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Clerk
Issue Date: 8/18/2025
Closing Date: 9/1/2025
Elizabeth
Responsibilities include:
- Routine repetitive clerical work of a varied nature as a beginner at the entrance level of employment which includes a relatively small proportion of difficult tasks;
- Other related duties as required
Required qualifications:
- Eligibility determinations will be based only upon information presented on the resume along with other supporting documents.
Vocational Rehabilition Counselor 1
Issue Date: 2/7/2025
Closing Date: TBD
Various Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) field offices throughout the State
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinates services for a caseload of clients with disabilities requiring varied rehabilitation, vocational training, and other related services.
- Interviews clients to obtain relevant information regarding medical history, work experience, educational background, interests, and socioeconomic history; disseminates information to clients regarding vocational rehabilitation policies and procedures and other available services.
- Obtains and evaluates relevant documentation for the determination of client eligibility for services according to established federal, state, and agency policies and guidelines.
Required qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, Education, Social Work, Counseling, Special Education, School Guidance, or Psychology, and successful completion of one (1) graduate course in Theories and Techniques of Counseling.
Vocational Rehabilition Counselor 1 Bilingual
Issue Date: 2/7/2025
Closing Date: TBD
Various Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) field offices throughout the State
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinates services for a caseload of clients with disabilities requiring varied rehabilitation, vocational training, and other related services.
- Interviews clients to obtain relevant information regarding medical history, work experience, educational background, interests, and socioeconomic history; disseminates information to clients regarding vocational rehabilitation policies and procedures and other available services.
- Obtains and evaluates relevant documentation for the determination of client eligibility for services according to established federal, state, and agency policies and guidelines.
Required qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, Education, Social Work, Counseling, Special Education, School Guidance, or Psychology, and successful completion of one (1) graduate course in Theories and Techniques of Counseling.
Vocational Rehabilition Counselor 1 Deaf Language Specialist
Issue Date: 2/7/2025
Closing Date: TBD
Various Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) field offices throughout the State
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinates services for a caseload of clients with disabilities requiring varied rehabilitation, vocational training, and other related services.
- Interviews clients to obtain relevant information regarding medical history, work experience, educational background, interests, and socioeconomic history; disseminates information to clients regarding vocational rehabilitation policies and procedures and other available services.
- Obtains and evaluates relevant documentation for the determination of client eligibility for services according to established federal, state, and agency policies and guidelines.
Required qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, Education, Social Work, Counseling, Special Education, School Guidance, or Psychology, and successful completion of one (1) graduate course in Theories and Techniques of Counseling.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Affirmative Action Specialist Trainee
Issue Date: 8/25/2025
Closing Date: 9/8/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
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Accurately and completely monitor a contractor’s labor workforce by both reviewing the contractor’s submissions and by regularly visiting the construction site to ensure that the applicable provisions of the Law Against Discrimination and its regulations, are properly adhered to.
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Recognize those situations in which there may be violations and to promptly advise the supervisory staff so that prompt and meaningful action may be taken.
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Properly and efficiently utilize the Oracle database system to input all reports and other pertinent information.
Required qualifications:
- Four (4) years of professional experience involving the implementation of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action and/or civil rights.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Analyst Trainee
Issue Date: 8/29/2025
Closing Date: 9/12/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Assist in documenting the project's progress for state and federal grant reporting requirements and executive stakeholders
- Conduct research and analyzes trends on initiatives/features/processes affecting department programs or constituents directly from social media channels. Reports findings and provides recommendations for developing a course of action, such as redesigning communications to be more equitable/understandable
- Assist executive and UI Mod Office management in the development of processes, procedures, and policies for the purpose of implementing a consistent methodology in accordance with state and departmental guidelines, policies and directives
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Work with department programs including unemployment insurance, employer accounts, wage and hour, workers compensation, and workforce development, to assist in the development and/or implementation of strategies regarding departmental programs and/or initiatives
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Assist in the development, creation or editing of media strategies and communications. Participates in and initiates meetings, workshops and seminars for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform functions
Required qualifications:
- Four (4) years of professional experience involving the review, analysis, and evaluation of budget, organization, administrative practices, operational methods, management operations, or data processing applications, or any combination thereof, which shall have included responsibility for recommendation, planning, and/or implementation of improvements in a business or government agency.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Contract Administrator 1, OTWS – Office of Special Populations
Issue Date: 8/18/2025
Closing Date: 9/2/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Under the limited supervision of a supervisory official, participates, in the review and administration of various contracts and/or grants; provides technical assistance in the areas of contract and/or grant preparation, monitoring and/or evaluation; provides recommendations for contract/grant approval to supervisory staff; does other related duties.
