Training Specialist 1 / Trainee 1-2

Duties Description

• Develops webinars, live courses, and eLearning using online content development tools, learning engagement tools and presentation tools.
• Captures learning event logistics for onsite and offsite programs in accordance with standards and practices.
• Communicates with stakeholders regarding specific training needs.
• Develops annual learning plans for targeted stakeholders and learning groups.
• Manages budget and procurement for professional development learning events, as needed.
• Prepares training announcements.
• Develops communication, deliverables, registration forms, materials, and other documentation for professional development and Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programming.
• Captures onsite logistics during learning events.
• Works with bureau to identify training needs.
• Captures requests for external training.
• Works with other trainers and bureau leadership on video content for training.
• Captures coordination with outside vendors and third-party learning groups to offer training opportunities for agency staff.

Minimum Qualifications

• Transfer: One year of permanent competitive or 55b/c service in this title or in a title eligible for 70.1 transfer.
• This position may be designated 55 b/c and is subject to verification of applicant eligibility.
• Open to the Public: This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).
• Trainee 1 level (equivalent to SG 14): four years of qualifying experience.
• Trainee 2 level (equivalent to SG 16): five years of qualifying experience.
• Full title (SG 18): six years of qualifying experience.
• Qualifying experience is defined as developing and presenting training programs to improve the on-the-job knowledge, skills, and abilities of employees to enable them to carry out the agency’s mission, including the care and treatment of vulnerable persons in the care and/or custody of the State.
• An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience.
• A bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of experience.
• A master’s degree may substitute for five years of experience.
• A doctorate may substitute for six years of experience.

Additional Comments

50% Travel will be required. Core operating hours for office-based positions within the agency are 8-5. Exact shift within that timeframe will be discussed at the time of the interview.

For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title maybe filled via a non- competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.

Candidates who took and passed the most recent holding of the Professional Careers Opportunities (PCO) Exam are encouraged to apply.

All prospective employees will be investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC), which includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. All convictions must be reported; conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, or any falsified or omitted information on the prospective appointee’s employment application, may bar appointment or result in removal after appointment.

All prospective employees will be screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR).

Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order to obtain a record of their criminal history information and may be required to pay any necessary fees.

For Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth (DJJOY) prospective appointees will be checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs.

All applicants must be dedicated to working in and sustaining an environment of inclusion that affirms and celebrates the backgrounds, learned and lived expertise, whole identities, and individual perspectives of our staff.

Applicants of all backgrounds and experiences are encouraged to self-identify during the application process.