Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience*; 3 years of which must have been at a supervisory level.
Substitutions: Four years of experience, or two years of experience and an Associate’s Degree, may substitute for a Bachelor’s degree.

• Relevant experience includes experience working with immigrant populations, workforce development, human resources, and project or program management.

Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to initiate and maintain relationships across a diverse set of stakeholders.

As a Workforce Transition Coordinator, the responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Help oversee day-to-day operations of a state-wide job transition program impacting

thousands of individuals

• Work with Department staff to help fund, develop and/or implement training programs

and outreach activities that promote programs and services

• Help establish program goals, policies, and procedures
• Engage high-level stakeholders across New York City and New York State to establish

and monitor training programs

• Help prioritize funding decisions based on program capacity and worker availability
• Collaborate with other division leaders regarding programs with interdivisional overlap
• Serve as a senior advisor to executive management on projects and programs and

provide status updates

• Collaborate and maintain relationships with other government, education, community

and non-profit partners to ensure programs are delivered in a coordinated manner

• Represent the Department in public presentations, career fairs and other events
• Ensure programs meet performance benchmarks are achieved, identify deficiencies and

implement corrective action

• Identify barriers to the success of programs and propose solutions to leadership
• Monitor media reports, press releases and social media to stay on top of program impact

and potential barriers

• Prepare reports and make recommendations on program successes and operations.
• Work closely with information technology staff to establish and update technology

systems used as part of these programs