Deputy Director for Children and Families Commission

County of Riverside•Riverside, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

First 5 Riverside County, also known as the Riverside County Children and Families Commission, seeks a Deputy Director to provide senior leadership for the Commission’s Resilient Families goal priority, with primary responsibility for the countywide Family Resource Center network. This position requires regular travel throughout Riverside County to oversee daily operations across multiple Family Resource Centers, support site-based leadership, participate in staff meetings, and ensure consistent implementation of Commission priorities. The Deputy Director for the Children and Families Commission is a senior management position responsible for providing strategic leadership, operational direction, and performance oversight for major Commission programs, functions, and initiatives. This position reports directly to the Assistant Director and exercises direct supervision over management, professional, technical, and clerical staff. The Deputy Director will lead the Commission’s countywide Family Resource Center network and is responsible for transforming the FRCs into an integrated, prevention-focused service delivery platform that strengthens family support, early childhood development, and cross-system coordination throughout Riverside County. This includes direct oversight of all Commission-operated Family Resource Centers and the development of consistent standards, workflows, performance expectations, staffing models, and service delivery practices across all sites. A central expectation of this role is deep partnership with all county departments and community partners to ensure the FRC network functions as a connected countywide access point for families, not as isolated site-based operations. The Deputy Director will work closely with county agencies, including but not limited to social services, public health, behavioral health, education, housing, workforce, and other family-serving systems, to strengthen coordinated referrals, warm handoffs, shared service pathways, and integrated prevention strategies. The selected candidate will be expected to move the FRC network from a primarily site-based operational model toward a coordinated, strategic, and accountable countywide system. Key responsibilities include leading daily operations, strengthening program integration, improving service consistency, supporting community engagement, ensuring compliance with funding and program requirements, and using data to monitor performance, identify gaps, and improve outcomes for children and families. This role requires strong collaboration with Commission leadership, FRC managers and staff, county departments, community-based organizations, and system partners, including RivCoONE, to improve screening, referral, navigation, warm handoffs, and coordinated family support. The Deputy Director will be expected to champion the use of RivCoONE Connect as a core infrastructure tool for reducing barriers, improving follow-up, supporting cross-departmental coordination, and helping families access services without having to navigate complex systems alone. The Deputy Director will also support grant development and administration, program planning and implementation, policy interpretation, budget development, expenditure monitoring, and alignment with Proposition 10 requirements and Commission priorities. This position represents the Commission in diverse internal and external settings and is expected to build trusted relationships across county agencies, community-based organizations, regional partners, and family-serving systems. The ideal candidate will bring both executive-level operational discipline and a systems-change mindset, with the ability to manage complex daily operations while advancing the Commission’s broader prevention, integration, and family well-being goals. This is a high-impact leadership role for a candidate who can lead people, stabilize systems, build accountability, manage change, and translate a countywide vision into consistent practice across multiple locations. This class has been designated At-Will by the Board of Supervisors, in accordance with the provisions provided under Article 6, Section 601E (2) of the County Management Resolution and serves at the pleasure of the Agency/Department Head. This class has been deemed eligible for the Performance Recognition Plan as set forth under Article 3, Section 311 of the County Management Resolution. Program eligibility requires employees to be in a leadership position, manage other employees or programs, and have significant influence on the achievement of organizational objectives. Meet the Team! First 5 Riverside, the Riverside County Children & Families Commission , is primarily funded by tobacco taxes generated by Proposition 10, which passed in November 1998 to help make sure that all of our youngest Californians, from prenatal through 5 years old, get the best possible start in life. First 5 Riverside also receives state and federal funding to support community programs and initiatives to meet the goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan. First 5 Riverside County invests in partnerships that promote, support and enhance the health and early development of children, prenatal through age 5, their families and communities.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree, preferably with a major in public or business administration, finance, early childhood development, education, or a closely related field.
Four (4) years of administrative experience in the five administrative functions cited below.
Two (2) years of the required experience must have included supervision of administrative professionals.
Knowledge of organizational structures and relationships of public administration and government entities (County, state, federal, and local jurisdictions).
Knowledge of federal, state, and local ordinances and laws governing organization.
Knowledge of management principles including financial, budgetary, cost/benefit analysis, payroll administration, management information systems, supervision, and performance evaluation.
Ability to analyze, plan and direct budget preparation.
Ability to develop, monitor and direct a fiscal system which complies with various local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations.
Ability to analyze organization, administration and budgetary matters and recommend effective courses of action.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within the County and state and with representatives of other entities.
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing and make effective presentations of information, findings and recommendations.
Possession of a valid California Driver's License is required.

