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Child Support Specialist 3

Grade 27

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Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series. The salary schedule for this career ladder is also available.

  1. Child Support Specialist Trainee 1

    Similar to Grade 13

  2. Child Support Specialist Trainee 2

    Similar to Grade 14

  3. Child Support Specialist 1

    Grade 18

  4. Child Support Specialist 2

    Grade 23

  5. Child Support Specialist 3

    Grade 27

  6. Child Support Specialist 4

    Grade 64

Summary of Job Description

As a Child Support Specialist 3, you would supervise units responsible for monitoring local district performance; compliance with federal regulations, development of program and policy guidance; monitoring contractor performance, and ensure that all federal and State laws and regulations are followed. In addition you would also provide oversight and program compliance with the State Plan and federal mandates; develop plans for implementing new federal and State regulations; develop plans for improving local child support offices when necessary; oversee periodic review of policy, program and automated procedures; and recommend revision to systems, including computer systems, to address program needs and improvements.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, the candidate must be a qualified employee of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and have had three months of permanent competitive 55-b/55-c service as either:

A. a Child Support Specialist 2;

OR

B. a Child Support Fiscal Specialist.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

37-930

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

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