Utility Permitting Specialist I (22667)

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience: Determined by the appointing authority.

Job Overview

Summary: Under general direction, is responsible for professional administrative and supervisory work of considerable difficulty in planning, organizing, and facilitating the activities and staff of an Education Service Center; and performs related work as required.

Distinguishing Features: An employee in this class plans, organizes, and facilitates the activities of an Education Service Center. This work involves leadership of a comprehensive technical assistance team in planning, developing, and implementing educational programs, projects, activities, and services and the approval or denial of state and federal "flow through" funds for specific educational programs. This class differs from Educ District Cons Per Specialty in that an incumbent of the latter provides comprehensive assistance to the assigned number of local education agencies' staff and technical expertise within the employee's area(s) of endorsement to all local education agencies within the assigned area. Incumbents in this class report to an Assistant Commissioner responsible for planning, organizing, and directing instructional support services on a statewide basis.

Competencies (KSA's)

• Plans, organizes, and facilitates the activities of an Education Service Center to meet defined educational goals and objectives; organizes staff activities to provide technical assistance to local education agencies in meeting statewide educational goals, and facilitates a comprehensive technical assistance team providing consultative services to local education agency staff in planning, developing, and implementing educational programs, projects, activities, and services.
• Assigns, trains, supervises, and evaluates subordinate professional and clerical staff with Assistant Commissioners; makes decisions on staff development, intention, promotion, demotion, performance evaluation, and other human resources actions with Assistant Commissioners.
• Holds meetings with subordinate consultative staff on a regular basis to meet educational goals and priorities, and to develop a plan of action relative to goals outlined by Assistant Commissioners, and to coordinate the consultative services provided to schools; reviews, analyzes, and approves all staff recommendations for school policy changes, instructional or service improvements, and corrective actions, and assigns staff to regularly scheduled meetings with Assistant Commissioners.
• Participates in regularly scheduled planning sessions with Assistant Commissioners in order to coordinate and maintain consistency with statewide instructional support services.
• Analyzes Education Service Center's organizational needs, operations, and procedures, and makes budgetary decisions affecting improvements in economy, efficiency, and quality in these areas; designs and implements effective office procedures, and identifies staff development needs and arranges for appropriate training to meet these needs.
• Reviews, revises, and/or recommends staff recommendations to appropriate department division; reviews and resolves staff problems with appropriate personnel.
• Establishes and maintains a variety of important and difficult personal contacts with school superintendents, principals, teachers, members of local boards of education, departmental associates, and the public in order to explain, interpret, and enforce pertinent policies, procedures and regulations, and resolve problems with the delivery of consultative services and the implementation of educational programs, activities, and services.
• Manages and participates in the preparation and maintenance of a high volume of complex records and reports including school evaluation reports, contracts, training, instructional and procedural manuals, school approval reports, and administrative and supervisory records; prepares the operating budget for an Education Service Center and reviews and approves all expenditures.
• Implements the approval process for state and federal "flow through" funds.
  
  

State Employee Benefits

Insurance There are a variety of insurance options available to state employees including:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Annual Leave Full-time employees earn annual leave each month at a rated based on years of service as follows:
  
  

Years of Service

• 0 up to 5
• 5 up to 10
• 10 up to 20
• 20 or more
  
  

Annual Leave Earned per Month

• 1 day
• 1 and ½ days
• 1 and ¾ days
• 2 days
  
  

Maximum Allowable days

• 30 days
• 36 days
• 39 days
• 42 days
• Leave earned in excess of the maximum allowable days will be transferred to the employee's sick leave account annually on the employee's anniversary hire date.

• Sick Leave All full-time employees accrue 1 day (7.5 hours) of sick leave per month, provided they work the major portion of that month.
• Bereavement Leave Leave with pay is granted for three days in the event of the death of an employee's spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parents, grandparents, siblings, stepparents, foster parents, or parents-in-law without charge to the employee's leave time. Two additional days of sick leave may be granted to provide a total of five days absence for this purpose.
• Family Medical Leave Allows up to twelve work weeks of leave* each year to eligible employees for certain family and medical reasons. Continued health insurance coverage is provided during the leave period, and the employee is reinstated to the same or an equivalent position once the leave period has ended.
• Leave may or may not be paid leave, depending on individual employee's leave balances for earned leave.

• Parental Leave Parental leave is an absence from work granted any employee who has been employed in state service for at least 12 consecutive months as a full-time employee. Parental leave is a combination of sick, annual, or special leave without pay for a period not to exceed four months following the birth of a child.
• Military Leave Granted in accordance with applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations.
• Holidays Each year, full-time state employees receive 11 holidays off with pay.
• Retirement State employees are automatically members of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System . (TCRS) Employees must accrue 5 years of creditable state service to be vested (guaranteed retirement benefits when age requirements are met). Vested members of TCRS become eligible for service retirement upon completion of 30 years of creditable service or upon attainment of age 60.
• Deferred Compensation Employees may choose to make pre-tax contributions to a variety of investment options through the 401(k) plan or the 457 plan. A minimum $20 monthly contribution is required to participate in the plans. For the 401(k) plan, the state will match the $50 per month minimum contribution. The $50 match policy is evaluated on an annual basis.
• Flexible Benefits Plan Under this program certain specific expenses (e.g.,medical and dental insurance premiums, medical expenses, dependent day care expenses) can be deducted from an employee's paycheck prior to taxes, resulting in a lower taxable income level.
• Higher Education Fee Discounts and Waivers A 25% discount on undergraduate tuition at any state operated institution of higher learning in Tennessee is available to children 23 years of age or under of full time state employees. In addition, full-time state employees with six months of continuous service are eligible to have tuition fees waived for one course per semester at a state institution. For further information on higher education discounts, click on Chapter 1540 on the Secretary of State Rules and Regulations web page.
• Baccalaureate Education System Trust (BEST) Program (BEST) The Baccalaureate Education System Trust (BEST) was created by the Tennessee General Assembly for the purpose of providing Tennessee families with a means to save for their children's future college education costs.
• Wellness Program The State Employee Wellness Program works to increase employees´ knowledge of options for healthier lifestyles through information and events that focus on improving behaviors affecting your health. Some specific benefits offered through the program include health risk assessments, fitness events, smoking cessation programs, and various other benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) EAP is a confidential counseling and referral service for all employees and their dependents. All services are strictly confidential and can be accessed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.