Position Information

NY HELPNo

AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

TitleStandards Compliance Analyst 2 (Developmental Disabilities)

Occupational CategoryHealth Care, Human/Social Services

Salary Grade23

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $84156 to $106454 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 95%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 6 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

Location

County Wayne

Street Address 703 E. Maple Ave.

City Newark

StateNY

Zip Code14513

Job Specifics

Minimum Qualifications Candidates must be reachable for appointment on Current Civil Service Eligible List for this title.
OR
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 70.1 or 70.4 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.
OR
Reassignment: Current Office for People with Developmental Disabilities employees with one year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service as a Program Operations Specialist 2. If you have less than one year, you must be currently reachable on the eligible list.
OR
Provisional: In the event that there is not a valid eligible list for this title in this location, candidates who meet the following promotion qualifications may be qualified for a provisional appointment. To qualify, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as either a Standards Compliance Analyst 1 (Developmental Disabilities) or Standards Compliance Analyst 1.
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.
OR
Non-Competitive Promotion (NCP): If three or fewer qualified and interested promotional candidates respond to this notice, the agency may, at is discretion, nominate a qualified employee for non-competitive promotion under the provisions of Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law. To qualify, you must be a current OPWDD employee and have one year of service as either a Standards Compliance Analyst 1 (Developmental Disabilities) or Standards Compliance Analyst 1.

Duties Description Under the direction of a Regional Director, the Standards Compliance Analyst (SCA) 2 (Developmental Disabilities) would be responsible for visiting and reviewing all day and residential programs certified by OPWDD; all services provided under the Home and Community Based Services Waiver and contracts; interpreting regulations to providers; participating at exit conferences; reviewing providers' plans of corrective action; and implementing the Division's Quality Improvement strategy.

The SCA 2 (DD) provides all needed supervision to the SCA 1 (DD), both in the office and in the field. The SCA 2 (DD) develops the monthly schedule and makes appropriate work assignments to the SCA 1 (DD) to ensure that standards for quality and quantity are met. The SCA 2 (DD) is also responsible for the completion of all work assigned to the team.

The position requires extensive field work and travel. The incumbent must be on site during early mornings and evenings to observe activities at the programs. Some weekend visits are required, as is mandatory training in Albany and other locations. Surveyors are expected to learn and participate in all aspects of survey and certification activities for all program and service types. Extensive report writing is required. All visits and reports must be completed within time frames required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and the Division of Quality Improvement's policies and procedures.

In addition, the SCA 2 (DD), under the direction of the Deputy Commissioner or her/his designee, may perform the following as part of a Quality Improvement team:

Monitor and gather feedback on quality management projects to assess effectiveness and make revisions where necessary.

Act as liaison, advocate and facilitator, both within the Division of Quality Improvement and with other divisions or external parties to implement quality improvement efforts.








*Schedule may vary depending on work assignments.
*Telecommuting will be discussed at interview



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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.

Contact Information

Name Sarah Keeler

Telephone 518-473-4785

Fax 518-474-9902

Email Address MainOffice.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov

Address

Street 44 Holland Avenue

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12229

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit a cover letter and resume as an attached PDF or Word document by 11/29/24. Please reference the EOA #2024-292 in all correspondence.