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There are no open positions at this time.
Mediator 1 TES
Issue Date: 7/24/2026
Closing Date: 8/7/2026
Newark
Responsibilities include:
- Mediating all aspects of the collective bargaining process, including initiating cooperative efforts and guiding negotiations.
- Mediating grievances in the form of discharge and disciplinary actions, as well as disputes over contract interpretation.
- Preparing written recommendations, under appropriate circumstances and as requested by the parties, for resolution of grievances.
- Providing oversight of union officer elections, including nominations meetings.
- Supervising contract ratifications.
- Overseeing administration of card checks and other representation proceedings.
- Fulfilling other related duties of the State Board of Mediation.
Required qualifications:
- Six (6) years of comprehensive experience in the negotiating, implementing, and administration of a labor agreement in industrial, business, government, education, or labor organization. Experience accrued as an elected or appointed labor union official will be acceptable if such experience includes grievance handling, arbitration, and contract
negotiation.
There are no open positions at this time.
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 1
Issue Date: 3/10/2026
Closing Date: 9/10/2026
Statewide
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinate services for a caseload of clients with disabilities requiring varied rehabilitation, vocational training, and other related services.
- Interview 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.
- Obtain and evaluate 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, sociology, or psychology.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Auditor Accountant Trainee
Issue Date: 7/21/2026
Closing Date: 8/4/2026
Location: Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Preparation of financial statements; forecasting, accounting, reporting, and processing of expenditures.
- Preparation of quarterly reports for federal programs.
- Active participation in financial audits.
- Meeting with program managers to discuss financial performance.
Required qualifications:
- Four (4) years of professional experience in work involving fiscal analyses and evaluation, budgeting, and management operations in government, business, and/or a management consulting firm, including or supplemented by twenty-one (21) semester-hour credits in any combination of Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or Finance course
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Clerk
Issue Date: 7/14/2026
Closing Date: 7/28/2026
Location: Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Answer incoming calls to the IT Customer Support Help Desk.
- Gather information from customers regarding IT issues.
- Create ServiceNow incident tickets.
- Provide courteous customer service and respond to general inquiries.
- Perform routine clerical duties.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Required qualifications:
- Eligibility determinations will be based only upon information presented on the resume along with other supporting documents. Applicants who possess a degree from a college or university outside the United States must provide an evaluation of the transcripts from a recognized evaluation service at the time of submission. Failure to do so may result in your ineligibility.
Auditor Accountant Trainee
Issue Date: 6/30/2026
Closing Date: 7/28/2026
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Under general supervision, as a trainee and productive worker involved in field and office audits, and/or keeping financial records and reports in a state department, institution, or agency.
- Assists in performing financial and operational audits; audits the effectiveness and efficiency of agency systems and procedures identifying areas for further investigation and utilizing quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Makes evaluations and recommendations; conducts meetings with fiscal personnel concerning audits of grants including financial and compliance.
- Field work requirements include travel within the State of New Jersey only and will consist of approximately four to eight non-consecutive weeks each year.
Required qualifications:
- Applicants must meet one of the following or a combination of both experience and education. Thirty (30) semester hour credits are equal to one (1) year of relevant experience.
- Four (4) years of professional experience in accounting or auditing experience, including or supplemented by twenty-one (21) semester-hour credits in professional accounting courses which may include courses in municipal or government accounting.
- Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by twenty-one (21) semester hour credits in professional accounting courses which may include courses in municipal or government accounting.
- Possession of a valid Certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or Registration as a Public Accountant issued by the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Executive Director
Issue Date: 7/17/2026
Closing Date: 7/31/2026
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Providing supervision over the office, building, leading, and mentoring modernization teams and project staff to achieve strategic objectives.
- The Executive Director will develop and execute a comprehensive UI modernization strategy aligned with organizational goals.
- This role engages end-users to gather requirements and feedback, ensuring that modernization initiatives address real-world operational challenges and user experiences.
- Present progress reports to senior leadership, providing transparent updates on project status, milestones achieved, and anticipated outcomes.
Required qualifications:
- Five (5) years of experience in the administration and management of a program to develop and implement policy in a public or private organization.
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.
Employment Service Trainee
Issue Date: 7/24/2026
Closing Date: 8/7/2026
Location: Statewide
Responsibilities include:
- As a Trainee and productive worker in a local employment office, does work involved in interviewing and classifying job applicants for employment.
- Makes field and office investigations to determine applicant eligibility for employment disability benefits and/or unemployment insurance.
- Assists in making investigations involved in observance of Title 34, New Jersey Statutes, or in administration of sections of the Prevailing Wage Act for which the office is responsible
- Other related duties as require.
Required qualifications:
- Four (4) years of professional experience in identifying and investigating violations in a field of specific regulatory conditions, interpreting and applying these regulations and making recommendations based on findings.
