Program Outreach Specialist 1

Duties Description The Office of Diversity and Inclusion Management provides guidance and support to partner agencies on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programming, leads DEI strategic planning efforts, and coordinates recruitment and outreach efforts for the Department. To better meet jobseekers where they are and to educate the greater community on the many available job opportunities available in public service, the Department is establishing Centers for Careers in Government at 10 DOL Career Centers and this position will play an important role in ensuring the success of the career centers.The Program Outreach Specialist 1 will be part of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion Management’s statewide Centers for Careers in Government unit. Members of this team are responsible for communicating information to diverse communities across the state regarding employment opportunities within New York State’s public sector. This unit works with various stakeholders, including jobseekers, other New York State agencies, and community and educational organizations.Duties of the Program Outreach Specialist 1 may include, but are not limited to the following:• Conducting outreach to various community-based organizations and educational institutions within assigned region(s) to promote opportunities available in state government.• Providing guidance, information and resources to stakeholders related to identifying and securing employment opportunities with New York State.• Providing workshops to jobseekers on Demystifying the Civil Service Merit System.• Representing the Department of Civil Service at job fairs and community events, including registration, setup, attendance, takedown, and follow-up activities (such as documentation of activities/outcomes).• Collaborating with community-based organizations/educational institutions, developing, maintaining, and building on existing relationships.• Maintaining a database of regional organizations, including but not limited to community-based organizations/educational institutions.• Assisting with special recruitment projects to promote specific opportunities.• Providing individualized and group support to stakeholders regarding accessing and navigating systems related to NYS employment.• Communicating appropriate guidance to stakeholders regarding applicable employment-related policies.• Promoting workforce initiatives related to NYS employment.• Collaborating with State agencies to identify and promote job opportunities and outreach initiatives.• Performing assigned activities with relative independence and exercising good judgment and professional discretion.• Maintaining local inventory to ensure that supplies are available for outreach and recruitment activities. Minimum Qualifications NY HELPS:This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.NON-COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (NY HELPS): Six years of professional experience in a position where the primary (50% or more of the time) responsibility was the extensive promotion and representation of programs and services for public and/or private organizations for the purpose of increasing participation in, or utilization of, these programs and services.Substitution: 1. A bachelor’s degree may be substituted for up to four years of the above experience. 2. An associate’s degree may be substituted for up to two years of the aboveexperience.Qualifying professional experience includes, but is not limited to professional experience in corporate, not for profit, private organizations and governmental agency public relations; advertising; marketing, or promotion of public programs and services. Duties must have included creating, scheduling, organizing, and promoting outreach activities*, including conferences, workshops, training sessions and other public events, to promote agency programs to target populations.*An outreach activity is any activity which promotes and educates or informs the public about existing or new programs and services to populations who might not otherwise have access to those programs and services of an agency or organization.Examples of Non-Qualifying Experience: Experience primarily in or restricted to administrative assistance, art/graphic design or copywriting, recruitment and placement services, provision of program information and other direct contact with clients or potential clients of program services and direct customer sales. Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the . Department of Education/. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can write to the Examination Information Desk of the NYS Department of Civil Service for a list of acceptable companies who provide this service. This information can also be found on the Internet at /jobseeker/. You must pay the required evaluation fee. If you are applying on the Internet, you must mail the independent verification of equivalency to the NYS Department of Civil Service, Albany, New York 12239. REASSIGNMENT QUALIFICATIONS: Current Department of Civil Service employees with one year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service as a Program Outreach Specialist 1; if less than one year, you must be currently reachable on the Program Outreach Specialist 1 eligible list for the Poughkeepsie location if one exists.COMPETITIVE QUALIFICATIONS:You must be reachable on the current eligible list or eligible for transfer.70.1 TRANSFER QUALIFICATIONS:One year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service in a title eligible for transfer and determined to be similar by Civil Service. 52.6 TRANSFER QUALIFICATIONS: One year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service in a title eligible for transfer and determined to be similar by Civil Service. For transfers, a list of approved titles is available through Civil Service GOT-IT at https:///cmo/gotit/. SUBSEQUENT 55B/C QUALIFICATIONS:A subsequent 55 B/C appointment may be considered if you have one year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 B/C service in an eligible position allocated to Grade 16. To be considered, you must provide a copy of your letter of eligibility with your response.55 B/C QUALIFICATIONS:Individuals certified eligible for the 55 B/C program under the Governor's Program to Hire Persons/Veterans with Disabilities pursuant to Section 55 B/C of the Civil Service Law will also be considered. To be considered, you must provide a copy of your letter of eligibility with your response.You must meet the open competitive qualifications from the most recent examination announcement. The open competitive minimum qualifications are: Please see NY HELPs minimum qualifications, as they are the same. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:Current status as a Program Outreach Specialist 1.It is essential that candidates clearly and concisely indicate exactly how they meet the above minimum qualifications in their resume. Failure to show how you meet the minimum qualifications above may result in disqualification and removal from consideration. Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.