Adoption Services Administrator

About the role

Leading with light means helping every child find the opportunity to grow in a safe, permanent, and loving family. As our Adoption Services Administrator, you will play an essential role in advancing that mission while supporting our vision of creating the healthiest state in the nation.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for North Dakota's adoption services and adoption subsidy program.
• Support children in finding permanent families, support individuals and families as they grow through adoption, and assist those seeking to reconnect with biological family members through the adoption search process.
• Oversee program budgets, manage contracts and requests, and ensure the resources and partnerships are in place to keep adoption services operating effectively and efficiently.
• Facilitate adoptive placements, adoption finalizations, and adoption subsidy support by timely and accurate processing of services and legal documents.
• Develop expertise in adoption processes that extend beyond North Dakota, including interstate and international adoptions. Interpret and provide accurate guidance to families, case workers, attorneys, and community partners throughout the adoption process.
• Evaluate complex situations, identify solutions, and balance careful attention to detail with the broader goals of the program.
• Manage multiple priorities and adapt quickly as needs change, coordinating numerous moving pieces while ensuring each case receives the attention and care it deserves.
• Communicate confidently with a wide variety of audiences, adjusting your communication style to meet the needs of legislators, attorneys, judges, case workers, community partners, and families considering or completing an adoption.
• Interpret both written documentation and the unique circumstances surrounding each case, demonstrating empathy, professionalism, and sound judgment while supporting individuals and families who may be experiencing a wide range of emotions during one of the most significant moments of their lives.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, human development, education, human services, child development and family science, human resource management (human service track), or criminal justice.
• A minimum of three (3) years of professional work experience as a social worker, child protective service worker, or professional case manager specifically with agencies who support child welfare.

Qualifications

You must lead with LIGHT - leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.

Benefits

The State of North Dakota is committed to providing team members with a strong and competitive rewards package that supports you, your health and your family.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.

About HHS

ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of well-being: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.

About Team ND

"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt

More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.

Total Rewards

The State of North Dakota is committed to providing team members with a strong and competitive rewards package that support you, your health and your family.

Application Procedures

Your resume must clearly show the months and years of employment for each position listed. This information is required to accurately calculate your qualifying experience and determine whether you meet the minimum qualifications of the position. Resumes that do not include sufficient employment date may not be able to be fully evaluated.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.