Training and development program staff manager

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Supplemental Information

This position is in the Support Services Division within the Office of Management and Finance. This position is domiciled in East Baton Rouge Parish.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

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.

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Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment.

Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application if possible (PDF format preferred). The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

Applications will be rejected if the applicant fails to meet the minimum qualifications, submits an incomplete application or fails to apply by the closing date of the announcement.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of an application listing complete work experience and education.

You must submit an equivalency evaluation statement for any international degree(s) by the closing of this announcement.

This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for individuals with disabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

A baccalaureate degree plus four years of professional level experience in teaching; social services; counseling; engineering;

administrative services; human resources; or training.

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.

• Graduate training in education, social work, engineering, business administration, public administration, or human resources will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience.
• A master's degree in qualifying fields will substitute for one year of the required experience.
• Graduate training will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.
• Certification by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) will substitute for a maximum of one year of the experience.

NOTE : Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work :

To plan, develop and administer the training programs at a field office, facility or smaller state agency with at least two Resource Development Specialist 3s as subordinates and to provide training of the most complex nature.

Level of Work : Administrator.

Administrator.

Supervision Received :

Direct from a Training and Development Staff Manager 2, department Secretary, Undersecretary, other administrator or executive level officer of the agency served.

Supervision Exercised :

General over Training and Development Specialists, or a mixture of advanced level trainers and other agency employees who perform training on a regular and recurring basis.

Location of Work :

Office of Management and Finance or Secretary of a state department or equivalent organizational entity.

Job Distinctions :

NOTE : The allocation of Training and Development Staff Managers is based on types of course, audience composition, function, location and administrative duties.

Differs from Training and Development Specialist 3 by the responsibility for training programs of significant scope and complexity and administrative duties.

Differs from Training and Development Staff Manager 2 by size of agency, administrative duties and scope of programs.

Examples of Work

Designs, develops and administers a system for managing contracts for externally contracted training.

Plans, organizes and supervises a training department at a field office, or smaller state agency.

Directs the needs assessment for training and staff development to enhance the effectiveness of employee performance in achieving the goals and objectives of the training department.

Reviews the training plans of subordinates to ensure conformity to department policies and effective use of resources.

Directs the preparation, submittal, explanation and management of the budget for the training function.

Administers the management development program.

Administers a skills inventory program of employees to effectively utilize employee capabilities in staffing the agency.

Directs the training and evaluation of training staff.

Provides consultation and functional supervision of personnel within and outside the department engaged in the development of course materials and the delivery of instruction.

Administers stipend, tuition reimbursement, conference, workshop and seminar attendance funds program on a facility or field office basis.

Reviews evaluations of training courses, objectives and accomplishments.

Makes assessments of effectiveness of training in terms of employee accomplishments and performance.

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