- These positions will be directly responsible for program administration and implementation statewide and directly responsible for:
- Grant oversight, monitoring and compliance
- Technical Assistant
- Program performance
- Fiscal oversight and accountability
Required qualifications:
- Six (6) years of professional experience involving contract/grant work, project financing, construction management, fiscal administration, social service administration, and/or budget and management operations of a government or business entity, at least one (1) year of which shall have involved responsibility for some aspect of contract/grant administration.
Construction Management Specialist 2
Issue Date: 8/25/2025
Closing Date: 9/8/2025
Various Counties Throughout NJ
Responsibilities include:
- Liaison between Labor, Treasury’s Division of Property Management & Construction (DPMC), and other department/agencies that reside in the facilities.
- Conduct complex analysis and planning of department space needs using program area space planning requests and growth projections to allocate and procure leased space.
- Oversee and monitor project schedules emphasizing timelines of priority for space occupancy for critical services. Monitor the actual construction of new and existing space renovations.
Required qualifications:
- Eight (8) years of professional experience in the field of architecture, engineering, project management, construction contract management, financial contract management, facilities management, construction quality assurance, or related area involving complex building projects, one (1) year of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
Building Management Service Specialist 1
Issue Date: 8/20/2025
Closing Date: 9/3/2025
Various Counties Throughout NJ
Responsibilities include:
- Under the supervision of a Building Management Services Specialist 3 or other supervisory official, completes routine visits to approximately 10 assigned field sites to ensure landlords are compliant with our leases.
- Work with Treasury’s Division of Property Management & Construction (DPMC), Labor management, landlords to address any issues that effects our staff.
- Perform building, space and parking audits.
- Assist to resolve any emergencies that may arise at assigned field sites during work and non-work hours
Required qualifications:
- Five (5) years of professional experience in the coordination and/or implementation of building management programs including building/property operations analysis, program development, organizational and/or fiscal planning, and/or cost efficiency programs, special building service programs, security, or a related field.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Clerk
Issue Date: 8/18/2025
Closing Date: 9/1/2025
Elizabeth
Responsibilities include:
- Routine repetitive clerical work of a varied nature as a beginner at the entrance level of employment which includes a relatively small proportion of difficult tasks;
- Other related duties as required
Required qualifications:
- Eligibility determinations will be based only upon information presented on the resume along with other supporting documents.
Vocational Rehabilition Counselor 1
Issue Date: 2/7/2025
Closing Date: TBD
Various Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) field offices throughout the State
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinates services for a caseload of clients with disabilities requiring varied rehabilitation, vocational training, and other related services.
- Interviews clients to obtain relevant information regarding medical history, work experience, educational background, interests, and socioeconomic history; disseminates information to clients regarding vocational rehabilitation policies and procedures and other available services.
- Obtains and evaluates relevant documentation for the determination of client eligibility for services according to established federal, state, and agency policies and guidelines.
Required qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, Education, Social Work, Counseling, Special Education, School Guidance, or Psychology, and successful completion of one (1) graduate course in Theories and Techniques of Counseling.
Vocational Rehabilition Counselor 1 Bilingual
Issue Date: 2/7/2025
Closing Date: TBD
Various Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) field offices throughout the State
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinates services for a caseload of clients with disabilities requiring varied rehabilitation, vocational training, and other related services.
- Interviews clients to obtain relevant information regarding medical history, work experience, educational background, interests, and socioeconomic history; disseminates information to clients regarding vocational rehabilitation policies and procedures and other available services.
- Obtains and evaluates relevant documentation for the determination of client eligibility for services according to established federal, state, and agency policies and guidelines.
Required qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, Education, Social Work, Counseling, Special Education, School Guidance, or Psychology, and successful completion of one (1) graduate course in Theories and Techniques of Counseling.
Vocational Rehabilition Counselor 1 Deaf Language Specialist
Issue Date: 2/7/2025
Closing Date: TBD
Various Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) field offices throughout the State
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinates services for a caseload of clients with disabilities requiring varied rehabilitation, vocational training, and other related services.
