HR-96 (12/19)

Posting # 2022-116 Issue Date: 04/08/2022 Closing Date: TBD
Title: Director, Division of Disability Determination
Services (SES or Unclassified Division Director)

Range/Title Code: M98/90752 or
M98/62304 Salary: $134,550

Unit Scope: Statewide Public/ Private Location: Division of Disability Determination Services- Trenton and/or Newark Workweek: NL # Vacancies: 1

Job Description
The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) provides many benefits to employees to acknowledge and value
their contribution. Statewide benefits include health insurance, pension, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)/Health Savings
Accounts (HSA), life insurance, deferred compensation and more. The DOL also provides tuition reimbursement (after nine months
of employment), Alternate Workweek Program (determined by division), and employee training.

Under the direction of the Assistant Commissioner of Employment Accessibility Services (EAS) for the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development (LWD), the Director will manage staff and administer operations of the Division of Disability
Determination Services (DDS) responsible for making eligibility determinations for applicants for Social Security Disability
Benefits, and the adjudication of disability claims filed under provisions of Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act. The
LWD is seeking an accomplished and team-oriented leader to work collaboratively with all government agencies, businesses, and
the disabled community to ensure that all services rendered meet the highest quality assurance and SSA’s productivity guidelines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:
• Leading managerial/supervisory teams and operational staff successfully to meet overall goals
• Paying attention to detail and demonstrating effective verbal and written communication skills
• Directing the development of budgets and staffing plans for the division
• Maintaining oversight reviews of the DDS budget through coordinated efforts
• Applying problem solving/decision-making skills, and independent thinking and sound judgement
• Applying data analysis to evaluate service delivery, program outcomes and administering strategic plans
• Developing and implementing an organizational vision integrating program goals, priorities, and values
• Assessing training needs and establishing administrative guidelines for conducting training within DDS
• Developing proposals and plans for strategic change
• Working in a fast-paced environment and exhibiting adaptability to changing conditions
• Asserting oneself and drawing boundaries that requires business etiquette and a customer service approach

Per Executive Order 253, all state employees are required to be vaccinated by October 18, 2021 or undergo frequent testing. Please
do not submit your vaccine card at this time.

Civil Service Commission Requirements (Education/Experience/License

THIS APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECT TO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL.

EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited college with a Bachelor's degree.

NOTE: A Master's degree in Business or Public Administration (or related field), may be substituted for one year of experience.

EXPERIENCE: Five (5) years of professional experience in planning, leading, and directing a broad range of operational
programs and functions. Experience in operational budgets and financial management functions is helpful. Knowledge of benefit

claims operations and/or Social Security law and regulations is useful. Knowledge of and experience in state operations pertaining
to the adjudication of Social Security disability claims is helpful. Three years shall have been in a supervisory capacity.

RESUME NOTE: Eligibility determinations will be based only upon information presented on the resume along with other
supporting documents. Applicants who possess a degree from a college or university outside the United States must provide an
evaluation of the transcripts from a recognized evaluation service at the time of submission. Failure to do so may result in your
ineligibility. In addition, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership and supervisory
experience that is indicative of senior executive level management via the Senior Executive Services (SES) Application.
LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee
mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

TO APPLY for this Position
If you qualify and would like to be considered, submit a letter of interest, transcript, county of preference form and your resume
(including daytime phone number, and email address) to the person and email address listed below. You must submit your response by
the closing date shown above, and must include the Posting number.

This is not a promotional announcement for a Civil Service Examination.
This posting may result in personnel actions which will require final approval by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development

and the Civil Service Commission in accordance with Civil Service Commission rules and regulations.

Job Posting Authorized by Tennille R. McCoy, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Human Capital Strategies

• Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that will include fingerprinting.
• Any appointments made from postings which involve movement between unit scopes, may result in a forfeiture of rights to any

promotional list in a former
unit scope.

• As of September 2010, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14-7, the “New Jersey First Act,” all new employees must reside in the State of

New Jersey, unless exempted under the law. If you do not live in New Jersey, you have one year after you begin employment to relocate
your residence to New Jersey, or to secure
an exemption.

• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States according to the Department of Homeland Security,

United States Citizenships and Immigration Services regulations. NJDOL does not provide sponsorship or accept student OPT/CPT
programs, F1-H1B work authorization visas.

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

In accordance with the Uniform Ethics Code adopted by the NJ State Ethics Commission and the State Policy Prohibiting
Discrimination in the Workplace, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
(NJ DOL) requires the disclosure of all relatives, consensual personal relationships, and cohabitants. No NJ DOL employee
may supervise or exercise any authority with regard to personnel actions involving their relative, anyone with whom there is a
consensual personal relationship, or anyone with whom they cohabit.

Relative means an individual’s spouse/domestic partner/civil union partner1 or the individual or spouse’s/domestic
partner’s/civil union partner’s parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-
law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother or half-sister, whether the relative is related to
the individual or the individual’s spouse/domestic partner/civil union partner by blood, marriage or adoption.

Consensual personal relationship means marriage, engagement, dating or other ongoing romantic or sexual relationships.

Cohabitant means non-related persons who share a household under circumstances where there is financial interdependence.

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development requires the disclosure of all relatives and consensual
personal relationships to be promptly reported directly to the Division of Human Capital Strategies (HCS) - Director’s Office.
Confidentiality shall be maintained to the extent possible and practicable. This information may be shared with NJ DOL’s
Equal Employment Opportunity Office and/or the NJ DOL Ethics Office as deemed necessary. Upon receiving notice of the
relationship, HCS may address any situation as necessary in consultation with the EEO Office and/or the Ethics Officer. This
may include, but is not limited to, the changing of reporting relationships or transferring any of the employees involved. Failure
to provide notification to HCS may result in discipline up to and including termination and the denial of legal representation
and indemnification by the State in the event that a lawsuit is filed having a connection with a personal relationship. Employees
are under a continuing obligation to promptly report personal relationships that develop during the course of their employment.

I DO NOT have a relative or a consensual personal relationship, as defined above, with anyone working for the New Jersey
Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

I DO have a relative or a consensual personal relationship, as defined above, with anyone working for the New Jersey
Department of Labor and Workforce Development identified as follows:

Name Relationship Division and Work Location

Do you need more space for disclosure? Yes No If YES, continue writing on the back of this form.

I certify that the information on this form to the best of my knowledge and belief is true, complete and accurate. I understand
that any misleading or incorrect information, willful misstatement, or omission of a material fact, may be just cause for
disciplinary action up to and including termination. I understand my obligation to promptly report personal relationships that
develop during the course of my employment.

1 Domestic Partner as defined in NJSA 26:8A-1 et. seq. and Civil Union status as defined in NJSA 37:1-28 et. seq.