ORS TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

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ORS TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Salary

$3,649.00 - $7,157.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

ORSTS-201095-100924HC

Department

LWC-Office of Unemployment Insurance Administration

Opening Date

10/10/2024

Closing Date

10/15/2024 11:59 PM Central

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ORS Technical Specialist

Office of Unemployment Insurance Administration

Benefits Analysis Team

Baton Rouge, LA

ORSTS-201095-100924HC

This position may be filled as either a Probational or a Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a Promotion (open to all statewide classified and agency wide permanent status employees); or by Detail to Special Duty. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointment if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available.

No Civil Service test score or assessment is required to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOTbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission is an equal employment opportunity employer and SAME agency which serves as a model employer for the recruitment, hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities • TDD# 800-259-5154

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Heather Courville

hcourville@lwc.la.gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree plus three years of professional level experience in unemployment insurance; job placement; employer relations; human resources; labor market analysis; federal job training programs; labor relations or negotiations; management analysis; accounting; financial auditing; program auditing; workers' compensation; administrative services; social services; public benefits claims examining; eligibility determinations for federal needs based programs; or in program compliance.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.

Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:

A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

A master's degree in any field or juris doctorate will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A Ph.D. in any field will substitute for two years of the required experience.

Graduate degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To plan, direct and interpret program laws, develop program objectives and evaluate operation performance procedures for Office of Regulatory Services programs.

Level of Work:

Manager.

Supervision Received:

Broad from higher level ORS job.

Supervision Exercised:

Programmatic.

Location of Work:

Louisiana Department of Labor, Office of Regulatory Services

Job Distinctions:

Differs from ORS Specialist by lack of total program responsibility and experience level required.

Differs from ORS Supervisor jobs by lack of direct line responsibility.

Examples of Work

Serves as technical advisor for the Office of Regulatory Services programs outlining training needs, developing program objectives and evaluating operational performance.

Interprets state and federal laws and regulations as it relates to the unemployment insurance programs.

Conducts studies for BPC Best Practices, TPS, QC and other special projects.

Develops new procedures and enhancements to existing practices/procedures (such as state law comparison, effective collection techniques, communicating effectively with claimants by correspondence or phone inquiries, etc.)

Performs various OP collection activities such as verification of indebtedness on Victim Loss Records to courts, submission of Proofs of Claim to US Bankruptcy Courts and review of court action relating to UI overpayments.

Develops and implements corrective action plans to remedy deficiencies within the agency necessitated by Legislative audits.

Exercises functional and programmatic supervision over ORS staff implementing program functions.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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