Utilities Technician I

Job Overview

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to substantial (five or more years of) increasingly responsible full-time professional employment security work or professional business management, personnel, unemployment insurance, social services, educational, legal, or labor or industrial relations managerial or administrative work including, at least, three years of supervisory or administrative work; qualifying full-time professional experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years; additional qualifying graduate coursework in public administration or other related acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years, there being no substitution for the three years of required supervisory or administrative experience.

Distinctions

Assists in planning, organizing and directing a sub-section of one of the major divisions of the Department of Employment Security including enforcement of unemployment insurance laws relating to employer liability, unemployment office field operations and employment service field operations; work involves assisting in the direction of activities including unemployment premium audit and collection, fraud investigation, local office claims-taking and local office job interviewing and placement.

Responsibilities

• Assists in planning, organizing and directing a sub-section of one of the major divisions of the Department of Employment Security including enforcement of unemployment insurance laws relating to employer liability, unemployment office field operations and employment service field operations;
• Assists in directing and participates in the study of relevant policy and procedure, and reviews and makes decisions on recommendations for change;
• Assists in directing the enforcement of policy and procedure for operations and functions within sub-sectional areas of authority;
• Through subordinate administrative and supervisory personnel, assists in directing the assignment, training, supervision, and evaluation of subordinate staff and their work;
• Reviews and makes decisions on employment, retention, promotion, demotion, and other human resources actions;
• Supervises and participates in the development and maintenance of a large volume of both routine and complex Employment Security records and reports;
• Supervises and participates in the development of sub-sectional operating budget, and reviews and approves all sub-sectional expenditures;
• Performs important and difficult personal contact and liaison work with subordinate staff, private and public agency representatives, unemployment insurance claimants, job applicants, and employers in interpreting pertinent laws, rules, and regulations and explaining divisional services and programs.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree;
• Experience equivalent to substantial (five or more years of) increasingly responsible full-time professional employment security work or professional business management, personnel, unemployment insurance, social services, educational, legal, or labor or industrial relations managerial or administrative work including, at least, three years of supervisory or administrative work;
• Qualifying full-time professional experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years;
• Additional qualifying graduate coursework in public administration or other related acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years, there being no substitution for the three years of required supervisory or administrative experience.

Competencies (KSA's)

Necessary Special Qualifications: None.

State Employee Benefits Insurance

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Annual Leave
• Sick Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Family Medical Leave
• Parental Leave
• Military Leave
• Holidays
• Retirement
• Deferred Compensation
• Flexible Benefits Plan
• Baccalaureate Education System Trust (BEST) Program
• Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)