Executive Director

About the role

The selected candidate will be offered a salary of $110,067 - $126,000. This position is only open to candidates who are permanent (not provisional) in the Civil Service Title of Administrative Staff Analyst.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the unit including providing support to the director overseeing Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT), Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Functional Family Therapy - Child Welfare Adaptations, Multisystemic Therapy - Prevention (MST-PRV), Multisystemic Therapy – Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) & Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and oversee the portfolio of programs implementing the family support frameworks (Solution-Based casework, Family Connections, Mobility Mentoring).
• Develop team processes and facilitate procedures for claiming for Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA).
• Provide direct supervision of staff and guide strategic thought partnership using project management, research methods, data analytics, and human-centered design to spearhead high-level, highly visible initiatives that require collaboration with major stakeholders for the therapeutic treatment programs and family support programs.
• Trains staff in performance of work activities, by holding individual and unit informational meetings, inviting and answering questions, demonstrating/providing examples of proper work methods, to increase employees’ areas of capacity.
• Conducts/participates in staff meetings, by attending/facilitating agenda, encouraging relevant discussion, to keep staff informed of unit goals and changes in programs/policies/procedures.
• Makes sure staff involved in the development and implementation of new initiatives/projects, by observation, conveying information, directing the analysis/analyzing data, to provide reports/recommendations to improve customer service and workflow.
• Collaborate with the division’s leaders and staff to develop strategies to ensure models across prevention programs are implemented in alignment to service model fidelity and in alignment with NYC child welfare requirements and state policies.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of unit’s strategy to define and assess fidelity measures for individual programs and across a cohort of programs implementing a model and charts approaches for improving implementation.
• Represent the Family Services Division (FSD) and OPMS team at meetings with Federal, State, and City Officials; local and national stakeholders and at conferences and external learning events.
• Apprise FSD’s leadership on emerging and operational issues and technical assistance for the provider agencies.
• Work closely with contracted resources to ensure that the prevention service systems are responsive to the needs of families involved with the child welfare system and to maximize efficiency in the delivery of those services.

Qualifications

• A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area.
• 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above.
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above.