Connecticut Careers Trainee (Health Care Professional) (35 Hour) (Office/On-site)

Connecticut Careers Trainee (CCT) Chemist 1

The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH), is currently seeking a qualified individual for the position of Connecticut Careers Trainee (CCT) with a target title of Chemist 1.

Individuals with a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree conferred by May 2023 may apply. Candidates cannot be appointed until all degree requirements are complete.

Location: CT Public Health Laboratory, Organic Chemistry Section of the Environmental Chemistry Division

Address: 395 West Street, Rocky Hill, CT

Work Hours: Full-time, first shift, 35 hours per week

Schedule: Typically Monday through Friday

Please note: This position has no potential for telework.

What's In It For You

• To work for a Forbes top company: 'Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule;
• We offer a competitive benefits plan that includes healthcare coverage, a retirement plan as well as paid time off, including 13 paid holidays per calendar year.
• We encourage a strong work/life balance for all state employees.
• We offer opportunities for professional and personal growth.
• We have limitless areas for you to perform relevant and significant work.
• Starting Salary with a Bachelor's degree: $45,408
• Starting Salary with a Master's degree: $47,044

Discover the opportunity to

• Train with senior level Chemists and be involved in the analysis of water samples for organic chemical contaminants, specifically Volatile and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds;
• Train in the analysis of per-and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances, in support of the recommendations of the CT Interagency PFAS Action Plan; and
• Learn more about the methods of preparing samples for analysis, such as solid phase extraction and have knowledge of modern analytical instrumentation, for example LC/MS-MS, GC/ECD, GC/MS, ICP/MS and/or LC/MS.

About Us

The Environmental Sciences section tests for over 100 toxic chemical agents in public drinking water supplies, private wells, rivers, lakes, streams, wastewater, spills, and soils. Additionally, this section provides testing services for consumer products and other materials where there is a potential for exposure to hazardous materials such as lead based paint. Other services include monitoring of the nuclear power industry, serving on the State's nuclear response team including maintaining preparedness and capabilities to respond to radiation emergencies. The section is also designated as the state's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Response Laboratory in the event of a hazardous chemical exposure.

The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy, preventing disease, injury, and disability, and promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state.

DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.

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Please Note: In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting.

This position may be subject to Federal requirements of COVID-19 Vaccination.

To Apply

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
• You must specify your qualifications on your application. You will be unable to make revisions once you submit your application for this posting to the JobAps system.
• In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate's obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to View email address on click.appcast.io.
• This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules.

After You Apply

• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
• NOTE: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
• Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.
• Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State Employees which is available at

Purpose Of Job Class (Nature Of Work)

In a state agency this class is accountable for mastering the skills necessary to satisfactorily complete the training program for a professional position.

Examples Of Duties

In a department or institution receives training in introductory governmental work for development of skills and knowledge in field of public administration in order to qualify for advancement into agency professional positions; performs a variety of increasingly difficult duties as skills are acquired during course of training period; performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skill And Ability

Oral and written communication skills; ability to acquire knowledge and skills required for the target classification; ability to understand, evaluate and solve problems by exercising judgement and logic; ability to read, interpret and understand written material; ability to perform basic arithmetical computations; ability to interpret charts, graphs and tables; learning and reasoning ability; ability to establish and maintain cooperative relations with superiors, associates and general public; ability to utilize computer software.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a Bachelor's or Master's degree.

Note:

• If the target job classification has a Substitution Allowed that requires the Bachelor's or Master's degree to be in a specific area(s), then these specific degree areas are required for appointment to the Connecticut Career Trainee classification.
• Candidates cannot be appointed until all degree requirements are complete.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using laboratory equipment such as pipets, centrifuges, incubators, shakers
• Experience carrying out laboratory testing using written Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and adherence to Quality Assurance requirements
• Experience carrying out maintenance procedures and testing procedures using complex laboratory equipment and instrumentation
• Experience with data analysis and recording of results for laboratory testing procedures
• Experience using products such as Excel,