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AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
Occupational CategoryAdministrative or General Management
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $106898 to $131665 Annually
Duties Description The Division of State Operations (DSO) is creating a peer and community approach to certain specialized trainings. An in-person experiential-type training, facilitated by State Operations will be the best way to effectuate improvements in communication and create healthier workplace communities. Upon the completion of these specialized trainings, the trainers need to be confident in their ability to respond effectively to issues relative to their own workplace and the Individuals served by the DSO. Under the direction of the Associate Commissioner the State Operations Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Learning Team has the primary goal of supporting the development and coordination of “Champion” or “Master” trainers who are located throughout 6 SO Regions and Districts. These Champion or Master trainers are responsible for creating specialized trainers for the promoting, facilitating, and supporting the implementation of specialized and custom designed training programs at a regional and or district level. Examples of these specialized Train-the-Trainer programs include Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and Active Bystander and Abuse Prevention. These Champion or Master trainers will promote embracing diversity as a strength, foster inclusivity in state operated programs across the districts, and build capacity for teaching and learning new diversity, equity, and inclusion skills. The focus of the custom CARE Train-the-Trainer curriculum will utilize `Active Bystandership' principles to train staff in skills and strategies for identifying uncomfortable, inappropriate and possibly abusive behavior in the workplace. Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
- Design, implement, and oversee a State Operations diversity and inclusion program and training plan to meet DEI needs within the DSO.
- Lead SO Statewide Implementation of Train-the-Trainer initiatives.
- Conduct and deliver specialized diversity, equity, and cultural competence trainings within State Operations.
- Audit training sessions to ensure staff competency and provide feedback for their development, ensuring the quality of the training meets the standards
and expectations and/or fidelity of that training program.
- Oversee the integration of relevant information and resources consistent with the Division of State Operations initiatives within the developed programs as needed.
- Design, create, and analyze diversity related reports and data that can inform the impact of training and supports to the field.
- Supervise a team of lower-level professionals and perform the most sensitive and difficult diversity and inclusion, and equal opportunity activities.
- Plan work schedules, projects, and reviews; and assign and train staff.
- Evaluate staff performance; determine training needs; and advise individuals about performance standards and how to meet them.
- Review work activities and reports; and assists staff in resolving problems.
- Interpret laws, rules, regulations, and policies for staff and ensures that staff complies with them.
- Provide regular portfolio updates to the SO leadership.
- Design surveys to elicit information about the quality, impact and effectiveness of SO diversity efforts and initiatives.
* Position may be located at any of the following DDSOs: Western NY, Finger Lakes, Central NY, Broome, Capital District, Sunmount, Hudson Valley,
Taconic, Metro, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Bernard Fineson or Long Island.
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Minimum Qualifications Nine years of experience participating in the development, implementation, and/or administration of programs related to diversity, equity, or inclusion of protected class members, or in the service delivery to individuals with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities.
Two years of this experience must have been at a supervisory level.
An associates degree can substitute for 2 years of experience, a bachelors degree can substitute for 4 years of experience, or a masters degree can substitute for
5 years of experience.
Additional Comments • The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of DIVISION 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.
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