N.J. Stat. § 30:6E-4
The administrator and head of the office shall be a director who shall be known as the Director of the Office of Disability Services. The director shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office and shall devote his entire time to the performance of those duties. The director shall be appointed by the commissioner.
The commissioner shall appoint and remove officers and employees of the office subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes and other applicable statutes as are necessary to enable the office to perform its duties pursuant to this act and he shall fix their compensation within the limits of available appropriations and as is provided by law. In order to utilize the State's disabled citizens in the work of the Office of Disability Services to the maximum extent possible, the commissioner or director, as appropriate, also may appoint, retain or employ officers or consultants on a contract basis or otherwise, as deemed necessary, and employ other qualified personnel who shall be in the noncompetitive division of the career service of the Civil Service.
N.J.S. § 30:6E-4