MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered four-year college or university with Bachelors Degree AND EITHER:

(a) Six years of satisfactory full-time paid experience in a health, education or social agency, four years of which must have been in a satisfactory administrative or supervisory capacity;  OR

(b) Six years of responsible full-time paid experience in an administrative or management position, where there is responsibility for planning, directing and coordinating the work of a substantial staff working in several units or performing several separate functions; OR

(c) Experience as a local social services commissioner:  Each year of experience as a chief executive officer of a social services district, within six years immediately preceding the date on which appointed, shall be the equivalent of two years of the above prescribed experience; OR

(d)  Post graduate training:  Post-graduate study in a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university specifically in social work, public administration, hospital administration, educational administration or business administration, shall be the equivalent , on a year for year basis up to two years, of the above prescribed experience.  However, no such post-graduate training, shall be the equivalent of the four years of administrative or supervisory experience required in (a)above.

Tompkins County is Committed to Equity and Inclusion. We encourage those with similar values to apply.

APPOINTMENT TO THE POSITION:  Appointments to the title of Commissioner of Social Services shall be for a term of five years, pursuant to New York State law and the Tompkins County Charter and Code. Appointments are subject to the approval of the New York State Offices of Temporary and Disability Assistance.  The position is in the non-competitive class of civil service.  No civil service test is required.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

This position is considered to be a public officer.  Pursuant to Article 3 of the NYS Public Officers law, the holder of this position must be a United States citizen and a resident of Tompkins County.