Position Summary:

Supports the administration and development of broadband grant programs by managing the full grant lifecycle, including application review, contract administration, fund disbursement, compliance monitoring, and contract closeout. Provides technical assistance to grant recipients to ensure adherence to state and federal requirements. Researches and pursues funding opportunities to support and expand broadband initiatives, while collaborating with stakeholders and participating in meetings, workshops, and outreach activities to promote program success and achieve strategic objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Supports the broadband director in developing the Broadband Grant Program.
• Reviews applications, manages contracting, reviews and approves requests for funds disbursement, closes out contracts and fulfills any other duties necessary to administer grant funding.
• Monitors grants and ensures completion of contractually mandated reporting requirements.
• Researches grant opportunities for the purpose of developing additional funding resources
  and securing funding to maintain and enhance the initiative’s services and/or programs.
• Serves to ensure data integrity in the recording of grant information in the department’s Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) system and other databases in the department.
• Participates in meetings, workshops and seminars for internal and external customers for the purpose
  of conveying and/or gathering information to perform functions.

Pay Range: $65,000.00 to $85,000.00 annually

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday

Benefit Eligible

Position Summary:

The Main Street Program Manager provides technical assistance, training, and strategic support to Kansas Main Street communities to promote downtown revitalization and economic development. This position delivers data-driven insights using tools such as Maestro, Placer.ai, and ESRI; administers the Main Street Affiliate Program; assesses community needs; and coordinates marketing and branding initiatives with agency communications staff. The Program Manager collaborates with local, state, and regional partners, participates in community development resource teams, and supports revitalization efforts in both Main Street and non-Main Street communities across Kansas. 

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with other Kansas Main Street staff to provide a variety of complex and creative consultative services and technical assistance to Designated and Affiliate Kansas Main Street communities.
• Work with local Main Street and community development organizations, their boards and committees, as well as other community leaders, to help them grow and maintain economically vital historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts and to help them maintain strong Main Street organizations under the preservation-based foundation of the Main Street Four Point Approach.
• Provide relevant and timely data using services such as Maestro, Placer.ai and ESRI to Main Street communities.
• Work with Commerce Marketing and Communications team members to coordinate marketing and branding efforts for the program.
• Participate in team actives including but not limited to planning retreats, new city selection, annual community progress visits and quarterly trainings.
• Assist and collaborate with agency partners and other staff on resource teams; provide general assistance to the Community Development Division team.

Pay Range: $60,000.00 to $65,000.00 annually

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday

Benefit Eligible

Position Summary:

The Attorney supports the Workforce Services Division by assisting with legal research, policy analysis, and review of agency documents for compliance with state and federal law, including WIOA. Working under the guidance of the Chief Attorney, this role helps ensure agency programs and operations align with legal and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Consultation, Legal Research and Advise for the Workforce Services Division, AJLA, CIAC, KAC and other divisions, receives oral or written questions from other employees of the agency or receives oral or written assignments from the Chief Attorney.
• Identifies the legal and/or policy issues which are involved in the questions or assignments.
• Searches for primary and/or secondary legal authority to answer the legal and/or policy issues which must be answered.
• Reads, analyzes and evaluates agency letters and interoffice memos, policy statements, personnel and program manuals and proposed administrative regulations on Workforce Services issues for compliance with current law, legal authority, legal reasoning and legal implications.
• Provides legal counsel to Commerce Workforce Services Division administrative officials and field personnel to assure that Commerce and its subdivisions perform their respective duties in accordance with the law and also to aid in the compliance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and other federal laws and regulations.
• Reads, analyzes and evaluates the legal and factual claims raised in letters, motions, discovery, memoranda, briefs, pleadings and appellate briefs delivered to the agency by opposing parties.
• Travels to, attends and actively participates in meetings, depositions, hearings and trials.
• Represents the agency at administrative hearings and tries cases on behalf of the agency in state and federal courts by presenting evidence, examining and cross-examining witnesses, stating and explaining objections, and arguing motions, objections and other legal issues.

Pay Range: $60,000.00 to $75,000.00 annually

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday

Benefit Eligible

Position Summary:

Love Kansas and helping others discover it? Join our team as the Marketing & Visitor Engagement Coordinator! In this role, you’ll help showcase all the amazing places, events, and experiences Kansas has to offer. You’ll assist with marketing projects, manage visitor information and publications, welcome guests as the face of Kansas Tourism, help coordinate exciting tourism events and programs, and provide administrative support to our Tourism Director and team. Every day is a chance to inspire travel and share the Kansas story!

