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Agency People With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

Title Special Assistant, Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Development Team Supervisor & Team Lead

Occupational Category Administrative or General Management

Salary Grade NS

Bargaining Unit M/C - Managerial/Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary Range From $103870 to $131298 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Exempt Class

Travel Percentage 30%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Schenectady

Street Address 500 Balltown Rd.

City Schenectady

State NY

Zip Code 12304

Duties Description The mission of the Division of State Operations (DSO) is to provide the highest quality supports and services to Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD). State Operations accomplishes this by facilitating supportive, person-centered planning, and service delivery that supports Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities to succeed across all domains of life: relationships, health, employment, recreation, personal identity, choice, and community engagement. OPWDD and its Division of State Operations (DSO) is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. We capitalize on this collection of expertise and talent to explore, study, and assure that we continually improve the experience of inclusion and the equitable distribution of services to the diverse group of people we serve. The Division of State Operations (DSO) has created a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Model designed to strengthen the capacity of OPWDD, as it supports the DSO as a service provider to advance and maintain cultural and linguistic competence (CLC) as essential approaches to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion within its system of support and services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), their families, and the communities in which they live. The DSO DEI model operates in conjunction with the OPWDD agency and DEI comprehensive strategic initiative and goals. The DSO is looking for a Special Assistant to lead our newly developing State Operations Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Development Team to serve as the Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Development Team Supervisor & Team Lead. This position will report to the Associate Commissioner of State Operations. Additionally, the Special Assistant may also have routine portfolio review meetings with the OPWDD Chief Diversity Officer to review and provide updates on the State Operations DEI projects, as well as other duties which will integrate the State Operations DEI work to the larger agency DEI strategy and team. Specific duties include, but are not limited to: - Supervise team member(s) who perform and coordinate these more sensitive and difficult diversity and inclusion, and equal opportunity training activities.- Plan work schedules, projects, and reviews; assign and train staff.- Interview, select, develop, nurture, cultivate DSO Champion Trainers (of all three types of trainings) for the field.- Contribute to the design and implementation of the DSO DEI Training Plan to meet the DEI needs within the DSO.- Oversee coordination , tracking, and implementation of DSO DEI trainings statewide.- Evaluate staff performance; determine training needs; and advise about performance standards and how to meet them; Review work activities and reports; assist staff in resolving problems.- Interpret laws, rules, regulations, and policies for staff and ensure that staff complies with them.- Conduct and deliver specialized and expert DEI related trainings within State Operations.- Oversee DEI Champions Training staff who are volunteers in the “field” DEI Champions trainers to ensure staff competency and provide feedback for their development ensuring the quality of the training meets the standards and expectations and/or fidelity of that training program.- Regularly attend OPWDD Agency DEI Office meetings and trainings.- Provide regular portfolio updates to the OPWDD DEI Officer; Integration of OPWDD Agency DEI information and resources and DSO DEI within the training staff as needed.- Travel to various Developmental Disability State Operations Offices and state operated programs to observe the DEI Trainings being delivered and evaluate its effectiveness in meeting the training goals.- Lead SO Statewide Implementation of Train-the-Trainer initiatives through coordination of DSO DEI training related events statewide.- Standardize workflow processes for DSO DEI training staff across the state.- Lead an interdisciplinary Community of Practice (CoP) meeting for trainers and ensure best practices are implemented consistently statewide.- Directly supervise at least one Equal Opportunity Specialist 2s (G-23s), who will be a master Train-the-Trainer staff and lead the coordination efforts statewide.- Design, create and analyze DEI related reports, surveys and data collection that can inform the impact of DEI Champions training and supports to the field.- Design surveys to elicit information about the quality, impact and effectiveness of DSO DEI efforts and initiatives.- Be an active member of the DSO DEI Committee, providing updates to the committee members and working on special DSO DEI training projects that may arise through that active committee participation. 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Minimum Qualifications Preferred Qualifications: Nine years of experience participating in the development, implementation, and/or administration of programs related to diversity, equity, or inclusion of protected class members, or in the service delivery to individuals with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities. Two years of this experience must have been at a supervisory level. Substitutions: An associates degree may substitute for 2 years of non-supervisory experience, a bachelors degree may substitute for 4 years of non-supervisory experience, or a masters degree may substitute for 5 years of non-supervisory experience. ** Preferred candidate will have experience implementing DEI related training initiatives statewide, experience with abuse prevention initiatives and professional boundaries, and experience training both direct care and clinical staff. Preferred candidate will have a clinical license in a mental health field such as social work, psychology, or mental health counseling.

Additional Comments About the Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Development Team:- The DSO is creating a peer and community approach to some types of specialized trainings. An in-person experiential-type training, facilitated by State Operations co-workers, clinicians and direct supervisors, will be the best way to effectuate improvements in communication and create healthier workplace communities. Upon the completion of these specialized trainings, the trainers need to be confident in their ability to respond effectively to issues relative to their own workplace and the Individuals served by the DSO. - DSO Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Development Team is a unit created within the DSO Central Office group whose primary goal is for supporting the development and coordination of “Champion or Master Trainers” who are located throughout 6 SO Regions. These Champion or Master Trainers are responsible for promoting, facilitating, and supporting the implementation of specialized and custom designed trainings at a regional and or district level. This work will be focused on programs, initiatives, and measures of progress as they relate to the specialized training programs they are charged to implement. Examples of three specialized trainings that this unit would utilize this approach to learning include “Creating Space” (Inclusion and Belonging), “CARE” (Active Bystander and Abuse Prevention), and the experiential portion of Professional Boundaries trainings.- The Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Development Team will lead and support the development of peer led master trainers and peer led training teams that build internal training capacity for specialized training and learning specialized in-person workshops. The staff working in this unit will ensure strong social interactions within the cadre of trainers resulting in increased training engagement and facilitating the building of healthier workplace communities through its delivery of specialized custom experiential trainings statewide. - The Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Development Team involves colleagues teaching other colleagues within the same organization who work at varying levels and roles and share what they know and learn with each other. This strategy encourages collaboration and capitalizes on the shared experiences that colleagues have with one another. This training approach of peer-to-peer learning involves employees with shared goals engaging with each other and discussing critical concepts involved in healthier work communities. They share what they know and learn new skills in an open and welcoming format. Not only does this benefit those learning, but it can benefit the trainers themselves by reinforcing helpful concepts or strategies.Location: • Preferred Location: OD Heck - 500 Balltown Rd Schenectady NY 12304 • Alternate Location option: 44 Holland Avenue, Albany NY Telecommuting to be discussed at interview.

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Name Central Office Human Resources

Telephone 5184734785

Fax 518-474-9902

Email Address [email protected]

Address

Street 44 Holland Ave.

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12229

Notes on Applying Please email your resume and cover letter to [email protected] and reference vacancy ID number in your email.