BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER 1 OR 2

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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER 1 OR 2

Salary

$3,186.00 - $6,252.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

DED-2025-06

Department

LED-Office of Business Development

Opening Date

02/27/2025

Closing Date

3/9/2025 11:59 PM Central

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Supplemental Information

No Civil Service test score or assessment is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Business Development Officer 1 or 2 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s). Please refer to the ‘Job Specifications’ tab located at the top of the LA Careers ‘Current Job Opportunities’ page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

Selected Core Competencies:

• Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training

• Managing Projects: The ability to initiate, plan, execute, manage, and close-out all project goals within the established timeline.

• Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.

Selected Preferred Competencies:

Adapting to Change: The ability to adjust plans, expectations, and behaviors in response to change.

Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.

Demonstrating Initiative:The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.

Managing Stakeholders: The ability to identify and to respond to the sometimes competing perspectives, agendas, and expectations of different parties.

Pursuing Professional Development:A personal commitment to take advantage of opportunities to increase your professional knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Solving Problems: The ability to discover solutions to problems.

Working with Financial Information:The ability to use financial data to guide, drive, and convey the financial standing and/or outlook of an organization.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

Louisiana Economic Development is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

For more information, please contact:

Dawn Thibodeaux

Human Resources Director

dawn.thibodeaux@la.gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Three years of experience in economic research or development, financial services, international relations, marketing, or real estate; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR

A bachelor's degree.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To foster business development in Louisiana by attracting businesses into the state, growing and retaining existing businesses, encouraging the creation of new businesses, and/or administering business incentive programs.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Entry.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Close from a Business Development Supervisor or higher-level division administrator. On a project basis, from a Business Development Officer of a higher-level.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Department of Economic Development.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from Business Development Officer 2 by the degree of supervision received and the performance of duties in a training capacity.

Examples of Work

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

Facilitates the expansion, retention and diversification of Louisiana-based manufacturers, other industries and small businesses through the utilization of incentives and other business development programs and remains in close, continuing contact with these industries before, during and after project completion.

Oversees proposals to companies on sites, infrastructure, buildings and incentives for recruitment and expansion projects.

Serves as coordinator or administrator of a specific business incentive program such as Industrial Tax Equalization, Corporate Headquarters Tax Equalization, Industry Assistance, Transportation Equalization, Louisiana Capital Companies Tax Credit Program, Enterprise Zone, Restoration Tax Abatement, Biomedical Research and Development, and University Research and Development programs.

Provides business advice and direction to prospective borrowers concerning LEDC lending assistance programs.

Identifies state agency procurement needs that can be satisfied by socially and economically disadvantaged locally-owned businesses, and enables them to obtain bids and perform satisfactorily as contractors.

Plans and conducts regional and community training, educational and informational programs.

Reviews and processes applications for incentives; makes recommendations to the Director of the Governor's Office of Film & Television Development.

Assists with the coordination of all major film and television productions in the state.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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  Rate your ability to adapt to change based on our definition: The ability to adjust plans, expectations, and behaviors in response to change.

• I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable adapting to change

• I have limited experience or require assistance to adapt to change

• I can adapt to change

• I can adapt to change and help others improve their ability to adapt to change

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  Rate your ability to communicate effectively based on our definition: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.

• I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable communicating effectively

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  Rate your ability to demonstrate initiative based on our definition: The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.

• I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable demonstrating initiative

• I have limited experience or require assistance to demonstrate initiative

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  Rate your ability to manage projects based on our definition: The ability to initiate, plan, execute, manage, and close-out all project goals within the established timeline.

• I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable managing projects

• I have limited experience or require assistance to manage projects

• I can manage projects

• I can manage projects and help others improve their ability to manage projects

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State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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