ECONOMIC STABILITY CONSULTANT

SS417 $54,683 - $98,550
Creation Date: 06/21/2013
Change Date: 08/03/2026

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To provide advanced professional support services for social services programs designed to assist families with food, cash, or child care.

LEVEL OF WORK:
Advanced

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Broad from an Economic Stability Manager 1 or other higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
May provide direct or functional supervision over Economic Stability Specialists.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Economic Stability Specialist by the presence of lead worker responsibility and/or duties involving a higher level of complexity.

Differs from Economic Stability Manager 1 by the absence of managerial responsibility for an assigned program area.

CORE COMPETENCIES:
CORE COMPETENCIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THIS JOB TITLE. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND HERE.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Coordinates major program operations of field offices in a region by reviewing case records and/or procedures in local offices to assure that program benefits are accurately determined.

Prepares exit conferences, written reports and confirmations.

Sets up standards of operation, checks progress, and sees that policies are carried out.

Conducts ongoing administrative programmatic reviews of field offices to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.

Recommends and directs plans to correct deficiencies regarding overall efficiency measures; conducts regional corrective action committee meetings and directs implementation of corrective action measures.

Provides program information through guest speeches, interviews for news media and other public appearances.

Investigates requests from politicians, community officials and social agencies about client problems in the region.

Coordinates services and negotiates agreements with doctors, lawyers, administrators of government and private agencies.

Conducts studies, compiles reports, analyzes statistical data, and completes projects as requested by agency management.

Researches and responds to program policy requests from parish offices by providing clarification and interpretation of policy.

May serve as a lead worker over Economic Stability Specialists.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Six years of economic stability social services experience; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus three years of economic stability social services experience; OR

A bachelor's degree plus three years of economic stability social services experience; OR

An advanced degree in a social sciences field, business, public, or health administration plus two years of economic stability social services experience.

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.