ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK IS ACCEPTING RESUMES FROM QUALIFIED PERSONS FOR THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Directs the planning, coordination, and administration of a wide variety of local employment and training programs in the Ulster County Office of Employment and Training (OET) as coordinator of the One-Stop Consortium. This is an important administrative position involving the responsibility for developing, directing, and implementing a comprehensive approach to employment and training programs among the One-Stop partners.  Direction over the department involves relating applicable fiscal, economic, and technical information to program plans and mandates in order to up-grade and improve job skills of unemployed, under-employed, and economically disadvantaged agency clients, and to improve the total employment opportunities in the county. The duties of the position involve the coordination of a variety of program activities of the One-Stop partners to maximize overall success and efficiency.  The incumbent is also responsible for organizing and directing the complex administrative oversight and fiscal management of agency funds and expenditures; including those of sub-grantees in compliance with applicable State and Federal laws, rules and regulations.  The work is performed under the administrative direction of the Ulster County Legislature with wide leeway allowed for the exercise of independent judgment.  General supervision is exercised over the work of all agency employees.  Examples of responsibility include:

•  Administers all program operations of the OET in the One-Stop Consortium as One-Stop Operator, providing   administrative leadership and insight in the day-to-day operations of the One-Stop Center.

•  Oversees, coordinates, and directs the administration of Memorandums of Understanding between the One-Stop partners as resource sharing agreements, designed to provide equitable sharing of system and center costs.

•  Oversees and directs the preparation and execution of contracts with private industry, training, or educational institutions, as well as Federal, State and local governments relative to the goals of the OET.

•  Ensures availability of all mandated employment and training services as defined in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) legislation and regulations.

•  Plans, oversees, and directs the development of procedures for reviewing and evaluating the efficacy of various component segments of the OET’s employment and training programs

•  Oversees and assists in the preparation of the budget.

•  Oversees and assists in the preparation and submission of various periodic reports to the Workforce Development Board, the New York State Department of Labor and the Ulster County Legislature.

•  Establishes and interprets policies and procedures for all programs undertaken by the One-Stop Partners under  the auspices of the OET.

•  Establishes and maintains liaison with representatives of government agencies, the Private Industry Council, labor and non-profit organizations in order to facilitate understanding, acceptance, and participation in OET activities.

•  Keeps abreast of Federal, State, and local policies, rules, regulations and changes affecting the operation of the One-Stop Partners of OET.

•  Represents OET by speaking to various groups in the community about the goals and objectives of the OET, and generally disseminates information to the public via various media formats.

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Either:

  A.    Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor’s    Degree in Public or Business Administration, Industrial or Labor Relations, Economics, Political Science, Social Science, Human Resources or related field, and four (4) years of full-time experience in employment program planning and development and analysis, personnel counseling or placement, public or business administration, economics or labor relations, or a related field -two (2) years of which experience must have been in a supervisory capacity; OR
 B.      Satisfactory completion of a minimum of sixty (60) semester credit hours from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with at least fifteen (15) credit hours in any of the areas described in A above and six (6) years of full-time experience in the areas also defined in A, two (2) years of which experience must have been in a supervisory capacity; OR
 C.  Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and eight (8) years of experience as described in A above, two (2) years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity.
Note: Two (2) years of supervisory experience is required.  Post high school educational training in the areas defined in A can be substituted for non-supervisory experience on a year for year basis for up to four years. 
Note: Verifiable part-time and/ or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.
Special Requirement for appointment to Ulster County positions: In accordance with Ulster County Legislative Local Law Number 14 of 2007 or by other State and Federal Statutes, candidates for employment to all Ulster County positions must obtain clearance for appointment from the Department of Criminal Justice System or other mandated Federal and State regulatory authority based upon fingerprinting and a criminal history background check.
If this is an Ulster County position it will require a criminal background check and a candidate will be required to complete and sign a Criminal Background Investigation Release Form. Upon a conditional employment offer, a candidate will be required to be fingerprinted accordingly.
ULSTER COUNTY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND ALL CIVIL SERVICE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLY.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, disabled veteran status, or status as a member of any other protected group or activity.