Staff Services Manager I (Outreach Specialist)

About the DFPI

The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) is California’s financial regulator, working to protect consumers by examining and licensing financial activities and taking action against unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices. We oversee state-chartered banks, credit unions, student loan servicers, and more. The DFPI has office locations in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco. The DFPI offers benefit packages, competitive salary, a robust training program and opportunities for advancement.

Position Details

Job Code #:

JC-428835

Position #(s):

410-104-4800-109

Working Title:

Outreach Specialist

Classification:

STAFF SERVICES MANAGER I

$6,760.00 - $8,398.00

# of Positions:

1

Work Location:

Sacramento

Telework:

Hybrid

Job Type:

Permanent, Full Time

Job Description And Duties

The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation is recruiting for one (1), Permanent, Full-time Targeted Outreach Specialist position within the Office of Public Affairs' Targeted Outreach Unit. This is a hybrid telework position, requiring the incumbent work from the office at least two days a week, located at the DFPI's Sacramento office. This recruitment may be used to fill subsequent vacancies of these positions within the next 180 days.

Under the general direction of the Targeted Outreach Director, and the Staff Services Manager II, Staff Services Manager I (Outreach Specialist) represents the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) and promotes the initiatives of the California Financial Protection Law through educational and outreach activities across the state. This position requires excellent writing, communication, and public-speaking skills as well as a high degree of independence, as the incumbent will be expected to be in the field, often working with under-resourced groups such as older adults, military and veterans, immigrant communities, and students.

Fluency in written and spoken English and Spanish is required to be appointed to this position. Bilingual testing will be conducted to certify bilingual Spanish fluency.

Final Filing Date: 5/9/2024

Examination Information

Applicants will need to take and pass the online SSM I exam/assessment to be eligible to apply for vacant SSM I positions. Please visit: https://calcareers.ca.gov/JOBSGEN/2PBCY.PDF

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible management, personnel, fiscal, planning, program evaluation, or related analytical experience beyond the trainee level which shall have included the preparation of reports and the presentation of recommendations to management, at least one year of which must have been in a full journeyperson technical capacity. AND

Education: Equivalent to graduation from college. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.)

Consider a rewarding and challenging career with the DFPI!

DFPI Website: www.dfpi.ca.gov