Development Specialist

First review of applications will be on 4/9/24
The County of Riverside's Human Resources Temporary Assignment Program (TAP) seeks a Temporary Development Specialist I & II to support the Housing and Workforce Solutions Department. These positions are full time positions located in Riverside. 
Bilingual candidates are preferred.
Development Specialist I Performs advanced paraprofessional and entry level professional duties which involve basic technical and analytic work in economic development, housing and community development, employment and training programs, or aviation; performs other related duties as required.
Incumbents receive training in the principles, methods and resources used in economic development, housing and community development, workforce development, aviation, or perform client case management, contract monitoring or related duties in employment and training programs. The majority of the duties are clearly defined and have established guidelines requiring basic interpretations. Incumbents, when assisting with the routine or less complex professional work, receive detailed and frequent review. Development Specialist II Performs professional level duties that involve routine technical and analytical work in economic development, housing and community development, workforce development, or aviation; serves as project or program technical staff; performs other related duties as required.
Incumbents are expected to continue to learn the intricacies of economic, housing and community development, workforce development, aviation, and/or perform contract negotiations, job development or more complex client case management duties in employment and training work programs. The majority of the duties require routine research and independent judgment in interpretation of guidelines. Incumbents perform a full range of professional duties in their assigned division and receive training and close supervision in carrying out more complex or varied assignments.
Meet the Team! Click here to learn about TAP Benefits Development Specialist I • Interview applicants for special employment and training programs to determine income, employment status, education, experience, interests, and other factors relevant to program eligibility; maintain client contacts to assess progress, provide motivational counseling and make appropriate resource referrals; provide information regarding available employment and training programs to individuals and community organizations.
• Complete or assist applicants in completing application, referral or registration forms; inform applicants of other employment and training opportunities and resources in the community.
• Determine applicant eligibility from registration forms, interviews and supporting documentation provided by the applicant; explain eligibility determinations, program provisions and the participant's rights.
• Assess suitability of clients for program referral; identify and refer applicants to appropriate service resources.
• Conduct routine testing and assessment; recommend training options and develop client employment and training plans.
• Ensure client computer files and case records are updated and reviewed in a timely manner; compile statistical reports on intake and related activities as needed; compile data and prepare routine statistical and narrative reports and correspondences.
• Maintain contact with local community-based organizations, schools, work experience coordinators, and program operators to obtain client progress assessments and stay abreast of job and training opportunities for client referral; serve as a liaison between the County's job training programs and the local community.
• Provide technical assistance to individuals, groups and employers regarding job and training opportunities, eligibility determination, intake procedures, and business support services.
• Stay abreast of regulations governing program eligibility and enrollment procedures through attendance at staff meetings and review of periodic revisions to applicable regulations; interpret state guidelines and develop recommended guidelines for approval.
• Use approved guidelines to evaluate the recommendations of clients for the procurement of specific products and services to determine the amount of supportive services to be rendered.
• Monitor the expenditures and encumbrances of supportive services funds.
• Research and maintain files on local available resources of acceptable low-cost product outlets and service providers; present supportive services information to individuals and groups.
• Review publications and government guidelines and regulations affecting federally funded training and employment programs or program operator's contracts.
• Summarize information for review and analysis by the division supervisor.
•  Develop or revise forms, checklists and questionnaires as needed; assist in developing, revising and distributing applications and proposal forms and tracks status.
• Provide technical support and assistance to administrative agencies, staff members, current and potential program operators, schools, and community organizations.
• Review applications, proposals and routine contracts for completeness and accuracy; write routine narratives for limited scope contracts; review and revise contract documents.
• Conduct on-site visits to ensure program operators' contract and regulation compliance.
• Assist the business community by providing site location information, and by planning and coordinating project review and permit processing arrangements; cooperate with, and advise, cities, chambers of commerce and local non-profit development corporations on developing and implementing economic, workforce and community development programs for workforce, commercial, industrial, tourist, and recreational attraction programs.
• Collect, organize and analyze basic economic and industrial development data; assist in the preparation, modification, administration, and evaluation of funding requests from contractors, citizens, private agencies, and local, County and state officials for loan and grant funds.
• Project and analyze sources and expenditures of grant and other financing funds; assist in implementing public financing bonds, grants and programs.
• Conduct on-site visits to engage with employers and provide information about County resources and programs.
• Assist in arranging facilities for the staging of various special events, conferences and meetings to publicize County developments and opportunities.
Development Specialist II • Collect, organize and analyze program or project data.
• Conduct needs assessment and determine program priorities.