There are no open positions at this time.
Assistant Division Director
Issue Date: 6/11/2026
Closing Date: 7/24/2026
Location: Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Compliance Monitoring: Ensure that all OTWS operations adhere to federal and state regulations. This involves staying updated on relevant laws, conducting regular audits, and implementing necessary changes to maintain compliance.
- Operational Oversight: Assist the Director in managing day-to-day operations of the OTWS. This includes coordinating with various departments, supervising staff, and ensuring that services are delivered efficiently and effectively.
- Policy Development: Collaborate with the Director to develop and revise policies that support workforce transition initiatives. This includes researching best practices, analyzing data, and drafting policy proposals.
- Strategic Planning: Aid in the development and implementation of strategic plans to enhance the effectiveness of workforce transition services. This involves setting goals, identifying resources, and tracking progress.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a liaison between the OTWS and external stakeholders, including government agencies, community organizations, and employers. This includes facilitating partnerships, attending meetings, and representing the office in various forums.
- Program Evaluation: Conduct evaluations of workforce transition programs to assess their impact and effectiveness. This includes collecting data, analyzing results, and recommending improvements.
- Training and Development: Oversee staff training and professional development initiatives to ensure that team members have the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their roles effectively.
- Budget Management: Assist in managing the budget for OTWS programs and initiatives. This includes monitoring expenditures, forecasting financial needs, and ensuring that resources are allocated appropriately.
- Reporting: Prepare and present reports on the performance of OTWS programs to the Director and other stakeholders. This includes compiling data, identifying trends, and highlighting successes and challenges.
There are no open positions at this time.
Mediator 1 TES
Issue Date: 7/24/2026
Closing Date: 8/7/2026
Newark
Responsibilities include:
- Mediating all aspects of the collective bargaining process, including initiating cooperative efforts and guiding negotiations.
- Mediating grievances in the form of discharge and disciplinary actions, as well as disputes over contract interpretation.
- Preparing written recommendations, under appropriate circumstances and as requested by the parties, for resolution of grievances.
- Providing oversight of union officer elections, including nominations meetings.
- Supervising contract ratifications.
- Overseeing administration of card checks and other representation proceedings.
- Fulfilling other related duties of the State Board of Mediation.
Required qualifications:
- Six (6) years of comprehensive experience in the negotiating, implementing, and administration of a labor agreement in industrial, business, government, education, or labor organization. Experience accrued as an elected or appointed labor union official will be acceptable if such experience includes grievance handling, arbitration, and contract
negotiation.
There are no open positions at this time.
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 1
Issue Date: 3/10/2026
Closing Date: 9/10/2026
Statewide
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinate services for a caseload of clients with disabilities requiring varied rehabilitation, vocational training, and other related services.
- Interview 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.
- Obtain and evaluate 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, sociology, or psychology.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Auditor Accountant Trainee
Issue Date: 7/21/2026
Closing Date: 8/4/2026
Location: Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Preparation of financial statements; forecasting, accounting, reporting, and processing of expenditures.
- Preparation of quarterly reports for federal programs.
- Active participation in financial audits.
- Meeting with program managers to discuss financial performance.
Required qualifications:
- Four (4) years of professional experience in work involving fiscal analyses and evaluation, budgeting, and management operations in government, business, and/or a management consulting firm, including or supplemented by twenty-one (21) semester-hour credits in any combination of Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or Finance course
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Clerk
Issue Date: 7/14/2026
Closing Date: 7/28/2026
Location: Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Answer incoming calls to the IT Customer Support Help Desk.
- Gather information from customers regarding IT issues.
- Create ServiceNow incident tickets.
- Provide courteous customer service and respond to general inquiries.
- Perform routine clerical duties.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Required qualifications:
- Eligibility determinations will be based only upon information presented on the resume along with other supporting documents. Applicants who possess a degree from a college or university outside the United States must provide an evaluation of the transcripts from a recognized evaluation service at the time of submission. Failure to do so may result in your ineligibility.
Auditor Accountant Trainee
Issue Date: 6/30/2026
Closing Date: 7/28/2026
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Under general supervision, as a trainee and productive worker involved in field and office audits, and/or keeping financial records and reports in a state department, institution, or agency.
- Assists in performing financial and operational audits; audits the effectiveness and efficiency of agency systems and procedures identifying areas for further investigation and utilizing quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Makes evaluations and recommendations; conducts meetings with fiscal personnel concerning audits of grants including financial and compliance.
- Field work requirements include travel within the State of New Jersey only and will consist of approximately four to eight non-consecutive weeks each year.
Required qualifications:
- Applicants must meet one of the following or a combination of both experience and education. Thirty (30) semester hour credits are equal to one (1) year of relevant experience.
