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Business Enterprise Program Specialist 1

Grade 18

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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. Business Enterprise Program Specialist 1

    Grade 18

  2. Business Enterprise Program Specialist 2

    Grade 23

  3. Business Enterprise Program Specialist 3

    Grade 62

Summary of Job Description

As a Business Enterprise Program Specialist 1, you would be responsible for oversight and providing guidance to legally blind managers of Business Enterprise facilities located in one of the three district office territories in Albany, New York City, and Buffalo. (Business Enterprise facilities are small retail facilities, such as a news stand, snack bar, or cafeteria established by the New York State Commission for the Blind and located across New York State). Duties include, but are not limited to: conducting regular on-site visits to oversee the operation of vending facilities and operators to ensure conformity with program policies and accepted business practices; consulting facility operators in areas of facility financial matters, employer relations, and sanitation; purchasing and maintenance of facility equipment; stimulating program growth and continuity through the pursuit of new opportunities, assignments, and projects; conducting site surveys; serving as a liaison with host agencies, consumers, private vendors, and governmental regulatory agencies to maintain program goals; preparing and maintaining required reports and documents in program files; assisting in training current managers and candidates in the Business Enterprise Program Manager training program; and evaluating store layouts for efficiency, to maximize space, improve traffic flow, and market products, in existing and new facilities construction.

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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.

For all qualified individuals, on or before the date of the examination, you must have:

Either 1. six years of experience in a retail establishment, food service, restaurant operation, or convenience store. Three years of which must have been in a management capacity in a retail establishment, food service, restaurant operation, or convenience store with a gross sales volume in excess of $500,000 annually;

Or 2. an associate's degree or higher in food service management, business administration, or a related field and four years of experience in a retail establishment, food service, restaurant operation, or convenience store. Three years of which must have been in a management capacity in a retail establishment, food service, restaurant operation, or convenience store with a gross sales volume in excess of $500,000 annually.

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.

26-753

How to Apply

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Career Mobility

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