• Identify areas of economic, housing and community development, workforce development, and aviation needs; analyze the effectiveness of existing programs in these areas.
• Ensure implementation of programmatic, organizational, administrative, budgetary, financial, and personnel elements of a variety of economic, housing and community development, workforce development, and aviation programs funded by outside and governmental agencies.
• Assist in the preparation, modification, administration, and evaluation of funding requests from contractors, citizens, private agencies, and local, County and state officials for loan, grant funds or rebate incentive programs; analyze and review routine financial loan applications and proposed contracts for adherence to program guidelines and policies.
• Project and analyze sources and expenditures of grant and other financing funds.
• Assist in implementing public financing bonds, grants and programs.
• Cooperate with and advise cities, chambers of commerce and local non-profit organizations on developing and implementing workforce, economic and community development programs for workforce, commercial, industrial, tourist, and recreational attraction programs.
• Arrange facilities for the staging of various special events, conferences and meetings to publicize County developments and opportunities.
• Review routine property and equipment lease agreements, subcontracts, change orders, and contract extensions for departments or divisions; submit grant-funded program contracts to County, state and federal agencies for approval.
• Monitor the budgetary and financial management of community and economic development, public facilities and improvement projects; make periodic on-site visits to monitor grant-funded projects.
• Participate in coordinating and meeting with agencies, technical consultants, County personnel, and other involved persons to negotiate contract terms, work schedules and budgets.
• Employment and Training Programs: Assist with the promotion of training programs to gain program support and participation of employers and educators; represent the department at meetings and conferences.
• Negotiate routine contracts.
• Interview, counsel and maintain client cases.
• Prepare materials and conduct instructional client workshops.
• Serve as liaison between clients and program operators.
• Provide technical assistance to individuals, groups and employers regarding job and training opportunities, eligibility determination, intake procedures, and business support services.
• Conduct on-site visits to engage with employers and provide information about County resources and programs.
• Review allocation and encumbrances of project or program operations' budgets; monitor program contract compliance; assess and recommend procedure changes; evaluate program performance.
• Answer program inquiries.
• Perform research or analytical duties in the development of plans, projections, evaluations, recommendations, and statistical and narrative reports.
Development Specialist I: Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in business or public administration, behavioral science, social science, political science, aviation, public policy, urban studies, education, marketing, economics, environmental sciences, geography, or a job-related field similar to that utilized within the County of Riverside Office of Economic Development, Department of Housing & Workforce Solutions, Facilities Management Department, or Aviation within the Transportation & Land Management Agency. (Professional, technical or senior clerical experience in a job-related field similar to that utilized within the County of Riverside Office of Economic Development, Department of Housing & Workforce Solutions, Facilities Management Department, or Aviation within the Transportation & Land Management Agency may substitute for the required education on the basis of one year of qualifying full-time experience equaling 30 semester or 45 quarter units of education.) EXAMPLES OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES/HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, AVIATION FIELDS: Economic development; housing and community development; aviation; commercial development; real estate; facilities management; community services (e.g., parks, community centers or lighting, water and utilities programs); workforce development (e.g., employment programs or job training programs); eligibility or social programs; finance; contract monitoring/management; environmental or sustainability programs; foreign trade; public relations; marketing; fundraising; film; human resources; museums; libraries.
Knowledge of: Principles and practices of data collection and analysis; principles of organization, management and public and business administration; principles and practices of interviewing; effects of socio-economic, environmental and cultural factors on disadvantaged persons' behavior and relationship to employment; basic principles and practices utilized in governmental, business and financial administration; basic employment problems of economically disadvantaged persons; basic statistical applications used in analyzing labor market, economic and demographic data.
Ability to: Learn and apply laws, regulations and policies pertaining to assigned programs; learn basic structures and functions of local, state and federal governments, and community human services resources and organizations; learn and apply basic principles and practices of economic, industrial, housing, and community development; learn and apply basic principles and practices of public relations and job training; learn and apply methods and techniques used in performing land use planning; learn economic and industrial development resources used to assist businesses to locate or relocate in the County; learn composition of the business community involved with economic, industrial and community development; learn purpose and structure of publicly funded training programs; learn and apply laws and regulations governing the funding and operations of publicly funded training programs; learn local employment practices, conditions and needs; learn and apply the gathering and analysis of basic program data; learn and apply the planning and preparation of materials to be used in promotional materials; learn and apply the provision of technical assistance regarding grant-funded programs; learn and apply the planning and coordination of effective citizen participation groups; learn to understand, interpret and apply the provisions of basic government regulations, policies and program operator contracts; reason logically, draw valid conclusions, generate and evaluate alternatives; establish and maintain effective relationships with clients, private and public employers, other community service agencies and civic groups, the general public, and fellow staff members; communicate effectively in oral and written form to individuals and groups of various organizational and socio-economic levels. Development Specialist II: OPTION I Experience: One year as a Development Specialist I with the County of Riverside.
