Description of Work

• Facilitating operations of the Council, including management of budgetary and financial responsibilities as necessary.
• Planning and coordinating activities with State agencies and units.
• Facilitating and documenting the flow of sandbox applications.
• Communicating with sandbox participants and NC Council members.
• Organizing and facilitating the NC Innovation Council meetings and decisions and preparing reports upon request of the Council.
• Ensuring compliance with open meetings requirements, including preparation and keeping of minutes of all Council meetings and preparing and publishing required notices for all meetings.
• Responding to telephone, email, and mailed inquiries relating to the Innovation Council from members of the public, sandbox applicants, media outlets, elected officials, and other governmental agencies, including responding to public records requests.
• Serving as the Administrative Rules Coordinator for the Council, preparing and revising administrative rules and coordinating and conducting the periodic review and administrative rules readoption process.
• Serving as Legislative and Ethics Liaison for the Council before the State Ethics Commission.
• Conducting special projects as directed by the Council.
• Representing the NC Innovation Council before the public, the legislature, and other entities to communicate the mission of the Council and generate interest in the regulatory sandbox, and developing materials that encourage participation including management of the Council website and other methods of information delivery.

Incentives of NC State Employment
We value our employees and offer a wide variety of competitive and family-friendly benefits. Benefits to include:

• 12 Annual paid Holidays
• North Carolina State Health Plan administered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
• Supplemental Benefits including Flexible Spending Accounts, Accident Insurance, Cancer & Specified Disease, Critical Illness, Dental and Vision
• NC State Retirement (TSERS)
• WeSave Employee Discounts

Learn more about new hire resources, safety, health, and wellness information, leave options, employee discounts and more by selecting the link below:
https://oshr.nc.gov/state-employee-resources/benefits

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies

Qualified candidates must document on the application that they possess all of the following:

• Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of public and business administration and innovation, startup communities, new product offerings, and entrepreneurship.
• Considerable knowledge of human resources, purchasing, budget and accounting practices and procedures as related to innovation, startup communities, new product offerings, and entrepreneurship.
• Considerable operational and policy knowledge related to of statutes, rules, and policies that are relevant to Council functions.
• Skill in managing a staff of professional and support positions to achieve program goals.
• Skill in program analysis and evaluation.
• Ability to select, train, and supervise employees engaged in specific program or operational area.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with associates, other State officials and the general public.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Supplemental and Contact Information

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  Applicants seeking Veteran's Preference must attach a DD-214 Member-4 Form (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to their applications.
• Applicants seeking National Guard Preference must attach a NGB 23A (RPAS) if they are a current member of the NC National Guard in good standing. If a former member of the NC National Guard who served for at least 6 years and was discharged under honorable conditions, they must attach either a DD256 or NGB 22.
• Applicants requesting and receiving an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are eligible to submit paper applications via mail or by fax.

Tiffany Harrell
Classification and Compensation Consultant
North Carolina Department of Commerce