Assistant Director, Community Resilience Division

Posting Date

08 / 12 / 24

Application Deadline

Open Until Filled

Pay Range

Hiring Pay Range : $94,500 - $121,200 annually

Full Pay Range : $94,500 - $148,000 annually

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.

This position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Job Type

Unclassified

Department

Human Services

About the Position

Ready to lead a new division within our Human Services Department that prioritizes support from crisis to stability to self-sufficiency?

We're seeking an Assistant Director for our Community Resilience Division, focused on Community Action, supporting those experiencing homelessness, and delivering exceptional services through other crisis-related programs and projects.

The Assistant Director will partner with County executives, government agencies, and nonprofit partners across the region to reduce housing and utility insecurities.

You will have the opportunity to build and leverage solid relationships across the county to ideate, create, manage, and evaluate the highest-quality support systems for Maricopa County residents.

About Us

Together, we can thrive.

In Human Services, we focus on maximizing potential and providing support and resources for all stages of life. We partner with families and communities to encourage children to learn, invite youth and adults to cultivate professional skills, guide families to achieve financial success, and enable seniors to live independently.

Join our team and unlock your potential!

Proud To Offer

• Work with a greater purpose
• Exceptional work-life balance that includes hybrid work flexibility
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts
• Employee discounts for goods and services
• Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12.27% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
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We Require

• Six years of demonstrated professional experience in program administration and implementation, building and leveraging strategic relationships, and grant and contracts management, which includes at least three years of supervisory and / or managerial experience managing large programs
• Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, or other related field
• A combination of post-secondary education and / orjob-related experience may substitute for theminimum qualifications on a year-for-year basis

Other Requirements

• Must currently possess or have the ability to obtain a valid Arizona driver's license at the time of hire
• Must possess or have the ability to obtain and maintain a Level 1 Arizona Department of Public Safety Fingerprint Clearance Card

We Also Value

• Master's degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field
• Experience with methods to mobilize people, communities, and resources and to prioritize formal and informal group responses to community concerns regarding homelessness
• Knowledge of national, regional, and local trends using evidence-based practices and data-driven outcome measures as they apply to homelessness and community action programming

Job Contributions

• Provides strategic, administrative, and programmatic direction for the Community Resilience Division (CRD), including planning, implementation, grant reporting, staff supervision, budget, and financial management of all grant programs and services
• Manages the planning, implementation, and reporting of the Community Action Program (CAP), and other crisis assistance programs (e.

g. homelessness prevention, rental, utility, mortgage)

• Effectively develops, executes, and monitors contracts with local Community Action Agencies to ensure services are being delivered equitably and in compliance with state and federal regulations
• Develops and implements strategic goals and operational / budget objectives
• Ensures successful service delivery of crisis assistance programs in a high-demand environment through the management of County, municipality, and non-profit contracted staff
• Oversees and monitors change management, project management, organizational structure, business processes, and management practices and policies that align with and support an innovative, integrated, client-centered, outcome-focused culture.
• Responsible for implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and principles in the Division, including service delivery, staff management, and program / project development
• Works cross-divisionally to ensure comprehensive service delivery for communities and clients
• Actively participates as a member of the Department's Executive Team, including the additional activities assigned to this team
• Interfaces, develops, and maintains effective relationships with elected and appointed officials of local, state, and federal governmental jurisdictions and CEOs of service providers to identify goals and objectives
• Perform a full range of supervisory responsibilities over assigned staff, including but not limited to establishing workload standards, determining work priorities, performance management, coaching staff, and hiring new staff

Working Conditions

Work is routinely performed in an office environment, which may require long periods of sitting, reading, and typing; however, hybrid work options are available.

Requires travel to program sites throughout Maricopa County and is subject to County policies regarding the use of County vehicles and / or private vehicles used on County business.

Selection Procedure

Only the most qualified candidates will be considered

Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications

Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile

Must pass a pre-employment background and / or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive

Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer.

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