate and administer contracts with private consulting firms providing assistance in development of programs.
Ability to develop, coordinate and provide training.
Ability to prepare extensive correspondence in the course of official duties.
Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate and comprehensive reports containing recommendations.
Ability to supervise establishment and maintenance of records and files.
Ability 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, 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 as long as they can perform 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: 27/R27 - MCK 9/11/99
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.
Applicants may substitute one additional year of the indicated experience for the Master's degree.