OPTION II Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in business or public administration, behavioral science, social science, political science, aviation, public policy, urban studies, education, marketing, economics, environmental sciences, geography, or a job-related field similar to that utilized within the County of Riverside Office of Economic Development, Department of Housing & Workforce Solutions, Facilities Management Department, or Aviation within the Transportation & Land Management Agency.
OPTION III Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in public or business administration, behavioral science, social science, political science, aviation, urban studies, education, marketing, economics, environmental sciences, geography, or a job-related field similar to that utilized within the County of Riverside Office of Economic Development, Department of Housing & Workforce Solutions, Facilities Management Department, or Aviation within the Transportation & Land Management Agency. (Additional professional, technical or senior clerical experience in a job-related field similar to that utilized within the County of Riverside Office of Economic Development, Department of Housing & Workforce Solutions, Facilities Management Department, or Aviation within the Transportation & Land Management Agency may substitute for the required education on the basis of one year of qualifying full-time experience equaling 30 semester or 45 quarter units of education.)
Experience: One year of professional experience in a job-related field similar to that utilized within the County of Riverside Office of Economic Development, Department of Housing & Workforce Solutions, Facilities Management Department, or Aviation within the Transportation & Land Management Agency.
EXAMPLES OF BUSINESS & COMMUNITY SERVICES/HOUSING, HOMESLESSNESS PREVENTION AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, AVIATION FIELDS: Economic development; housing and community development; aviation; commercial development; real estate; facilities management; community services (e.g., parks, community centers or lighting, water and utilities programs); workforce development (e.g., employment programs or job training programs); eligibility or social programs; finance; contract monitoring/management; environmental or sustainability programs; foreign trade; public relations; marketing; fundraising; film; human resources; museums; libraries.
ALL OPTIONS Knowledge of: Basic laws, regulations and policies pertaining to assigned programs; basic structures and functions of local, state and federal governments, and community human services resources and organizations; basic principles and practices of economic, industrial, housing, and community development; basic principles and practices of public relations and job training; basic principles and practices utilized in governmental, business and financial administration; methods and techniques used in performing land use planning; economic and industrial development resources used to assist businesses to locate or relocate in the County; composition of the business community involved with economic, industrial and community development; purpose and structure of publicly funded training programs; laws and regulations governing the funding and operations of publicly funded training programs; employment problems of economically disadvantaged persons; local employment practices, conditions and needs; statistical applications used in analyzing labor market, economic and demographic data.
Ability to: Gather and analyze basic program data, reason logically, draw valid conclusions, generate and evaluate alternatives; plan and prepare materials to be used in promotional materials; provide technical assistance regarding grant-funded programs; plan and coordinate effective citizen participation groups; establish and maintain effective relations with clients, private and public employers, other community service agencies and civic groups, the general public, and fellow staff members; communicate effectively in oral and written form to individuals and groups of various organizational and socio-economic levels; understand, interpret and apply the provisions of basic government regulations, policies and program operator contracts.
Other Requirements :
Possession of a valid California Driver's License may be required.   Veterans' Preference:

The County has a Veterans Preference Policy. Upload a copy of your (or your spouse's) Member-4 Form DD-214 (or NGB-22) indicating dates of service, and a copy of your spouse's letter of disability (if applicable) with your application. For privacy reasons, it is recommended that you remove your social security information from the document(s). A Human Resources Representative will review the materials and determine if you qualify for veterans' preference. Policy is available here:  What's Next? The preliminary closing date for this posting is Monday, April 8, 2024 at 11:59 pm, however postings may close at any time.
Applicants who are currently County of Riverside employees may be considered before other applicants depending on the volume of the applications received. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE. Applications received prior to the closing date will be considered based on the information submitted. Changes or alterations cannot be accepted. No late applications will be permitted. Include relevant work experience details on resume and/or application.
All applicants are required to provide a copy of any license(s), official/unofficial transcript(s), degrees, and/or related employment documents to your NeoGov account, prior to the closing date of the job posting. If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services ( NACES ) or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. ( AICE ).
For specific questions regarding this position, contact Jesus Berrelleza at