Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
TitleTraining Specialist 2 MH (Talent Development & Training Dept) - EOA #2025-33
Occupational CategoryAdministrative or General Management
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $84156 to $106454 Annually
Duties Description POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The Training Specialist 2 will assist the Associate Director of Training with ensuring the quality of new employees as well as maintenance of the skills of currently employed staff to help ensure the health and safety of the individuals the organization serves. In this duty, they will plan, organize, and oversee a comprehensive education and training program for OPWDDs NYC employees. The incumbent will work with local and state operations and regional office leadership to coordinate training efforts to ensure employees remain in compliance with regulatory requirements. The Training Specialist 2 will also assist with New Employee Orientation, including tracking the progress of probationary employee. This is done through a combination of monitoring evaluation reports, counseling memos, and attending a monthly council that tracks the progress of new direct care employees and addresses concerns that may hinder the completion of the probationary period.
PRIMARY DUTIES:
The incumbent will provide mandatory training for Metro DDSO-Region 5 and 6
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct trainings for Staten Island DDSO and NYC/Long Island staff as needed. This may include travel to the 5 boroughs and Long Island as needed.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct New Employee Orientation as needed.
• Attain certification as a CPR instructor in a nationally accredited agency.
• Attain certification in PROMOTE training through OPWDDs PROMOTE Training Program
• Participate as a member of the Traineeship Council and / or other committees.
• Serve as a member of Traineeship Program – manage program and facilitate meetings as well as provide support to managers in service delivery.
• Oversee progression of DSATs by reviewing evaluation reports.
• Provide training and establish/maintain instructor compliance in required trainings (PROMOTE & CPR/FA/AED).
• Work with ITS managers and Central Office Training staff to use technology effectively to deliver programs in a 24/7 organizational environment across large geographic catchment area.
• Serve as an instructor during New Employee Orientation for various relevant subject matter.
• Ensure Adherence to the Code of Conduct/Competencies.
• Monitor staff compliance with the Statewide Learning Management System
• Conduct supervisory training.
• Assist staff in completion of mandatory online trainings as requested.
• Inform and assist employees with available educational and training opportunities.
• May require overnight travel to other districts to attain certifications and assist OPWDD statewide as needed.
• Maintains records/rosters of all training activities.
• Support Voluntary Agencies through DDRO as needed.
• Communicate with State Operations managers, including DDSOO Directors, managers of Safety, Business Office, DDRO, HRMO and ITS to find effective local implementation strategies for GOER, OPWDD and Federal statewide initiatives.
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Minimum Qualifications • Candidates must have permanent service as a Training Specialist 2, be eligible for transfer to a Training Specialist 2 title, or reachable on the current Civil Service List for Training Specialist 2-MH.
• Provisional appointment pending exam may be considered. You must take and pass a Civil Service Examination to be considered for this position. For provisional appointment qualifications you must have: One year permanent service as a Mental Hygiene Staff Development Specialist 3, Mental Hygiene Staff Development Specialist 3 (Nursing), Training Specialist 1, Training Specialist 1 (Mental Hygiene) or Training Specialist 1 (Nursing).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Candidate should possess excellent communication skills, be organized and have experience in public speaking. Active trainer status is preferred.
Additional Comments Please note: Schedule will occasionally change due to training schedule.
Please note:
• OPWDD 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.
• If you are employed by state government, you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on Direct Loans after 120 qualifying monthly payments have been made under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. For more information on PSLF, please visit www.studentAid.gov/publicservice.
• Employees on long term leave can bid on positions but must be able to report to work within fourteen (14) days and be able to perform the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodation (RA). If an employee believes that he or she needs a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the NYS OPWDD Workforce and Talent Management Central Office (518) 473-9689 or Email at accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.
• Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
• For CSEA positions: Local Bidding Agreements will be honored.
• 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
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