Special Education Advisor - Early Intervention

Full Job Description

Are you an outstanding leader who also enjoys collaboration and being part of a team? Would you like to use your talents working in a fast-paced environment in a meaningful career? This Special Education Advisor, Early Intervention position in the Office of Child Development and Early Learning, provides you with an exciting opportunity! We are dedicated to ensuring that children and families of Pennsylvania receive the quality early intervention services they deserve. Discover everything that a career with the Commonwealth can offer you and join us in creating opportunities for Pennsylvania's youngest children to develop to their fullest potential!

Requirements

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) incorporates all the Commonwealth's early childhood care and education programs.

Within this office, the Bureau of Early Intervention Services and Family Supports (BEIS/FS) coordinates Pennsylvania's Infant, Toddler and Preschool Early Intervention (EI) programs.

As an Early Intervention Advisor, you will be responsible for overseeing the quality of services and promoting the integration of Infant, Toddler and Preschool Early Intervention programs.

Work involves providing management, monitoring, and consultative services to ensure implementation of services and programs as well as compliance with state and federal regulations and established departmental rules and regulations.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Acting as a liaison, monitoring, and providing technical assistance for assigned local Early Intervention (EI) programs, serving eligible young children, birth through school age
• Performing program planning, facilitating, and coordinating duties required at the state level in conjunction with the Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC)
• Identifying compliance issues at the regional and state level which impact the provision of services by the Departments of Education and Human Services for eligible young children birth through school age
• Providing guidance to local Early Intervention programs for improvement on federal and state statute and regulations
• Developing, reviewing, and revising statewide policies and procedures related to programs and services for eligible young children.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
• Travel will be required for frequent in-person and routine on-sight monitoring of assignment locations. Individual will primarily be assigned to Northwest counties, intermediate units. Additional travel or assignments are required for the Western and Central Region counties/programs, as necessary.
• Position requires travel mainly in Armstrong, Butler, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, or Warren counties.
• Telework: This position is home headquartered. In order to be home headquartered, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $82,621 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Five years of professional experience in special education including two years as an administrator of a special education program; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes two years as an administrator of a special education program.

Other Requirements:

• This particular position also requires 2 years of full-time special education teaching experience in Early Intervention through Elementary age settings.
• You must reside in or be willing to relocate within 6 months of accepting this position to Armstrong, Butler, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, or Warren County.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.

How to Apply:

Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position.

Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).

If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.

Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.

Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce.

The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania.

The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

Additional Information

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.