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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST 7
Salary
$4,470.00 - $8,767.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Promotion
Job Number
LWC182710-08-31-23RC
Department
LWC-Office of Occupational Information Services
Opening Date
08/31/2023
Closing Date
9/5/2023 11:59 PM Central
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Supplemental Information
Workforce Development Specialist 7
Office of Workforce Development
Division: OIS
Location: East Baton Rouge
Position #: 91112
Announcement #: LWC182710-08-31-23RC
NOTE: THAT THIS JOB POSTING IS FOR PERMANENT LWC EMPLOYEES' ONLY!!
Position Information
This position may be filled as either as a Promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency wide permanent status employees), a Job Appointment, 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 is required in order 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.
This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.
All applicants selected for employment must submit to drug screening and background check.
If you are contacted for an interview, please let us know at that time if you need a special accommodation for a disability.
Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.
The Louisiana Workforce Commission is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities
LWC does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type.
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
Rita Chambliss
HR Analyst
Louisiana Workforce Commission
[email protected]
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree plus four years of professional experience in workforce development, unemployment insurance, marketing, administrative services, social services, job training programs work, education, management analysis, labor market analysis, human resources or any military experience gained at the E-5 rank and pay grade or higher.
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 will substitute for one year of the required experience.
Note
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function Of Work
To serve as a program coordinator for an ongoing, continuous, statewide Workforce Development program.
Level Of Work
Program Manager.
Supervision Received
Broad from higher-level Workforce Development personnel.
Supervision Exercised
Programmatic over lower-level Workforce Development staff, as needed.
LOCATION OF WORK:
May be used by state agencies with workforce development functions.
Job Distinctions
Differs from lower-level Workforce Development Specialists by the presence of responsibility for serving as a program coordinator with greater scope and complexity.
Differs from higher-level Workforce Development Specialists by the absence of direct supervisory responsibility.
Examples of Work
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.
Support management of multiple program areas including training, budget, and compliance.
Reviews and evaluates office operation and/or program recipients for a single complex program on a statewide basis.
Interprets and tracks corrective action within an assigned program.
Evaluates programs, identifies promising practices, and develops/recommends comprehensive solutions.
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.
Benefits
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/
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
- New Year's Day
- Independence Day,
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
- Veteran's Day,
- Good Friday,
- Mardi Gras,
- Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
- Memorial Day,
- Labor Day,
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.
State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To)
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.
- 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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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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