Program Specialist 3 Social/Human Services
New Jersey Department of Health
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Under a Program Specialist 4 or other supervisory officer, this role supervises professional or technical staff and performs complex, sensitive work supporting social or human services programs. The specialist analyzes proposals, evaluates and monitors program activities, and recommends program, policy, or regulatory changes. Assignments are broadly defined, and the incumbent determines methods for achieving objectives; staff supervision may be part of the role.
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DEFINITION:
Under the direction of a Program Specialist 4, Social/Human Services, or other supervisory officer in a State department or agency, directly supervises professional and/or technical staff engaged in program activities; perform the more complex and sensitive professional, administrative and analytical work to promote the planning, operation, implementation, monitoring and/or evaluation of human or social services programs; prepares and signs official performance evaluations for subordinate staff; does other related duties as required.
SPECIAL NOTE: An incumbent in this class conducts in-depth analysis, reviews program proposals, evaluates and monitors program activities, and/or prepares recommendations aimed at developing, implementing, or modifying social/human services programs. Incumbents review proposed draft regulatory changes for fiscal or programmatic impact and make recommendations regarding the development and revision of agency policies based on changes to State and federal laws and regulations. Incumbents handle the more sensitive and complex program issues and act as a subject matter expert. Assignments at this level are broadly defined; incumbents are expected to determine the methods needed to achieve objectives. May supervise staff engaged in program activities.
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.
Seven (7) years of professional experience in planning, monitoring, coordinating, implementing, modifying and/or evaluating a social or human services program.
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Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; and three (3) years of the above-mentioned professional experience.
OR
Possession of a master's degree from an accredited college or university in a Social/Human services specialty area, Public or Business Administration, Child Advocacy and Policy, or Child Advocacy and Policy with a concentration in Public Child Welfare; and two (2) years of the above-mentioned professional experience.
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 judgment and make accurate and informed decisions.
LICENSE:
Appointee 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 the essential duties of the position.
How this job compares
Set against the 697 open Social Services jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$53–59K/yr199 salary ranges
- US median$23–25/hr294 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 697 open Social Services jobs across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Social Services postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (402 postings).
- Education
- 167 of the 697 open Social Services jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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