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AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

TitleProgram Aide

Occupational CategoryAdministrative or General Management

Salary Grade13

Bargaining UnitASU - Administrative Services Unit (CSEA)

Salary RangeFrom $50844 to $65061 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

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

StateNY

Zip Code12304

Duties Description The Incident Management Unit (IMU) within the Division of Quality Improvement was created as part of the initiative to ensure the safety and welfare of individuals with developmental disabilities. The Agency Program Aides will be responsible for:
• Interacting with agencies to meet the requirements of Mental Hygiene Law (MHL) 16.34 and entering statewide data into the system.
• Review the MHL 16.34 database for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Review MHL 16.34 results to assess for accuracy and thoroughness.
• Process Statewide Central Register Database Checks (SCR) for OPWDD Registered Provider Agencies.
• Enter data into the OCFS database for the SCR checks and interact with OCFS representatives.
• Enter data into an internal database of SCR Check Information for tracking and reporting purposes.
• Interact with OPWDD Registered Providers to meet the requirements of the SCR check.
• Direct incident reporting emails received via an OUTLOOK shared mailbox system to assigned internal Incident Management Unit (IMU) staff.
• Upload Letters of Determination (LODs) to their respective Incident Report and Management Application (IRMA) record.
• Enter data into IRMA to capture the upload of the LODs.
• Interact, via IRMA with OPWDD Agencies to advise their LODs have been uploaded.
• Additional duties as assigned.


*Telecommuting to be discussed at time of interview


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Minimum Qualifications Eligible List
Candidates must be reachable for appointment on Current Civil Service Eligible List for this title.

OR

Transfer
Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/c status in the posted title and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 or 70.4 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.

OR

Reassignment
Current Office for People with Developmental Disabilities employees with one year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service as a Program Aide. If you have less than one year, you must be currently reachable on the eligible list.

Additional Comments • The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of DIVISION is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. 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.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
• If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Sarah Keeler

Telephone 5184734785

Fax 518-474-9902

Email Address MainOffice.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov

Address

Street 44 Holland Ave.

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12208

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit a cover letter and resume as an attached PDF or Word document by 4/21/25. Please reference the EOA #2024-095 in all correspondence.