Training Specialist​/Trainee

Training Specialist 1

This position is for Training Specialist 1 in the Division of Child Care Services, within the Bureau of Operational Support Services or in the Bureau of Child Care Assistance. The Training Specialist 1, SG-18, develops, administers, and/or presents specific training courses designed to improve on-the-job knowledge, skills, and abilities of child care providers, regulators, local social services district staff, and other stakeholders and audiences as identified.

Specific focus will be on computer systems training, and the intersection with applicable statutes, rules and regulations.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develops webinars, live courses, and eLearning using online content development tools, learning engagement tools and presentation tools.
• Coordinates learning event logistics for onsite and offsite programs in accordance with standards and practices.
• Communicates with stakeholders regarding specific training needs
• Develops annual learning plans for targeted stakeholders and learning groups.
• Manages budget and procurement for professional development learning events, as needed.
• Prepares training announcements.
• Develops communication, deliverables, registration forms, materials, and other documentation for professional development and Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programming.
• Coordinates onsite logistics during learning events.
• Works with bureau to identified training needs
• Coordinates requests for external training.
• Works with other trainers and bureau leadership on video content for training
• Coordinates with outside vendors and third-party learning groups to offer training opportunities for agency staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

50% Travel will be required. Core operating hours for office-based positions within the agency are 8-5. Exact shift within that timeframe will be discussed at the time of the interview.

For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title maybe filled via a non- competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. 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 with 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.

Candidates who took and passed the most recent holding of the Professional Careers Opportunities (PCO) Exam are encouraged to apply.

Background Investigation Requirements:

• All prospective employees will be investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC), which includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. All convictions must be reported; conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, or any falsified or omitted information on the prospective appointee's employment application, may bar appointment or result in removal after appointment. Each case will be determined on its own merits, consistent with the applicable provisions of State and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
  
  Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order to obtain a record of their criminal history information and may be required to pay any necessary fees.
• All prospective employees will be screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). Prospective employees will be required to pay any necessary fees.
• For Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth (DJJOY) prospective appointees will be checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. Prospective employees whose names appear on the SEL as having been found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from appointment and may have their names removed from the eligible list(s) for the title(s) if applicable.

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