CHILD DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT

Department of Social Services; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT: Publicly

100 percent discount on public transit

100 percent reimbursement on transit

Vanpool 100 percent reimbursement

Job summary

Department of Social Services seeks a Child Development Consultant to lead quality program implementation, travel extensively for site visits, and provide technical assistance across the state. You will collaborate with multiple units, contractors, and partners to ensure compliance and improve service delivery.

The role emphasizes leadership, program oversight, and capacity building in subsidized childcare and development programs with a focus on quality outcomes for children.

Qualifications

• Experience in child care and development programs.
• Experience providing administrative oversight, contract monitoring, and staff training.
• Experience reviewing budgets, enrollment projections, audits, and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Travel extensively (over 50%) for fieldwork to conduct site visits and interact with contracting agencies.
• Provide training, technical assistance, and statutory/regulatory guidance to field staff and partners.
• Monitor program operations, compliance, and quality in subsidized child care and development programs.
• Collaborate with multiple program units, managers, and external partners to improve service delivery.

Job description

Job Description and Duties

This is a re-post. If you previously applied, there is no need to re-apply as your application is on file and will be considered.

Under the direction of the Bureau Chief /Education Administrator I of the Program Quality and Improvement North Bureau in the CCDD, the Child Development Consultant works cooperatively with program units and managers throughout the CDSS. The incumbent is responsible for working collaboratively with various early child care and development programs funded by federal and/or state funds. The incumbent serves in an educational leadership role for promoting quality child development program implementation at the local, regional, and state levels. Extensive travel exceeding 50% is required for fieldwork in this position to conduct site visits to a region, interact with contracting agencies for assessing programs, monitoring compliance and completing reports in collaboration with other staff, attend meetings to address challenges, present training locally to the field to provide statutory and regulatory guidance, technical assistance and support, and other work related purposes.

Minimum Requirements

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

Special Requirements

Do not include any confidential information on any documents (i.e., application, resume, or transcripts) you submit for this job vacancy. Confidential information that should be excluded or removed from these documents include but is not limited to: Social Security Number (SSN), birthday and/or age, photos, student/other ID number, driver’s license number (unless required), basis of eligibility, exam results, LEAP status, and marital status. Confidential information submitted via a CalCareer Account (electronic application) is automatically redacted upon submission.

The Statement of Qualifications must be no more than two pages in length, size 12-point Arial font. The Statement of Qualifications must be no more than two pages in length, size 12 point Arial font.

Responses should be clear, concise, and based on the applicant's own professional experience. Please include specific examples that demonstrate your role, actions taken, results achieved, collaboration with others, leadership approach, and ability to manage complex or competing priorities.

• Describe your professional experience in the child care and development field, including your knowledge of subsidized childcare and development programs, program operations, service delivery, and coordination with agencies, contractors’ families, or community partners.
• Describe your experience providing administrative oversight, program leadership, contract monitoring, technical assistance, training or staff development for CDSS- contracted child care and development program types, subsidized child care programs, or comparable publicly funded programs. Include how you support staff or parters in understanding policy guidance, funding terms and conditions, program requirements, compliance expectations, and quality early learning and care environments for young children.
• Describe your experience reviewing, preparing, or monitoring budgets, enrollment projections, earnings, audits, internal controls, documentation, program quality, continuous improvement plans, or other accountability-related information. Include how you identified issues or risks, provided guidance to staff or partners, and supported resolution.

If you are meeting minimum qualifications with education, you must include your unofficial transcripts for verification. If selected, you may be required to provide official transcripts at the time of hire. Candidates who reside outside of the State of California may be admitted to the job interview, but they must provide proof of residence in California prior to being eligible for appointment.

Final Filing Date:10/26/2026

Who May Apply

Individuals who are currently in the classification, eligible for lateral transfer, eligible for reinstatement, have list or LEAP eligibility, are in the process of obtaining list eligibility, or have SROA and/or Surplus eligibility (please attach your letter, if available). SROA and Surplus candidates are given priority; therefore, individuals with other eligibility may be considered in the event no SROA or Surplus candidates apply.

Applications will be screened and only the most qualified applicants will be selected to move forward in the selection process. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications stated in the Classification Specification(s).

Benefits

• TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT: Public transit (mass transit) passes.
• 100 percent discount on public transit passes sold by state agencies, up to the monthly exclusion amount provided by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
• 100 percent reimbursement on public transit passes purchased by state employees, up to the monthly exclusion amount provided by the IRS.
• Vanpool drivers and riders: 100 percent reimbursement on the monthly fee, up to the monthly exclusion amount provided by the IRS.

Benefit information can be found on thewebsite and thewebsite.

Contact Information

The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position or application process.

Hiring Unit Contact: Pamela Chavez

Please direct requests for Reasonable Accommodations to the interview scheduler at the time the interview is being scheduled. You may direct any additional questions regarding Reasonable Accommodations or Equal Employment Opportunity for this position(s)to the Department's EEO Office.

EEO Contact: EEO Office

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Personal Leave Program (PLP) 2025

Personal Leave Program (PLP) 2025 - Salaries do not reflect reductions from the Personal Leave Program, please see the applicable for additional information on the length and percentage of reductions.