- Four (4) years of professional experience in accounting or auditing experience, including or supplemented by twenty-one (21) semester-hour credits in professional accounting courses which may include courses in municipal or government accounting.
- Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by twenty-one (21) semester hour credits in professional accounting courses which may include courses in municipal or government accounting.
- Possession of a valid Certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or Registration as a Public Accountant issued by the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
There are no open positions at this time.
Executive Director
Issue Date: 7/17/2026
Closing Date: 7/31/2026
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Providing supervision over the office, building, leading, and mentoring modernization teams and project staff to achieve strategic objectives.
- The Executive Director will develop and execute a comprehensive UI modernization strategy aligned with organizational goals.
- This role engages end-users to gather requirements and feedback, ensuring that modernization initiatives address real-world operational challenges and user experiences.
- Present progress reports to senior leadership, providing transparent updates on project status, milestones achieved, and anticipated outcomes.
Required qualifications:
- Five (5) years of experience in the administration and management of a program to develop and implement policy in a public or private organization.
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.
Employment Service Trainee
Issue Date: 7/24/2026
Closing Date: 8/7/2026
Location: Statewide
Responsibilities include:
- As a Trainee and productive worker in a local employment office, does work involved in interviewing and classifying job applicants for employment.
- Makes field and office investigations to determine applicant eligibility for employment disability benefits and/or unemployment insurance.
- Assists in making investigations involved in observance of Title 34, New Jersey Statutes, or in administration of sections of the Prevailing Wage Act for which the office is responsible
- Other related duties as require.
Required qualifications:
- Four (4) years of professional experience in identifying and investigating violations in a field of specific regulatory conditions, interpreting and applying these regulations and making recommendations based on findings.
There are no open positions at this time.
Assistant Division Director
Issue Date: 6/11/2026
Closing Date: 7/24/2026
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Compliance Monitoring: Ensure that all OTWS operations adhere to federal and state regulations. This involves staying updated on relevant laws, conducting regular audits, and implementing necessary changes to maintain compliance.
- Operational Oversight: Assist the Director in managing day-to-day operations of the OTWS. This includes coordinating with various departments, supervising staff, and ensuring that services are delivered efficiently and effectively.
- Policy Development: Collaborate with the Director to develop and revise policies that support workforce transition initiatives. This includes researching best practices, analyzing data, and drafting policy proposals.
- Strategic Planning: Aid in the development and implementation of strategic plans to enhance the effectiveness of workforce transition services. This involves setting goals, identifying resources, and tracking progress.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a liaison between the OTWS and external stakeholders, including government agencies, community organizations, and employers. This includes facilitating partnerships, attending meetings, and representing the office in various forums.
- Program Evaluation: Conduct evaluations of workforce transition programs to assess their impact and effectiveness. This includes collecting data, analyzing results, and recommending improvements.
- Training and Development: Oversee staff training and professional development initiatives to ensure that team members have the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their roles effectively.
- Budget Management: Assist in managing the budget for OTWS programs and initiatives. This includes monitoring expenditures, forecasting financial needs, and ensuring that resources are allocated appropriately.
- Reporting: Prepare and present reports on the performance of OTWS programs to the Director and other stakeholders. This includes compiling data, identifying trends, and highlighting successes and challenges.
Chief Employment and Training
Issue Date: 6/11/2026
Closing Date: 7/24/2026
Trenton
Responsibilities include:
- Management and Supervision: Assist in managing employment and training services, supervise WFNJ staff, develop programs and expand participant services for TANF, SNAP, and SNAP Steps.
Relationship Building: Establish and promote relationships with WDB, SETC, GSETA, local and private agencies to provide employability development services. - Compliance and Reporting: Ensure programs meet federal and state performance goals, maintain communication with supervisory staff, and manage dashboards and reports for project and budget oversight.
- Funding Oversight: Manage a significant budget of $77 million in state and federal funding to implement programs aimed at creating employment opportunities for vulnerable populations.
- Critical Role in Expansion: The position is critical for maintaining program compliance and expansion, especially given the current understaffing and increased responsibilities as federal legislation continues to change.
Required qualifications:
- Nine (9) years of professional experience in the review, planning, or management of workforce readiness or employability enhancement services, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
Employment & Training Specialist 2
Issue Date: 7/21/2026
Closing Date: 8/4/2026
Statewide
Responsibilities include:
- Under the direction of a Supervisor, Employment and Training Programs or other supervisor within Workforce New Jersey, has state-wide responsibility for conducting the work involved in planning, coordinating, implementing, and reviewing employment and training programs.
- Plans and directs one or more of the special program services or special research and workforce development efforts.
- Related work as required.
Required qualifications:
- Seven (7) years of professional experience in the development, implementation, or coordination of a multi-phase employment and training program in a public or private agency.
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