- Interviews clients to obtain relevant information regarding medical history, work experience, educational background, interests, and socioeconomic history; disseminates information to clients regarding vocational rehabilitation policies and procedures and other available services.
- Obtains and evaluates relevant documentation for the determination of client eligibility for services according to established federal, state, and agency policies and guidelines.
Required qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, Education, Social Work, Counseling, Special Education, School Guidance, or Psychology, and successful completion of one (1) graduate course in Theories and Techniques of Counseling.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Affirmative Action Specialist Trainee
Issue Date: 8/25/2025
Closing Date: 9/8/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
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Accurately and completely monitor a contractor’s labor workforce by both reviewing the contractor’s submissions and by regularly visiting the construction site to ensure that the applicable provisions of the Law Against Discrimination and its regulations, are properly adhered to.
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Recognize those situations in which there may be violations and to promptly advise the supervisory staff so that prompt and meaningful action may be taken.
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Properly and efficiently utilize the Oracle database system to input all reports and other pertinent information.
Required qualifications:
- Four (4) years of professional experience involving the implementation of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action and/or civil rights.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Analyst Trainee
Issue Date: 8/29/2025
Closing Date: 9/12/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinate onboarding and other system/technical access requests for both new vendor and state staff working on the UI modernization project, includes coordination with Internal Audit to track security clearances and status of requests
- Manage all informational material requests received by team members within OUIM and OSOP to ensure proper supplies are on hand and up-to-date and that all requests, including those from constituents, employers, etc. are completed on a timely basis
- Manage the submission of issue request tickets in NJDOL’s internal systems (such as Footprints) on behalf of OUIM prior to launching new features or making a system change
- Responsible for travel and reimbursement documentation for all staff within OUIM and OSOP
- Manage calendars and scheduling meetings for the Director/Senior Advisor of OUIM and Director of OSOP
Required qualifications:
- Four (4) years of professional experience involving the review, analysis, and evaluation of budget, organization, administrative practices, operational methods, management operations, or data processing applications, or any combination thereof, which shall have included responsibility for recommendation, planning, and/or implementation of improvements in a business or government agency.
Administrative Assistant 2
Issue Date: 8/29/2025
Closing Date: 9/26/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinate onboarding and other system/technical access requests for both new vendor and state staff working on the UI modernization project, includes coordination with Internal Audit to track security clearances and status of requests
- Manage all informational material requests received by team members within OUIM and OSOP to ensure proper supplies are on hand and up-to-date and that all requests, including those from constituents, employers, etc. are completed on a timely basis
- Manage the submission of issue request tickets in NJDOL’s internal systems (such as Footprints) on behalf of OUIM prior to launching new features or making a system change
- Responsible for travel and reimbursement documentation for all staff within OUIM and OSOP
- Manage calendars and scheduling meetings for the Director/Senior Advisor of OUIM and Director of OSOP
Required qualifications:
- Six (6) years of professional experience in a business or government agency providing administrative support services and/or coordinating work activities.
Secretarial Assistant 1, NS
Issue Date: 8/28/2025
Closing Date: 9/11/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Provides administrative support to office staff working within the inspection and licensing program areas of the MIBB&PVC
- Supports the Bureau Chief by Preparing correspondences and reviewing prepared documents for accuracy
- Tracks assignments and electronic folders, retrieving documents as needed, sending reminders and purging documents when required
- Manages the Chief’s calendar and taking messages as needed
- Handles documents related to the supervision of inspectors, support staff and others; coordinates in-person and virtual meetings, conference calls and other events, booking appointments, and assembling background materials for meetings.
Required qualifications:
- Three (3) years of experience in secretarial and administrative clerical work.
- NOTE: Successful completion of a clerical training program with a minimum of 700 classroom training hours or thirty (30) semester hour credits in secretarial science from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one (1) year of the experience indicated above. Course work must include typing skills, methods, and procedures; other courses may include, but not be limited to, office procedures, word processing, and business English.