Responsibilities:

• Supporting tourism promotions by coordinating materials, information, and communication with industry partners.
• Assisting with the development and planning of travel itineraries and themed trip ideas for use on TravelKS.com, marketing campaigns, and visitor outreach.
• Assisting with the development and distribution of the Consumer e-Newsletter, including drafting content and scheduling distribution.
• Coordinate fulfillment of printed materials including Travel Guide requests, and other tourism publications
• Serve as the receptionist for Kansas Tourism.
• Greet in-office guests and answers phone inquiries to provide information about Kansas attractions, communities, and travel opportunities.
• Working with the planning, preparation, and development of marketing materials for trade shows, conferences, and tourism events
• Provide administrative support to the Kansas Tourism Director and team.
• Prepare reports, correspondence, and presentations as requested

Pay Range: $22.00 to $29.18 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday

Benefit Eligible

Position Summary:

The PROWD Employment Services Specialist will provide intensive case management and follow-up services to individuals under the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons who are residing in contracted Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs), on home confinement, or recently released into the community. Form Integrated Resource Teams (IRTs) in collaboration with RRC Case Managers, Employment Specialists, and other support partners. Connect participants with individualized services and community resources to address barriers to employment and stability. Coordinate workforce services with RRC staff to avoid duplication and utilize local labor market information to identify high-demand, high-wage opportunities for participants. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide intensive case management and follow-up services to program participants who are under the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and reside in one of the three contracted Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs) in the State or on home confinement, and those released from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons residing in the community.
• Form Integrated Resource Teams (IRTs) for each participant, a collaboration between the RRC Case Managers and Employment Specialists contracted by the Bureau of Prisons and other individuals involved in the participants’ plan.
• Connect participants with individualized services and community resources to overcome work and life issues that interfere with holding and keeping jobs.
• Provide workforce services to program participants in coordination with RRC staff, to reduce duplication of services. Provide access to and oversight of online Workplace Readiness curriculum. Understand and access available Commerce programs such as Registered Apprenticeship, Commerce Employment Network and Ticket to Work Program, Older Kansans Employment Program and KTRAIN.
• Understand and utilize local labor market information to identify high demand high wage occupations.

Pay Range: $48,000.00 to $58,000.00 annually

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Benefit Eligible

Position Summary:

This position oversees the operation, scheduling, and deployment of the Kansas Works Mobile Workforce Center to provide employment, reemployment, and employer services statewide. Collaborates with workforce boards, One-Stop partners, and community stakeholders to deploy services based on priority needs, including disaster response, rural outreach, job fairs, and employer engagement. Ensures vehicle readiness, equipment functionality, routine maintenance, and accurate tracking of financial and utilization records. 

To be considered for this position, candidates must be located in one of the following service areas: Chanute, Emporia, Independence, Lawrence, Pittsburg, or Topeka.

Responsibilities:

• This role oversees the functioning of the KANSASWORKS Mobile Workforce Center, coordinating its operations and ensuring it delivers a comprehensive range of employment, reemployment, and employer services. 
• The Mobile Workforce Center is strategically scheduled and managed to complement the offerings of local area customers in Eastern and Southeastern Kansas.
• Responsibilities include deploying and setting up the Mobile Workforce Center in various locations as needed, such as in response to national/state disasters or rapid response events, job fairs, and to extend workforce development services to rural communities in Eastern and Southeastern Kansas.
• Assist job seekers in their search for employment by providing an orientation of the Workforce Center services, résumé assistance, KANSASWORKS.com registration and job search assistance.

Pay Range: $19.00 to $21.00 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Benefit Eligible

Position Summary:

The Veterans Workforce Services Specialist provides case management to assist veterans and other eligible job seekers in achieving employment goals. Delivers targeted services to Unemployment Insurance claimants at risk of exhausting benefits. Conducts outreach to identify and engage eligible veterans, maintains a presence at workforce events, and serves as a liaison with employers to promote and expand the use of Workforce Center services and programs.

Responsibilities:

• Provides overview of Workforce services to customers
• Performs detailed intake and comprehensive assessment interviews to determine job seeker’s education, interests, work history, barriers to employment, economic and family status, and career goals
• Assists customers with job searches, resume and cover letter preparation, completing applications for employment, holds mock interviews with customers, and educates customer on interviewing techniques
• Provides customers information about program services, job requirements, occupational opportunities, and training programs and makes referrals to appropriate partner services
• Maintains electronic case file in KANSASWORKS.com for each participant in accordance with federal and state policies, procedures, regulations and guidelines
• Provides case management services for Unemployment Insurance claimants identified as likely to exhaust benefits
• Conducts outreach activities, for the purpose of locating, identifying and seeking referrals of eligible veterans
• Maintains a presence at the Workforce services booth at a local job or resource fair.
• Solicits new employers to utilize Workforce services and programs.
• Performs intake process with new employers to create account and determine the employer’s needs

Pay Range: $18.70 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Benefit Eligible

Position Summary:

The Workforce Professional is responsible for supporting workforce development programs through program operations, customer service oversight, reemployment services support, data integrity and reporting compliance, program coordination, outreach, and digital service delivery. This position ensures the efficient delivery of workforce services by assisting job seekers and employers, maintaining accurate program records, monitoring compliance with state and federal requirements, coordinating referrals and partner services, and supporting public engagement initiatives. The Workforce Professional also promotes workforce programs through outreach activities and assists with digital platforms and virtual service delivery to enhance access to employment and training resources.

