Director Fair Futures

Responsibilities

• Facilitates meetings with leadership and stakeholders to address implementation challenges.
• Oversees and leads training initiatives, manages projects, and drives strategic efforts to enhance the overall effectiveness of the program.
• Lead and manage the Fair Futures Preventive and Foster Care programs, ensuring activities, productivity, and service delivery are efficient and aligned with funder requirements and organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with leadership and internal/external stakeholders to maintain programmatic excellence and achieve key performance indicators related to utilization, model fidelity, staff development, and other priorities established by model developers, funders, and stakeholders.
• Provide weekly individual coaching and monthly group supervision to supervisors, fostering professional growth, leadership development, and continuous learning opportunities.
• Develop and strengthen strategic partnerships through outreach and collaboration to support program goals and meet funding and organizational expectations.
• Monitor program performance and outcomes using data analysis and stakeholder feedback to drive continuous quality improvement, infrastructure development, and service excellence.
• Promote and integrate a youth development philosophy across programs and divisions, ensuring youth-centered practices are embedded throughout service delivery.
• Oversee administrative operations and ensure financial, human, and physical resources are utilized effectively and efficiently.
• Ensure supervisors, coaches, and specialists receive required training; monitor youth goals, action steps, and academic performance data monthly; and ensure peer support groups are implemented and operating effectively.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work, Education, Human Services, or a related field.
• Significant experience working with at-risk, vulnerable, or system-involved youth, along with a minimum of three years of management and leadership experience.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams, foster innovation, and effectively lead organizational change.
• Visionary leader who demonstrates a strong commitment to organizational values, equity, inclusion, and diversity; remains composed under pressure; and maintains a belief in the potential for positive change and growth.
• Data-driven professional with experience using performance metrics, outcomes, and analytics to inform decision-making and program improvement.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate future needs, identify growth opportunities, and develop innovative solutions to complex challenges.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage community partners and stakeholders, facilitate positive staff relationships, and cultivate a warm, inclusive, strengths-based, trauma-informed, and nonjudgmental culture.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain professional boundaries while providing support and guidance to staff, promoting resilience, reducing workplace stress, and fostering meaningful relationships with young people.
• Strong time-management and project-management skills, with the ability to prioritize responsibilities and consistently meet deadlines.

Salary Range

$87, 478.00 (+ Bilingual Additive $3,500)