Departmental Specialist 13

Full Job Description

At the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, we are laser-focused on improving opportunities and outcomes for Michiganders from preschool to postsecondary.

From connecting more families with quality child care and prek programs to making it more affordable to earn a skill certificate or college degree, we are helping more people make it in Michigan.

MiLEAP was created by Governor Whitmer in July 2023 and is the newest department in the State of Michigan. Visit Michigan.gov/MiLEAP to learn more about our work and consider applying to join a team working to make Michigan a better place to grow up, learn, live, work, and play.

This position will support the office’s overall communications needs across multiple programmatic areas, with an emphasis on working in close collaboration with the MiLEAP communications staff, providing accurate program information for outreach staff, helping to design communications with key stakeholders, including program partners, participants, and grantees, and designing program implementation and monitoring guidance. The specialist collaborates proactively with leadership and subject matter experts throughout the office daily, as well as external partners and stakeholders accordingly, to identify the need for, develop and execute strategic communications strategies and plans. Responsibilities also include tracking, measuring, and reporting goal attainment of all communications strategies and plans up to OHE and MiLEAP leadership.

Position Description

Requirements

This position generally requires the education acquired through the possession of a bachelor's degree in any major.

Four years of professional experience, including two years equivalent to the experienced (P11) level or one year equivalent to the advanced (12) level.

Specific information on the education and experience required for different class levels is in the job specification for the Departmental Specialist class.

Additional Information

Please attach your resume, cover letter, and applicable official transcripts to your application.

An official transcript must bear the college/university certification (e.g., seal, logo, watermark, and /or letterhead), Registrar's signature, and date.

A transcript with these requirements, with the stamp "Issued to Student" is accepted as an official transcript. Unofficial transcripts will NOT be accepted.

An unofficial transcript is: (1) an internet copy printed from the college/university student web account; (2) a transcript stamped with "Student Copy," and (3) a transcript that is labeled as "Unofficial." The official transcript must be scanned and attached to the electronic NEOGOV Civil Service application with one of the following file extensions: pdf, doc, docx, txt, or rft.

Degree certificates are not accepted. When attaching transcripts, please name the college/university for each transcript attached.