Responsibilities:

• Reviews customer assessments, transferable skills, education, and work history to support structured employment planning consistent with federal and state program guidelines.
• Ensure electronic case records in KANSASWORKS.com are accurate, complete, and compliant with documentation, data integrity, and performance reporting standards.
• Reviews and analyzes services provided to Unemployment Insurance claimants identified as likely to exhaust benefits to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Identifies service gaps and recommends adjustments to improve compliance and operational efficiency.
• Prepares, reviews, and maintains electronic records in the statewide automated data system in accordance with established procedures and regulations.
• Monitors documentation for accuracy and completeness to ensure adherence to program standards.
• Screens and evaluates customer information to ensure appropriate referrals to partner programs and community resources.
• Represents workforce services at job fairs, community events, and public forums to promote participation in workforce programs.
• Provides technical assistance to customers utilizing online workforce platforms, ensuring adherence to established operational procedures.

Pay Range: $21.65 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday-Thursday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm and Friday 8:00 am to Noon

Benefit Eligible

Position Summary:

The Workforce Services Specialist provides employment and workforce support services by assessing customer skills, education, and work history to develop employment plans in compliance with federal and state guidelines. This position maintains accurate electronic case records in KANSASWORKS.com, reviews services for regulatory compliance, connects customers with workforce and community resources, and provides technical assistance with online workforce systems. The role also supports quality assurance initiatives and represents workforce programs through outreach events and community engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Reviews customer assessments, transferable skills, education, and work history to support structured employment planning consistent with federal and state program guidelines.
• Ensure electronic case records in KANSASWORKS.com are accurate, complete, and compliant with documentation, data integrity, and performance reporting standards.
• Participates in operational improvement, quality assurance, and compliance-related initiatives to strengthen program effectiveness and accountability.
• Reviews and analyzes services provided to Unemployment Insurance claimants identified as likely to exhaust benefits to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Prepares, reviews, and maintains electronic records in the statewide automated data system in accordance with established procedures and regulations.
• Screens and evaluates customer information to ensure appropriate referrals to partner programs and community resources.
• Represents workforce services at job fairs, community events, and public forums to promote participation in workforce programs.
• Provides technical assistance to customers utilizing online workforce platforms, ensuring adherence to established operational procedures.

Pay Range: $21.65 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Benefit Eligible

Position Summary:

The Workforce Services Specialist provides employment and workforce support services by assessing customer skills, education, and work history to develop employment plans in compliance with federal and state guidelines. This position maintains accurate electronic case records in KANSASWORKS.com, reviews services for regulatory compliance, connects customers with workforce and community resources, and provides technical assistance with online workforce systems. The role also supports quality assurance initiatives and represents workforce programs through outreach events and community engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Reviews customer assessments, transferable skills, education, and work history to support structured employment planning consistent with federal and state program guidelines.
• Ensure electronic case records in KANSASWORKS.com are accurate, complete, and compliant with documentation, data integrity, and performance reporting standards.
• Participates in operational improvement, quality assurance, and compliance-related initiatives to strengthen program effectiveness and accountability.
• Reviews and analyzes services provided to Unemployment Insurance claimants identified as likely to exhaust benefits to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Prepares, reviews, and maintains electronic records in the statewide automated data system in accordance with established procedures and regulations.
• Screens and evaluates customer information to ensure appropriate referrals to partner programs and community resources.
• Represents workforce services at job fairs, community events, and public forums to promote participation in workforce programs.
• Provides technical assistance to customers utilizing online workforce platforms, ensuring adherence to established operational procedures.

Pay Range: $21.65 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Benefit Eligible

Applicants that have physical, cognitive and/or mental disabilities may claim an employment preference when applying for positions. If they are qualified to meet the performance standards of the position, with or without a reasonable accommodation, they will receive an interview for the position. The preference does not guarantee an applicant the job, as positions are filled with the best qualified candidate as determined by the hiring manager. You MUST apply at https://jobs.sok.ks.gov and submit the required documentation.

Learn more about claiming Disability Hiring Preference

PLEASE NOTE: The documentation verifying a person’s eligibility for use of this preference should not be sent along with other application materials to the hiring agency but should be sent directly to OPS. These documents should be sent either by fax to (785)296-7712, scanned and emailed to [email protected], or can be mailed/delivered in person to:

ATTN: Disability Hiring Preference Coordinator
Office of Personnel Services
Landon State Office Building
900 SW Jackson, Rm 401
Topeka, KS 66612

If you are claiming Veterans’ Preference for the first time please mail a copy of your DD214 – copy of discharge or documentation in form of a letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to verify service-connected disability, copy of a marriage license to verify relationship as a spouse to a service member, a letter or notice from the Federal Government showing that their spouse died while serving in the armed forces, or other relevant documentation that would help qualify an individual for Veterans’ Preference in accordance with the eligibility criteria set forth in K.S.A. 73-201. Please mail discharge or documentation to the Kansas Department of Administration, Office of Personnel Services, 900 S.W. Jackson, Rm 401-N, Topeka, Kansas 66612 or Fax to (785) 296-2598. You MUST apply at https://jobs.sok.ks.gov and submit the required documentation.