DCS PROGRAM DIRECTOR 1 - FEDERAL PROGRAMS - STATEWIDE - 78913

Key Responsibilities

• Directing and administering the review of federal and state policies and procedures for statewide program areas by regular internal monitoring of legal revisions to ensure compliance with mandated standards.
• Reviewing contracts and program delivery through observation and written review to ensure departmental requirements are met and to ensure adherence through departmental policies and procedures.
• Assessing the value, importance, and quality of documentation in case records; quality of work of direct reports; and quality of service delivery systems.
• Developing long-term strategies and goals for the department by utilizing strategic planning to support federal and state requirements.
• Evaluating strategies and goals in terms of their impact on the divisions within the department through regular interval monitoring and monitoring of legal revisions to ensure compliance and best practice standards are met.
• Making recommendations for changes in operations which affect the economy, efficiency, and quality of agency operations and services through standardized reports to ensure desired outcomes are achieved.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to five years of professional work in one or a combination of the following: counseling or case management services, program evaluation, education, auditing, accounting, business/process improvement and/or social services grant coordination.
• At least three years of this experience must have been in children or juvenile services' program evaluation, case review work, or process improvement (such as LEAN or Six Sigma certification) in any field listed above.