Social Services Assistant Director I (Caroline)

Hiring Range: $75,488.00 to $90,000.00

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Additional Detail

Title Description- This is the first management level in the occupational group for Assistant Director. Employees classified as Benefit Program Manager, Social Work Program Manager, and Administrative Services Manager may also act as an Assistant Director I to a Social Service Director. The Social Services Assistant Director I class is responsible for a major program area, advises the Social Service Director on a variety of issues and undertakes special projects. The Social Services Assistant Director I class is distinguished from the Social Services Assistant Director II by the latter having responsibility for oversight of a major division having multiple administrative and program units requiring management through managers that supervise first line program supervisors.

General Work Tasks (Illustrative Only) -

• Acts in the place of the Social Services Director when absent
• Plans, assigns, reviews, and evaluates the work of supervisory staff
• Monitors service delivery and implements organizational changes necessary to achieve goals and objectives
• Reviews and evaluates program policy and the effects of new programs/revisions on the agency, its staff, and resources
• Determines staffing needs and makes recommendations to the agency director
• Recommends hiring, transfer, promotion, and termination of personnel
• Consults with Supervisors on case problems not resolved
• Coordinates various program goals and efforts with those of other agency units
• Collaborates with community partners
• Prepares or approves correspondence and oversees recordkeeping system
• Assists in planning community resources
• Leads special projects
• Prepare budget and monitors expenditures
• Collects and compiles data for long-range planning
• Prepares ad hoc and regular reports for agency Director
• Prepares agenda items and materials for the Local Social Services Board
• Ensures training and development of staff
• Performs human resource duties
• Plans and coordinates implementation of programs
• Conducts meetings as necessary
• Manages and directs the activities and functions of assigned programs
  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities-

Knowledge - Comprehensive knowledge of: current social, economic, health and governmental conditions and problems; human behavior and the ability to work effectively with individuals and groups; management principles and methods of administration, including planning, organizing, leading and personnel and fiscal management; public assistance programs, policies and regulations; and the literature in the field of public assistance. Considerable knowledge of automated systems and standard office software to include the state Department of Social Services human services systems.

Skills - Skill in operating a personal computer and the associated office and agency software.

Abilities - Demonstrated ability to: plan, organize and direct the work of others; establish effective working relationships with staff, other agencies and the community; collect and analyze data and use it in short-and long-range planning; coordinate and deploy people, programs and resources; conduct workshops and make public presentations; and communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Education and Experience-

Bachelor's degree in the human services, management or related field and experience in eligibility and/or social work, including in a supervisory/managerial capacity OR any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities

Special Requirements:
Must be willing to work shelter duty.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Only online applications accepted.