Nice To Haves

An extensive staff or line experience in early childhood, youth & family programs, and/or another First 5 agency is highly preferred.
Budget Preparation - line item and program budget preparation including writing program budget narratives, developing performance indicators, projecting revenues, justify and explain budget to Board of Commissioners, and/or County Board of Supervisors.
Personnel Administration - preparing forecasts of departmental personnel needs; providing guidance and recommendations to appointing authorities and top managers on the selection, recruiting and management of employees; managing grievances and disciplinary matters, and payroll supervision.
Fiscal Management - budget maintenance including reviewing and monitoring budget updates, making suggestions to management of actions necessary to balance budget, anticipating revenue changes and conducting cost benefit studies.
Facilities Management - coordinating personnel moves and space studies, performing equipment acquisitions and repairs, coordinating facility maintenance, and security and managing environmental health.
Development of comprehensive organization information processing systems.

Responsibilities

Provide senior leadership for the Commission’s Resilient Families goal priority, with primary responsibility for the countywide Family Resource Center network.
Oversee daily operations across multiple Family Resource Centers, support site-based leadership, participate in staff meetings, and ensure consistent implementation of Commission priorities.
Provide strategic leadership, operational direction, and performance oversight for major Commission programs, functions, and initiatives.
Lead the Commission’s countywide Family Resource Center network and transform the FRCs into an integrated, prevention-focused service delivery platform.
Directly oversee all Commission-operated Family Resource Centers and develop consistent standards, workflows, performance expectations, staffing models, and service delivery practices.
Partner with all county departments and community partners to ensure the FRC network functions as a connected countywide access point for families.
Work closely with county agencies to strengthen coordinated referrals, warm handoffs, shared service pathways, and integrated prevention strategies.
Move the FRC network from a primarily site-based operational model toward a coordinated, strategic, and accountable countywide system.
Lead daily operations, strengthen program integration, improve service consistency, and support community engagement.
Ensure compliance with funding and program requirements, and use data to monitor performance, identify gaps, and improve outcomes for children and families.
Collaborate with Commission leadership, FRC managers and staff, county departments, community-based organizations, and system partners to improve screening, referral, navigation, warm handoffs, and coordinated family support.
Champion the use of RivCoONE Connect as a core infrastructure tool for reducing barriers, improving follow-up, supporting cross-departmental coordination, and helping families access services.
Support grant development and administration, program planning and implementation, policy interpretation, budget development, expenditure monitoring, and alignment with Proposition 10 requirements and Commission priorities.
Represent the Commission in diverse internal and external settings and build trusted relationships across county agencies, community-based organizations, regional partners, and family-serving systems.
Assist the Executive Director in establishing and implementing policies and procedures; monitor effectiveness of policies and procedures and make revisions or recommendations for improvements as appropriate.
Assist with the coordination of fiscal and analytical operations, which may include, but are not limited to, the functions of fiscal control, accounting, purchasing, personnel, grant preparation and analysis, contract administration, and capital improvements.
Conduct or direct complex studies pertaining to a variety of administrative and operational problems; determine actions appropriate for improvements; advise the Executive Director and/or Commission on findings and methods of effective solution.
Under the direction of the Executive Director, prepare or supervise the preparation of the budget; review and analyze the budget of various programs or sections; review and make recommendations on expenditure requests and budget variances; ensure compliance with local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
Prepare or supervise the preparation of and review grant proposals for various programs and projects; interface with appropriate personnel regarding requirements for obtaining funds and monitoring procedures; present proposals to commissions, advisory committees, and work groups to gain support/approval for programs and projects.
May direct and implement the purchase, lease, construction, and/or renovation of facilities with multi-county and/or state jurisdictions through negotiated contract agreements.
Draft, review, interpret, and analyze new and proposed administrative legislation relative to organization functions and operations; take appropriate action to ensure compliance with existing rules and regulations.
Coordinate management information systems to include the non-technical aspects of automation, feasibility studies, equipment and software acquisition, and service contracting.
Review, coordinate, monitor, and supervise the performance of administrative functions to ensure effective and efficient operations.
Prepare response to lawsuits, respond to media and general requests for information, and represent the Executive Director and Commission in various meetings.
Attend and represent the department at various governmental and citizen group meetings; develop presentations on various programs and services provided.
Manage and direct personnel actions; interview and recommend candidates for employment; assign, train and evaluate subordinate supervisors and other personnel; define and resolve complex work problems; establish work standards and operational objectives.