Assistance Payments Worker

Job Description

About the Role

Title: Assistance Payments Worker 8-11 – Limited Term – Grand Traverse County

Salary $48,526.40 – $66,830.40 Annually

Location Traverse City, MI

Job Type Limited Term (position has expiration date)

Job Number 4308-25-GRANDTRAV-013-FILL

Department Health and Human Services – Counties

Bargaining Unit UNITED AUTO WORKERS (UAW)

Job Description:

The MDHHS mission is to provide opportunities, services, and programs that promote a healthy, safe, and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. For more information, please visit our MDHHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan.

The role of the Eligibility Specialist is to strengthen Michigan families by:

Ensuring that each person/family that applies for public assistance receives the type and level of assistance that they are eligible for

Assessing the needs of each person/family and giving them appropriate information and making any referrals and/or contacts to persons/agencies to help them meet their needs.

Providing all families with information about the expectations and goals of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).

Encouraging and guiding families in their efforts to become self supporting

Review the position description at: Position Description (8-E10), APW 11 Position Description

Review the job specification at: Job Specification

Education

Completion of two years of college (60 semester or 90 term credits).

Experience

Assistance Payments Worker 8

No specific type or amount is required.

Assistance Payments Worker 9

One year of experience equivalent to an Assistance Payments Worker 8, Migrant Program Worker 8, or Family Independence Specialist 9.

Assistance Payments Worker E10

Two years of experience equivalent to an Assistance Payments Worker, including one year equivalent to an Assistance Payments Worker 9;

OR

Two years equivalent to a Migrant Program Worker, including one year equivalent to a Migrant Program Worker 9;

OR

Two years of experience equivalent to a Family Independence Specialist, including one year equivalent to a Family Independence Specialist 10.

Assistance Payments Worker 11

Three years of experience equivalent to an Assistance Payments Worker, including one year equivalent to an Assistance Payments Worker E10;

OR

Three years equivalent to a Migrant Program Worker, including one year equivalent to a Migrant Program Worker E10;

OR

Three years of experience equivalent to a Family Independence Specialist, including one year equivalent to a Family Independence Specialist P11.

Four years of administrative support experience in a human services or office setting, including two years equivalent to the experienced (E7) level, may be substituted for the education requirement.

Completion of one year of college (30 semester or 45 term credits) and three years of administrative support experience in a human services or office setting, including one year equivalent to the experienced (E7) level, may be substituted for the education requirement.

Three years of Home Aide experience, including one year equivalent to a Home Aide E8, may be substituted for the education requirement.

When you apply, your application is valid for 6 months.  After 6 months, you MUST reapply for continued consideration.

This position will be filled as a limited term assignment that has the potential of becoming permanent, but this is not guaranteed.

The office location for this position is at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, 701 South Elmwood Suite 19, Traverse City, MI 49684.   This position has the ability to work hybrid (combination of remote and office). The hybrid work environment offers a flexible working arrangement where an employee works some of their time remotely and some of their time at the office location listed.  Selected candidates who have been approved to work remotely or work hybrid must complete that work within Michigan. Candidates should confirm work location and schedule at the time of interview.

MDHHS is proud to be a Michigan Veteran’s Affairs Agency (MVAA) Gold Level Veteran-Friendly Employer.