Position Information

NY HELPNo

AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

TitleDevelopmental Disabilities Operations Director 1

Occupational CategoryAdministrative or General Management

Salary Grade664

Bargaining UnitM/C - Managerial/Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary RangeFrom $123793 to $156224 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 10%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

Location

County To Be Determined

Street Address x

City x

StateNY

Zip Code12208

Job Specifics

Duties Description Serve as regional assistant to the Statewide Director of BPC, oversee the development of quality improvement policies and procedures and agency/program review activities, coordinate quality improvement operations with inspection and certification field staff and provide supervision to and complete all relevant personnel functions for the SCA 3 DDs in the assigned regional office.

• Provide oversight in the evaluation and assignment of complaint investigations, participate or preside on multiple committees, present at various in-service training venues including regularly scheduled statewide provider trainings, facilitate meetings with agency Boards of Directors and assist in the overall management of the Division of Quality Improvement.

• Responsible for the survey and certification activities of all day and residential site programs operated in the assigned region (there are nearly 8,000 site programs operated by either the State or one of the more than 300 voluntary agencies serving people with developmental disabilities).

• Review and certification of all agencies providing Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Services (HCBS) to people living in certified facilities or in their own homes in the assigned region (there are approximately 500 agencies statewide which are certified to provide HCBS Waiver services).

· Review of care coordination services and family support services, completion of utilization reviews at all ICF/DD programs and one specialty hospital, and extensive and ongoing reviews of services received by members of the Willowbrook Class. Work with the CCO unit within DQI to enhance oversight of CCO services statewide.
· Coordination of the ever-expanding workload being generated by new program development initiatives as well as the federally mandated shift to a managed care model for people with developmental disabilities.
· Support and oversight between field office supervisory staff and Division of Quality Improvement's leadership.
**Telecommuting and office location to be discussed at time of interview. Possible locations include:
500 Balltown Rd, Schenectady
44 Holland Avenue, Albany
703 E Maple, Newark
25 Beaver St, New York

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Minimum Qualifications There is currently no Civil Service eligible list for this title.

Transfer:
Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/c status in the posted title and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 52.6 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.

Provisional:
In the event that there is not a valid eligible list for this title in this location, candidates who meet the following qualifications may be qualified for a provisional appointment. To qualify, candidates must have had one year of permanent service in a New York State administrative, fiscal, or programmatic title allocated to SG 29/M-3 OR two years of permanent service in an administrative, fiscal, or programmatic title allocated to SG 27/M-2.

OR

A bachelor's degree and seven years of experience in the delivery of services to individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Two years of this experience must have been at a managerial level.

If you are appointed provisionally, you must take the next scheduled Civil Service examination for this title, and your score must be reachable on the resulting eligible list before you can be permanently appointed. If you do not pass the examination or achieve a reachable score, you may not be retained.

Additional Comments • The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of Quality Improvement is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
• If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

How to Apply

Name Sarah Keeler

Telephone 5184734785

Fax

Email Address MainOffice.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov

Address

Street 44 Holland Ave.

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12208

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit a cover letter and resume as an attached PDF or Word document by 5/1/25. Please reference the EOA #2025-111 in all correspondence.