MANAGER 2 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY  
  DEFINITION:
 Under direction of a Department Senior Executive Service Director  or  other supervisory official, may coordinate/administer a major  work  program in any of the following areas:  Administration  and  Program    Operation,   Policy   and   Planning,   Finance    and  Administration,  Interagency  Coordination,  Communications   and  Public   Affairs,  Capital  Policy  and  Programming;  recommends  formulation  and revisions of policy, regulations, methodologies,  procedures,  and  strategies  to  achieve  organizational  goals;  performs  related  managerial workload assignments  as  required;  does other related duties as required.
 NOTE:  The  examples of work for this title are for illustrative  purposes  only.  A particular position using this title  may  not  perform all duties listed in this job specification.  Conversely,  all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
  EXAMPLES OF WORK:
 Coordinates department-wide  program/projects to ensure   that desired outputs are attained consistent with  gubernatorial/legislative mandates.
 Chairs  various committees  formulated  to  deal  with  issues  resulting from legislative mandates or legitimate demands imposed  by various entities/organizations.
 Coordinates  development/implementation of policy and  procedures  designed  to accomplish broad-based goals/objectives assigned  to  the Director.
 May  coordinate activities of operating divisions,  task  forces,  and administrative realignment activities.
 Assigns  staff  to  projects  in  accord  with  specific   needs,  available resources, present workload, and assigned priorities.
 Reviews  projects  to determine status, nature of  findings, and  need for direction/realignment of priorities.
 Provides expertise/assistance to operating divisions in development    and productivity improvement of objectives and implementation thereof.
 Coordinates  review of administrative programmatic activities  to  determine  program efficiency and necessary course of  action  to  implement remediation of identified ineffective practices.
 Recommends  formulation/revision of  department/division  policy,  procedures,  or  practices  to achieve applicable  administrative  goals.
 May  function as principal adviser for a Director/Deputy Director  (department or operating division) as determined by the  Attorney  General  or  his/her  designee to appraise  specific  program(s),  identified issues, or policy.
 Plans,  organizes, and manages evaluation of programmatic  goals,  short  and  long  term  priorities, and objectives  to  determine  degree  of  effectiveness  and  to  identify  programming  needs,  specific problems, values, and achievements.
 Ensures  consistency within policy administration, resolution  of  conflicts   between/among   programs   and   organizations,   and  cooperation between various programmatic activities.
 Participates  as member of the policy, planning,  and  management  teams  for  the  purpose of developing and  implementing  overall  division/department   policies,   procedures,    and    programs,  particularly  where  there is a need to  integrate  complimentary  initiatives   between  various  functional  areas  of   operating  divisions and the Office of the Attorney General.
 Assesses  training needs of the workforce necessary to accomplish  program  objectives,  and targets technical, administrative,  and  management training needs on a semiannual basis.
 Reviews  and  approves  for submission to the  assigned  Director  budgetary items and/or grant applications for programmatic  areas  related to assigned division.
 Manages  as  a  work  operation  and  functional  programs  of  a  component  within  the  department, and  has  responsibility  for  employee evaluation and for effectively recommending the  hiring,  retention,    reassignment,   fairing,    promoting,    demoting,  disciplining, and or training of employees.
 Reviews,  evaluates,  and advises superiors on  proposed/existing  state/federal  legislation,  policies,  rules,  regulations,  and  procedures  relating to work effectiveness  or  conflict  of  the  assigned division or component.
 Coordinates external interface activities including processing of  information,  negotiating priorities, commitments, and  so  forth  within and external to the specific organization assigned.
 Identifies significant program deficiencies and/or policy issues,  and   coordinates   the  planning  or  analytical   studies   and  preparation of reports/recommendations designed to define program  monitoring  and  evaluation of conflicts/issues and  effectuating  appropriate remedy.
 Evaluates  as  a  component's program(s) goals,  operations,  and  performance  as required, and develops and implements alternative  policy/procedures to improve performance and meet defined  stated  program objectives.
 Coordinates preparation of concise, detailed, informative reports  of  statistical, financial, enhancement, or other related reports  containing facts, findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
 Will  be required to train subordinates to utilize various  types  of electronic and/or manual recording and information/systems and  software applications utilized by the agency, office, or  related  units.
 Will  be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic  and/or  manual  recording and information  systems  used  by  the  agency, office, or related units.
  REQUIREMENTS:
NOTE: Applicants must meet one of the following or a combination of both experience and education. Thirty (30) semester hour credits are equal to one (1) year of relevant experience.
Nine (9) years of professional experience in program management, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
OR
Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; and five (5) years of the above-mentioned professional experience, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
OR
Possession of a master's degree in various fields of study relevant to human resources, administration, management, business and commerce,  public  affairs,  accounting  and  finance,  data processing/computer sciences, or related fields denoting program management and concepts; and four (4) years of the above-mentioned professional experience, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
NOTE: " Professional experience" refers to work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the authority to act according to one's own judgement and make accurate and informed decisions. 
LICENSE:
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES: 
 Knowledge of current management concepts/practices.
 Knowledge   of  principles/practices/procedures  of  supervision,  employee motivation, and performance evaluation.
 Knowledge of  functions/organizations of state government,   in particular state departments, and of intergovernmental  relationships and problems thereof.
 Knowledge of executive decision making methodologies utilized    to ensure maximum program operating efficiency.
 Ability   to   apply   planning   principles/practices/procedures  consistent   with   organizational  theory   and   administrative  objectives to programs of state government.
 Ability  to  read  and  understand pertinent state/federal  laws,  regulations,  policies, procedures, and standards  pertaining  to  organizations and specific program operations.
 Ability  to plan, direct, and coordinate the workload of assigned  program  areas including setting goals, planning and implementing  work programs, and developing policy/procedures.
 Ability to render oral presentations to varying organizations  or  personnel    and    effectuate   working    relationships    with  representatives  of federal/state/local governments  as  well  as  professional groups, societies, and other entities interested  in  specific  issues, problems, and topics relevant to  a  designated  policy or program(s).
 Ability  to prepare and direct preparation of concise,  accurate,  and informative statistical, financial, and other related reports  containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
 Ability  to  assign  and  instruct  subordinate  supervisors   in  evaluating  employees and effectively interacting with employees=  performance in the direction of overall work operation goals.
 Ability to instruct others to utilize various types of electronic  and/or  manual  recording and information  systems  and  software  applications used by the agency, office, or related units.
 Ability  to  utilize  various types of electronic  and/or  manual  recording and information systems used by the agency, office,  or  related units.
 Ability  to  read, write, speak, understand, and  communicate  in  English   sufficiently  to  perform  duties  of  this   position.  American  Sign  Language or Braille may  also  be  considered  as  acceptable forms of  communication.
 Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long  as  they  can  perform  essential  functions  of  the  job  after  reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations.     If the accommodation  cannot be made because it would cause  the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.