Departmental Specialist - Community Engagement Officer

Overview

At the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, we are laser-focused on improving opportunities and outcomes for Michiganders from preschool to postsecondary. From connecting more families with quality child care and prek programs to making it more affordable to earn a skill certificate or college degree, we are helping more people make it in Michigan. MiLEAP was created by Governor Whitmer in July 2023 and is the newest department in the State of Michigan.

Visit Michigan.gov/MiLEAP to learn more about our work and consider applying to join a team working to make Michigan a better place to grow up, learn, live, work, and play.

This position is a member of the Office of Strategic Talent Preparation and will serve as the Community Engagement Officer for the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential (MiLEAP). The primary focus is building and upholding relationships with disparately impacted populations and Tribal Nations, internally and externally. The position is primarily responsible for facilitating ongoing outreach and leading departmental programming, services, and provisions to these populations.

The Specialist will provide the department internally with training, policy recommendations, and information gathering.

Note:

This position was previously posted as the Tribal Liaison. If you applied and remain interested in this newly framed version of the position, please reapply.

• Develop and maintain relationships with disparately impacted populations and Tribal Nations, both internally and externally.
• Facilitate ongoing outreach and lead departmental programming, services, and provisions to these populations.
• Provide internal support through training, policy recommendations, and information gathering.

• Generally requires possession of a bachelor s degree in any major and four years of professional experience.
• Specific information on education and experience required for the position is in the job specifications for the Departmental Specialist class.

• Please attach your resume, cover letter, and applicable official transcripts to your application.
• An official transcript must bear college/university certification (seal, logo, watermark, and/or letterhead), Registrar s signature, and date. A transcript with the stamp "Issued to Student" is accepted as an official transcript. Unofficial transcripts will NOT be accepted. An unofficial transcript is defined as: (1) an internet copy printed from the college/university student web account; (2) a transcript stamped with "Student Copy";
  
  and (3) a transcript labeled as "Unofficial." The official transcript must be scanned and attached to the electronic NEOGOV Civil Service application with one of the following file extensions: pdf, doc, docx, txt, or rft. Degree certificates are not accepted. When attaching transcripts, please name the college/university for each transcript attached.