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Impaired Driving Program Administrator (Program Planner 3)

Salary

$57,636.80 - $87,734.40 Annually

Location

Des Moines - 50319 - Polk County, IA

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

24-03568

Agency

595 Iowa Department of Public Safety

Opening Date

04/18/2024

Closing Date

5/2/2024 11:59 PM Central

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#LI-POST

Point of Contact

Brett Tjepkes at tjepkes@dps.state.ia.us

To Apply

Applicants are encouraged to attach a cover letter and resume within the NEOGOV application.

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Job Description

The Iowa Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) has a mission to identify traffic safety issues and through partnerships with city, county, state, and local organizations, develop and implement strategies to reduce death and injury on Iowa's roadways using federally funded grants to improve traffic safety in the State of Iowa.

The GTSB is seeking a dedicated staff member to work along-side us as our Impaired Driving Program Administrator.

Primary Responsibilities:

This position serves as the single statewide resource person to assist managerial and program staff regarding impaired driving (defined as alcohol and drugs), for the Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB). Responsibilities include long and short-term program planning, grant development, budget development, and oversight. Duties also include providing technical assistance to grantees and periodic presentations representing the GTSB at local, state, and national highway safety meetings and conferences.

Oversee federally funded highway safety projects to ensure compliance with federal regulations, manage application and contractual process, train and assist grantees, monitor grants for compliance, and review finance claims.

Apply appropriate countermeasures to independently plan and prepare impaired driving programs based on research, data, and priorities for the GTSB.

Independently plan and prepare assigned program area sections of the Highway Safety Plan based on research and interviews with traffic safety stakeholders at the state, regional, and national levels.

• Review grant proposals and concepts that apply to the highway safety plan based on problem identification

• Conduct needs assessments to determine specific problems and priorities to be addressed through grant programs.

• Develop countermeasure strategies targeted at resolving problems indicated by the identification process.

• Develop an evaluation component to measure project outcomes.

• Review grant applications and provide input on changes or revisions necessary to comply with State and Federal requirements.

• Approve final applications for implementation after determining the objectives and activities are consistent with goals stated in the State Highway Safety Plan.

• Manage all aspects of the grant administration process including site selection, development, budgeting, implementation, and on-site monitoring.

  Other Information:

  The selected candidate must have passed a thorough background investigation conducted by Iowa Department of Public Safety investigators before a final letter of employment offer is delivered.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1) Seven years of full-time work experience in the administration or operation/execution (i.e., providing consultation and/or technical assistance to stakeholders, research and analysis, or enforcement of program guidelines/policies/procedures) of a program (i.e., the provision of a service or an administrative oversight/enforcement responsibility).

2) All of the following (a, b, and c):

a. One year of full-time work experience in the administration or operation/execution (i.e., providing consultation and/or technical assistance to stakeholders, research and analysis, or enforcement of program guidelines/policies/procedures) of a program (i.e., the provision of a service or an administrative oversight/enforcement responsibility); and

b. A total of four years of education and full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in any field equals one year of full-time experience; and

c. A total of two years of graduate-level education and full-time experience (as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university course work in any field equals one year of full-time experience.

3) Graduation from an accredited school of law.

4) Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes nine months of full-time work as a Program Planner 2 or twenty-seven months of full-time work as a Program Planner 1.

For additional information, please click on thislink to view the job description (https://das.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/hr/documents/class_and_pay/JobClassDescriptions/ProgramPlanner3-04023-94023.pdf) .

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Do you understand that the answers to all of the following questions must be truthful, honest, and accurate to the best of your ability? Please read all questions and answers thoroughly and make sure you understand them completely.Ensure the answers to your questions match the information filled out on your application and the attachments you have uploaded. If the answers to your questions are inconsistent with your application information or uploaded attachments, you will be given zero points for the question.Knowingly misrepresenting the facts when submitting any information related to an application, examination, certification, appeal, or any other facet of the selection process will result in your disqualification from this application and future employment with the state of Iowa.

• Yes - I understand and agree.

• No

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Have you filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. §611 et seq?

• No - I have NOT filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. §611 et seq

• Yes - I HAVE filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. §611 et seq

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  How many years do you have of full-time work experience performing the administration or operation/execution (i.e., providing consultation and/or technical assistance to stakeholders, research and analysis, or enforcement of program guidelines/policies/procedures) of a program (i.e., the provision of a service or an administrative oversight/enforcement responsibility)?

• No experience

• Less than seven years' in the specified areas

• Seven years' or more in the specified areas

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  Are you a current State of Iowa employee (executive branch)? IF YES - How many months of experience do you have in the classification of Program Planner 1 for the State of Iowa?

• I am not a State of Iowa employee

• I do not have any experience in the classification of Program Planner 1 for the State of Iowa

• Less than 24 months of experience in the classification of Program Planner 1 for the State of Iowa

• 24 to less than 27 months of experience in the classification of Program Planner 1 for the State of Iowa

• 27 months or more of experience in the classification of Program Planner 1 for the State of Iowa

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  Have you graduated from an accredited school of law?

• Yes

• No

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  Are you a current State of Iowa employee (executive branch)? IF YES - How many months of experience do you have in the classification of Program Planner 2 for the State of Iowa?

• I am not a State of Iowa employee

• I do not have any experience in the classification of Program Planner 2 for the State of Iowa

• Less than six months of experience in the classification of Program Planner 2 for the State of Iowa

• Six months to less than nine months of experience in the classification of Program Planner 2 for the State of Iowa

• Nine months or more of experience in the classification of Program Planner 2 for the State of Iowa

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  Do you have ALL of the following: A) One year of full-time work experience in the administration or operation/execution (i.e., providing consultation and/or technical assistance to stakeholders, research and analysis, or enforcement of program guidelines/policies/procedures) of a program (i.e., the provision of a service or an administrative oversight/enforcement responsibility); AND B) A total of four years of post high school/college education and full-time experience (experience as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in any field equals one year of full-time experience; AND C) A total of two years of GRADUATE-level education and full-time experience (experience as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university course work in any field equals one year of full-time experience? *The experience used to count for A, B and C must be separate and unique experience. The same experience CANNOT be counted for A, B and C.

• Yes

• No

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Agency

State of Iowa

Agency

595 Iowa Department of Public Safety

Address

215 E 7th St

Des Moines, Iowa, 50319

Website

https://dps.iowa.gov/

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