Temporary Assistance Specialist or Trainee or ; NY HELPS

Overview

Duties Description
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This Temporary Assistance Specialist 1 G-18 will be located in the Employment and Advancement Services Bureau (EAS) within the Division of Employment and Income Support Programs (EISP). The position will receive supervisory support from a Temporary Assistance Specialist 2, G-23.

• Provide ongoing employment policy support for Temporary Assistance (TA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs by reviewing, analyzing and interpreting federal and State regulations. Assist in the preparation of responses to federal and other outside inquiries related to TA and SNAP employment policies and programs. Prepare policy documents, training materials, improved monitoring documents, and other instructional materials for local districts and other local workforce providers including contractors.
• Provide day-to-day technical assistance as an Employment Services Advisor for assigned counties. This includes responding to policy questions from district staff and providing guidance on operational issues including local procedures governing development and use of work activities and data reporting.
• Support district employment operations through the provision of technical assistance including sharing of best practices, operational recommendations, and facilitation of regional meetings for district employment staff.
• Assist districts in enhancing their SNAP E&T programs by collaborating with local workforce partners, identifying opportunities for in-demand career paths, and helping monitor their ABAWD workforce programs.
• Assist with completing the work associated with other Bureau activities as needed.

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, candidates may be hired via a non-competitive appointment if they meet the below NY HELPS minimum qualifications.

At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), 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 all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

Non-competitive Qualifications

• Trainee 1:
  Four years of experience administering temporary assistance programs and initiatives to assess applicant or recipient needs, determine eligibility or provide services or benefits to low income individuals or families; planning, implementing, assessing, monitoring or evaluating programs to deliver effective temporary assistance or workforce development or training programs to unemployed, underemployed, low income or disabled individuals; managing contracts and related budgets for workforce development or training or temporary assistance programs, including contract development, negotiation and execution, and fiscal management, monitoring or program review;
  
  and planning, developing, managing, or administering programs that provide care and service to adults, children, or families in need of assistance.
• Substitutions:
  An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of experience; a master’s degree may substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate may substitute for six years of experience.
• Trainee 2:
  Five years of experience administering temporary assistance programs and initiatives to assess applicant or recipient needs, determine eligibility or provide services or benefits to low income individuals or families; planning, implementing, assessing, monitoring or evaluating programs to deliver effective temporary assistance or workforce development or training programs to unemployed, underemployed, low income or disabled individuals; managing contracts and related budgets for workforce development or training or temporary…