Assistant Chief, Mechanical Inspection Bureau Boiler and Pressure Vessel Compliance (Licensing)
Issue Date: 8/13/2025
Closing Date: 9/03/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Provide supervision to Construction Code Inspectors in their daily inspection activities
- Assist the Chief Inspector on the Day-to-Day management of the Bureau
- Develop effective work methods for the MIBB&PVC needs and ensures work assignments are completed
- Conduct settlement conferences for the resolution of penalty assessments to the stakeholders
- Oversee the day-to-day operation of the bureau inspection services
- Attend meetings of the Governors Rules Board and Examining Board
- Draft regulatory changes to the New Jersey Administrative Code for the Examining Board's consideration and proposes changes to Statutory provisions for the Governor's rules board acceptance
- Coordinate safety and health related matters with other State departments such as the Department of Community Affairs, and agencies such as insurance companies and owner-user agencies
- Coordinate the issuance of UCC licenses by the Department of Community Affairs and their renewal of the licenses for MIBB&PV inspectors
Required qualifications:
- See job posting
Assistant Chief, Mechanical Inspection Bureau Boiler and Pressure Vessel Compliance (Inspection)
Issue Date: 8/13/2025
Closing Date: 9/03/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Provide supervision to Construction Code Inspectors in their daily inspection activities
- Assist the Chief Inspector on the Day-to-Day management of the Bureau
- Develop effective work methods for the MIBB&PVC needs and ensures work assignments are completed
- Conduct settlement conferences for the resolution of penalty assessments to the stakeholders
- Oversee the day-to-day operation of the bureau inspection services
- Attend meetings of the Governors Rules Board and Examining Board
- Draft regulatory changes to the New Jersey Administrative Code for the Examining Board's consideration and proposes changes to Statutory provisions for the Governor's rules board acceptance
- Coordinate safety and health related matters with other State departments such as the Department of Community Affairs, and agencies such as insurance companies and owner-user agencies
- Coordinate the issuance of UCC licenses by the Department of Community Affairs and their renewal of the licenses for MIBB&PV inspectors
- See job posting
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Technical Assistant 2
Issue Date: 8/19/2025
Closing Date: 9/2/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Assist in preparing research for reports, prepares reports that include statistical information, as well as make recommendations, and report conclusions and findings.
- Assist in coordinating, gathering, compiling, assembling, analyzing, and interpreting data required by the supervisory official and/or professional staff in completing assigned tasks.
- Independently consult with representatives of private entities, local government officials, members of the public, and other interested parties to exchange information, discuss unusual problems, and develop solutions.
- Review contractual, financial, or other documents for accuracy, appropriateness, and completeness, identifying and resolving claims and processing them in accordance with Wage and Hour laws.
- Assist in reviewing applications for registrations, permits, or licenses to determine eligibility.
- Answer inquiries from the public such as employers and constituents by various medium such as correspondence, telephone, e-mail, and/or fax.
Required qualifications:
- Two (2) years of experience in providing support to functions such as grant/contract compliance monitoring, program monitoring, or fiscal compliance and budgetary assistance and/or providing technical assistance to state and/or local communities or agencies, completing forms or applications, reviewing documents for accuracy and content, resolving complaints, or interpreting rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for the public, and/or others.
There are no open positions at this time.
Management Assistant
Issue Date: 8/25/2025
Closing Date: 9/5/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Under the direction of a manager in a state department, institution, or agency, or within a local government jurisdiction, provide a wide range of administrative services in support of a manager(s) within the area of assignment
- Assist in the coordination of management/administrative activities of an assigned unit or work area
- Other related duties.
Required qualifications:
- Five (5) years of professional experience performing complex administrative support work which must have included the interpretation, verification and/or application of department/agency rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
Contract Administrator 1, OTWS – Office of Special Populations
Issue Date: 8/18/2025
Closing Date: 9/2/2025
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Under the limited supervision of a supervisory official, participates, in the review and administration of various contracts and/or grants; provides technical assistance in the areas of contract and/or grant preparation, monitoring and/or evaluation; provides recommendations for contract/grant approval to supervisory staff; does other related duties.
- These positions will be directly responsible for program administration and implementation statewide and directly responsible for:
- Grant oversight, monitoring and compliance
- Technical Assistant
- Program performance
- Fiscal oversight and accountability
Required qualifications:
- Six (6) years of professional experience involving contract/grant work, project financing, construction management, fiscal administration, social service administration, and/or budget and management operations of a government or business entity, at least one (1) year of which shall have involved responsibility for some aspect of contract/grant administration.
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