PROGRAM MANAGER 4-SOCIAL SERVICES

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PROGRAM MANAGER 4-SOCIAL SERVICES

Salary

$6,710.00 - $12,074.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

403CO-196408-GOL

Department

Office of Juvenile Justice

Opening Date

06/20/2024

Closing Date

7/20/2024 11:59 PM Central

• Description

• Benefits

• Questions

Supplemental Information

Office of Juvenile Justice

Central Office

State Police Bldg. 1st Floor

7919 Independence Blvd.

Baton Rouge, LA 70806

This vacancy is located at the Office of Juvenile Justice-Central Office in Baton Rouge,Louisiana.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

The Office of Juvenile Justice will receive a list of eligible applicants ONLY from the people who respond to this posting.

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 NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Garilyn London

OJJ/ Human Resources

Garilyn.London@la.gov

In the supplemental questions section, applicants must authorize the HR Office of Juvenile Justice to contact prior employers to check references under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to be considered for employment.

The Office of Juvenile Justice is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment-related resources available for those with disabilities, refer to the Louisiana Employment Resource Guide (http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/LRS/EmploymentResourceGuide_2018.pdf) .

If you are contacted for an interview, please let us knowat that timeif you will need special accommodations.

NOTE: Prior to an appointment, the selected applicant must take and pass a drug screening test, possess a valid Louisiana Driver's License and clear a background check.

This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree plus five years of professional experience in administrative services, economics, public health, public relations, program evaluation,social services, or health services.

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.

Graduate training with eighteen semester hours in one or any combination of the following fields will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience: public health; public relations; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; economics; business, public, or health administration.

A master's degree in the above fields will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required experience.

Graduate training with less than a Ph.D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.

A Ph.D. in the above fields will substitute for two years of the required experience.

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

NOTES:

Health services are defined as nursing service, ancillary services (radiology, medical laboratory, pharmacy, etc.) and medical services.

Examples of public health jobs include sanitarian, public health engineer, and public health epidemiologist.

NOTE:

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

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To administer the largest and most complex social service program(s) or programmatic support activities.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Administrator.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Administrative direction from a Deputy Secretary or other higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Direct over Program Manager 3-Social Services. May exercise supervision over lower level staff essential to the program.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Predominately at the Department of Children and Family Services.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from Program Manager 3-Social Services by the presence of responsibility for the largest and most complex social service program(s).

Differs from a Deputy Assistant Secretary 1 by the absence of responsibility administrative authority for all agency programs.

See allocation criteria memo.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES LISTED BELOW INCLUDE BRIEF SAMPLES OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TASKS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

Formulates current and long-range plans and policies for the assigned program(s).

Serves as program expert and advisor to executive-level staff.

Maintains program responsibility by administering policy development activities and programmatic support functions necessary to support statewide client services.

Serves as a primary contact and interface with federal partners.

Directs studies and special projects pertaining to the programs assigned.

Revises rules, regulations, and procedures to meet changes in law or policy.

Develops and monitors budget recommendations for personnel, services, equipment and materials.

Analyzes the impact of federal, state, and local legislation; advises agency officials, prepares position statements, presents testimony at hearings, and writes legislation.

Meets with government officials, private officials, professionals, and others on matters pertaining to the program(s).

Maintains records, prepares reports, and conducts correspondence relative to the assigned programs.

Conducts staff meetings and conferences with assistants to discuss operating programs, organization, budgetary matters, personnel matters, technical problems, and the status of projects or programs.

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

  01

  Are you a current classified employee of the Office of Juvenile Justice serving with permanent status?

• Yes

• No

  02

  Are you currently under indictment for a felony charge or have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?

• Yes

• No

  03

  If 'YES', give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc.), the offense, place and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A.

  04

  Have you been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt, or implied threats of force, or coercion, or where the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse?

• Yes

• No

  05

  If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.

  06

  Have you ever been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in any sexual activity in the community or confinement setting?

• Yes

• No

  07

  If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.

  08

  Have you ever engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility or juvenile facility or any other facility type (as defined in 42 U.S.C 1997)?

• Yes

• No

  09

  If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.

  10

  If you have previous employment in a community confinement center, jail, lockup or prison, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires Office of Juvenile Justice Human Resources to contact those employers prior to hiring any applicant for information on substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or any resignation during a pending investigation of an allegation of sexual abuse. Do you authorize the Office of Juvenile Justice, to contact any of your prior employers, whether listed on your employment application or not, to ascertain information required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Part 115 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations? I understand that prior to any offer of employment by the Office of Juvenile Justice that such information must be obtained. IMPORTANT: I also understand that if I do not authorize such contact, I will not be eligible for employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice. Should I be appointed from this announcement, I also understand that this authorization will remain valid for the duration of my employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice. Questions should be directed to Human Resources as noted in the Supplemental Information section of this job posting.

• Yes, I understand. You may contact my employers, past or present.

• No. Do not contact my employers, past or present.

  11

  Provide the major for your advanced degree(s) as given on your official transcript for your master's degree(s) or above. Provide the major and level of degree for each entry. If you have not completed an advanced degree enter NA.

  Required Question

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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