TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST 1/2/3
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TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST 1/2/3
Salary
$2,784.00 - $5,460.00 Monthly
Location
Monroe, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
403SCY-201446-GOL
Department
Office of Juvenile Justice
Opening Date
10/17/2024
Closing Date
10/24/2024 11:59 PM Central
Description
Benefits
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Supplemental Information
Office of Juvenile Justice
Swanson Center for Youth
4701 South Grand St
Monroe, LA 71202
This vacancy is located at the Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe, Louisiana.
The Office of Juvenile Justice will receive a list of eligible applicants ONLY from the people who respond to this posting.
As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Training and Development Specialist 1, 2, or 3 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s). Please refer to the ‘Job Specifications’ tab located at the top of the LA Careers ‘Current Job Opportunities’ page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.
AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS THE FOLLOWING CORE COMPETENCIES:
Accepting Direction: The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command.
Learning Actively: The ability to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to improve performance and achieve organizational goals.
Leveraging Technology: The ability to use technology and its related processes to further organizational goals.
Managing Resources:The ability to ensure resources such as time, money, and people are utilized appropriately to result in maximum business value.
Training Others:The ability to facilitate the acquisition of work-related knowledge and skills in an effort to improve employee performance.
Communicating Effectively:The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
Developing Performance:The ability to assist others in advancing their skills, knowledge, and performance levels over time.
Developing Plans:The ability to prioritize tasks and competing demands to create accurate plans.
Displaying Expertise:The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Garilyn London
OJJ/ Human Resources
In the supplemental questions section, applicants must authorize the HR Office of Juvenile Justice to contact prior employers to check references under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to be considered for employment.
The Office of Juvenile Justice is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment-related resources available for those with disabilities, refer to the Louisiana Employment Resource Guide ( .
If you are contacted for an interview, please let us know at that time if you will need special accommodations.
NOTE: Prior to an appointment, the selected applicant must take and pass a drug screening test, possess a valid Louisiana Driver's License and clear a background check.
This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.
Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:
A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To train general audiences in basic subject matter.
Level of Work:
Entry.
Supervision Received:
General from a Training and Development Specialist 3, Training and Development Staff Manager or other supervisory staff.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions:
NOTE: The allocation of Training and Development Specialists is based on type of courses, audience composition and function.
Differs from Training and Development Specialist 2 by the level of complexity of the courses taught, revised or developed, type of audience, independence, and the absence of higher level functions such as: identifying problems which training can correct or post evaluation of existing courses.
Examples of Work
Receives training from higher level Training and Development Specialists and Managers.
Assists in revising and developing courses to be delivered.
Delivers in their entirety, regularly scheduled and recurring courses of instruction.
Utilizes case studies, role plays, varied written materials and other structured learning activities.
Prepares visual aids appropriate to the course materials.
Researches subject matter of training topics to achieve teaching and writing competency.
Delivers courses that require a minimum of development and preparation to audiences that require little variation in teaching methods.
Schedules employees for outside education and arranges for applicable stipends.
Operates necessary equipment to accomplish mission goals and objectives.
Assists in maintenance of agency-wide training records.
Provides assistance to higher level Training and Development Specialists.
Performs any other duties required for the operation of the agency.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at
Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System ( LASERS has provided this video ( to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System ( among others
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Are you a current classified employee of the Office of Juvenile Justice serving with permanent status
Yes
No
02
Are you currently under indictment for a felony charge or have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?
Yes
No
03
If 'YES', give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc.), the offense, place and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A.
04
Have you been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt, or implied threats of force, or coercion, or where the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse?
Yes
No
05
If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.
06
Have you ever been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in any sexual activity in the community or confinement setting?
Yes
No
07
If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.
08
Have you ever engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility or juvenile facility or any other facility type (as defined in 42 U.S.C 1997)?
Yes
No
09
If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.
10
Rate your ability to communicate effectively based on our definition: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable communicating effectively
2= I have limited experience or require assistance to communicate effectively
3= I can communicate effectively
4= I can communicate effectively and help others improve their communication
11
Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.
12
Rate your ability to develop performance based on our definition: The ability to assist others in advancing their skills, knowledge, and performance levels over time.
1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable developing performance
2= I have limited experience or require assistance to develop performance
3= I can develop performance
4= I can develop performance and help others improve their ability to develop performance
13
Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.
14
Rate your ability to develop plans based on our definition: The ability to prioritize tasks and competing demands to create accurate plans.
1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable developing plans
2= I have limited experience or require assistance to develop plans
3= I can develop plans
4= I can develop plans and help others improve their ability to develop plans
15
Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.
16
Rate your ability to display expertise based on our definition: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training.
1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable displaying expertise
2= I have limited experience or require assistance to display expertise
3= I can display expertise
4= I can display expertise and help others improve their ability to display expertise
17
Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.
18
Rate your ability to leverage technology based on our definition: The ability to use technology and its related processes to further organizational goals.
1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable leveraging technology
2= I have limited experience or require assistance to leverage technology
3= I can leverage technology
4= I can leverage technology and help others improve their ability to leverage technology
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Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.
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If you have previous employment in a community confinement center, jail, lockup or prison, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires Office of Juvenile Justice Human Resources to contact those employers prior to hiring any applicant for information on substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or any resignation during a pending investigation of an allegation of sexual abuse. Do you authorize the Office of Juvenile Justice, to contact any of your prior employers, whether listed on your employment application or not, to ascertain information required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Part 115 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations? I understand that prior to any offer of employment by the Office of Juvenile Justice that such information must be obtained. IMPORTANT: I also understand that if I do not authorize such contact, I will not be eligible for employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice. Should I be appointed from this announcement, I also understand that this authorization will remain valid for the duration of my employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice.
Yes, I understand. You may contact my employers, past or present.
No. Do not contact my employers, past or present.
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Agency
State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
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