WORKFORCE DEVELOPEMENT TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Grambling State University; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Louisiana Works, a program of the Office of Management and Finance in Baton Rouge, LA, seeks a Workforce Development Technical Specialist to monitor and analyze LWIA activities, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and program guidelines. The role requires familiarity with WP, WIOA, CSBG, and related grants.

The ideal candidate has substantial experience in workforce development or related fields and can develop processes to improve performance and reporting accuracy.

Qualifications

• Competencies include accountability, resource management, critical thinking, effective communication, initiative, active learning, strategic thinking, and working with financial information.

Responsibilities

• Examine financial statements, journals, ledgers, and reports to assess accuracy and reliability of records.
• Compile monthly expenditure and participant reports; analyze program effectiveness and ensure compliance with laws.
• Perform financial reviews and analyze program performance against budgets and requirements.
• Develop standardized processes for continuous performance improvement and assist in writing procedural guidelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and share data; interpret laws for multiple programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Accountability

Resource management

Critical thinking

Communication

Initiative

Learning

Strategic thinking

Financial information

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 3 years experience in workforce development/administrative services/social services

Master’s degree + 2 years experience in workforce development/administrative services/social services

Job description

Office of Management and Finance

Division: Monitoring

Location: Baton Rouge, LA

Louisiana Works transforms lives and drives prosperity by putting people at the center of everything we do. We provide one seamless door where individualized solutions create new possibilities, proving that when government works for people, Louisiana works for everyone.

Learn more about Louisiana Works

Workforce Development Technical Specialist serves a critical role to the mission of Louisiana Works. This highly technical and specialized position involves the monitoring of multiple program areas including tracking, reporting, and analyzing activities of the Louisiana Works Investment Areas (LWIA) in their service to the public ensuring compliance with federal regulations. The incumbent in this position must have extensive knowledge of Wagner Peyser (WP). Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA), Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and various other programs and the relationship of these programs to National Emergency Grants, and other discretionary grant in which sub-recipient contracts are awarded, and other time and mission specific federally funded programs.

Office of Management and Finance (OMF) oversees the agency’s fiscal operations, budgeting, procurement and contracts, human resources, and other key administrative functions. We provide the internal support and oversight needed to ensure efficient, accountable, and transparent agency operations. OMF does not deliver direct services to the public.

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

• Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
• Managing Resources: The ability to manage financial, physical, and contractual resources to ensure compliance and maximize business value.
• Thinking Critically: The ability to analyze information objectively, identify connections across sources, and form logical, well-supported conclusions.
• Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
• Demonstrating Initiative: The ability to assess situations independently and take proactive steps to address them without being prompted or instructed by others.
• Learning Actively: The ability to pursue learning, seek feedback, and integrate new knowledge to improve personal and professional performance.
• Thinking Strategically: The ability to anticipate trends, understand context, and align actions with long-term priorities.
• Working with Financial Information: The ability to interpret financial data, manage financial approvals, and ensure compliance to support informed decisions and promote transparency.

• Six years of experience in workforce development, administrative services, or social services; OR
• Six years of full-time experience in any field plus three years of experience in workforce development, administrative services, or social services; OR
• A bachelor's degree plus three years of experience in workforce development, administrative services, or social services; OR
• A master's degree plus two years of experience in workforce development, administrative services, or social services.

Experience Substitution

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Details

• Examine financial statements journals, ledgers, monthly and quarterly financial reports, receipts, invoices, statements, charge memoranda, fee slips, and other individual financial transactions in reviewing information reported by monitored entity. Inspect cash control records, payroll records, bank accounts, assets, liabilities, bidding procedures, inventories disbursements, cancelled checks, and like to ascertain validity of information reported by monitored entity and to determine dependability of its recordkeeping and reporting practices.
• Compile monthly expenditure and participant reports. Research, analyze, and interpret statistical data on program effectiveness. Monitor expenditure to ensure they are in compliance with applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations.
• Perform financial reviews and analysis of those reviews based upon: expenditure reports, Fund Utilization Report (FUR), drawdowns, and budget. Review and analyze program performance outcome requirements for programs administered by the Office of Workforce Development.
• Assist in developing standardized processes that lead to continuous performance improvement in developing training and technical assistance models that are tailored to individuals and specific shortfalls determined during the monitoring process. Assist as necessary in the writing of procedural guidelines and/or instructions for the field and advise leadership of any procedural changes or modifications to policies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions, processes and data sharing. Perform program development by interpreting law, statutes and regulations for multiple programs. Apply laws, statutes and regulations to program changes. Fully support all federal and state policies and guidelines as they pertain to workforce services.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Position Specific Details

Location: Baton Rouge, LA

Appointment Type: Probational / Job Appointment / Promotional / Detail to Special Duty