Temporary Assistance Specialist or Trainee or ; NY HELPS

Overview

This position is located within the Public Assistance (PA) Bureau, in Employment and Income Support Programs (EISP) Division. This position will be supervised by a Temporary Assistance Specialist 2; G-23.

• Participate in the development of PA policy, procedures and service delivery mechanisms that are equitable and inclusive;
• Provide technical and program support to local districts;
• Assist in defining requirements for interfaces and system changes;
• Research and analyze laws, regulations, and policies;
• Legislation implementation and regulation development and promulgation;
• Conduct on-site reviews and produce monitoring reports of local district Temporary Assistance (TA) operations;
• Assist in the federal Income Eligibility System (IEVS) requirement to ensure state compliance with federal corrective action agreements and penalty avoidance;
• Engage in policy areas such as domestic violence and drug/alcohol policies and responsibilities, Temporary Housing Assistance policies, notice simplification;
• Prepare written correspondence; and
• Participate in the development and delivery of training materials and other presentations.

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

For 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, including child care, foster care, medical assistance and adult residential care, aid to the refugee or immigrant population, or child and adult protective care.

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.

For 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 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, including child care, foster care, medical assistance and adult residential care, aid to the refugee or immigrant population,…