NY HELPS Non-Competitive Minimum Qualifications.

A Bachelor's or higher degree.** Labor Services Representative (Disabled Veterans Outreach Program) will provide and facilitate a full range of employment and training services to veterans, focusing on providing and facilitating intensive services to veterans with significant barriers to employment. They will provide case management services and conduct outreach activities. The incumbent will provide services at other out-station locations as assigned.

Notes on Applying All candidates must submit the following to Labor.sm.personnel.DEWSRecruitment@labor.ny.gov:

A cover letter in Word or PDF format A copy of your resume in Word or PDF format Proof of Bachelors or higher degree, if applicable Copy of your DD214 (must show the discharge status; please note only Member 4 or Service 2 forms will be accepted) Proof of service-connected disability (example: letter from VA is acceptable, please note 55b/c letters cannot be accepted as proof of service-connected disability)

Minimum Qualifications Status as a Veteran* as defined by federal statutes AND

A bachelors or higher degree**, OR

One-year of detailed experience as indicated below:

Detailed Experience: providing employment, reemployment, training and labor market services to job seekers, employers, unions and other interested parties. These activities must include one of the following areas: conducting interviews to evaluate the nature of services desired, obtaining employment histories, identifying barriers to employment and developing solutions to such barriers, providing information about workforce development and training programs and related grants, or reviewing and evaluating workforce development and training services applications.

*Eligibility must be verified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at the time of interview.

Served on active duty for over 180 days for purposes other than training and an honorable discharge or under conditions in the NYS Restoration of Honor Act. A copy of your DD-214 and/or a NYS Restoration of Honor Act letter will be required at the time of interview; or

Was discharged from active duty because of a service-connected disability; or

Was a member of a reserve component in the U.S. Armed Services under an order to active duty during a period of war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is authorized and an honorable discharge or under conditions in the NYS Restoration of Honor Act; or

Was discharged by reason of a sole survivorship discharge.

**Degree must be awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States or its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency.

Hourly LSRs are not eligible for transfer or reassignment.

Preferred Qualifications: Preference in selection will be given to veterans with service-connected disabilities Ability to initiate and maintain relationships across a diverse set of stakeholders.

Reassignment Qualifications (Current Department of Labor Employees only): Current Department of Labor employee with at least one year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55b/c service in a Labor Services Representative (DVOP)/Trainee 1/2 title; if you have less than one year, you must be reachable on the current eligible list for this location if one exists.

New York State Department of Labor

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