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Voc Specialist 2

Grade 21

New York State has approximately 3 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in Children&Family Svcs, Off of. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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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. Voc Specialist 1

    Grade 18

  2. Voc Specialist 2

    Grade 21

Summary of Job Description

As a Vocational Specialist 2, you may perform all of the same duties and functions as a Vocational Specialist 1, provide administrative supervision to staff, and assess and improve the education and training programs and methods used to increase the employability of youth released from OCFS facilities. You would review the records of education and training provided to youth at facilities to determine the effectiveness and areas for improvement, conduct local job market surveys in the private sector to ensure that vocational training is relevant to the needs of the labor market, develop and maintain cooperative arrangements with facilities and community-based programs through field visits and phone contacts, assist facilities in designing curricula that addresses academic and vocational training needs, and establish a system for placing youth in jobs appropriate to their skill level, aptitude and interests. Vocational Specialists assist in an administrative capacity to aid the education administrator with monitoring education programming and responsible for data entry in various types of data systems.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

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 qualified employees of New York State on or before the date of the examination, you must be a qualified employee of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services and have had three months of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c non-competitive service as a Vocational Specialist 1.

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.

36-765

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

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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