PARTNERSHIPS & PREVENTION DIRECTOR - 60046978

State of Florida•Dundee, FL

About The Position

The Director of Partnerships and Prevention for the Office of Child and Family Well-Being is an executive leadership position responsible for assisting the Assistant Secretary (AS) with ensuring operational compliance with DCF’s strategic plan objectives, performance measures, federal and state laws, and rules and operational procedures. The Director also has operational and management responsibility for the regional Community Directors, the permanency manager, as well as the Interagency Manager. In addition, the position supports the AS and Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) in coordinating projects, work assignments, budgets, and services that require multi-location participation, or coordination with program offices and/or other administrative units and stakeholders. It supports an integrated agency-wide strategic action plan and roadmap that aligns statewide department initiatives with agency goals and objectives. Provides direction to regions and all program areas to ensure the continued advancement of the strategic plan. Duties and Responsibilities: The Director of Partnerships & Prevention for the Office of Child and Family Well-Being is an executive leadership position responsible for assisting the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) with ensuring operational compliance with DCF’s strategic plan objectives, performance measures, federal and state laws, and rules and operational procedures. The Director has operational and management responsibility for the Partnership & Prevention team inclusive of Regional Community Directors. In addition, the position supports the Assistant Secretary (AS) and Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) in coordinating projects, work assignments, budgets, and services that require multi-location participation, or coordination with program offices and/or other administrative units. It supports an integrated agency-wide strategic action plan and roadmap that aligns statewide department initiatives with agency goals and objectives. Provides direction to regions and all program areas to ensure the continued advancement of the strategic plan.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree.
Valid Driver License
7+ years of child welfare experience
3 years of senior or executive leadership experience
Must be able to travel across the state of Florida.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Speaking: Talking to others to effectively convey information.
Writing: Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Active Listening: Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate.
Information Gathering: Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information.
Problem Identification: Identifying the nature of problems.
Systems Evaluation: Looking at many indicators of system performance, taking into account their accuracy.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Idea Evaluation: Evaluating the likely success of an idea in relation to the demands of the situation.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination, and execution. This may include strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, leadership techniques, and production methods.
Law, Government and Jurisprudence: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of policies and practices involved in personnel/human resource functions.
Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, psychological research methods, and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Word
Excel
PowerPoint and Presentation Software

Nice To Haves

FSFN proficiency.

Responsibilities

Provides oversight and direction for the Regional Community Prevention team which includes the Regional Community Directors and their staff reports. This team is active in preventing youth from entering the system of care through identification and coordination of service providers, collaborating with community partners to meet circuit/region specific needs, active in community events and disaster response efforts.
Provides oversight and direction for the statewide Interagency Partnerships, Prevention & Outreach, Adoption & Post-Permanency Well-Being, Family Services Review and Youth & Young Adult Engagement teams. These teams are active in all aspects of child welfare, statewide workgroups, alliances and conferences.
Provides leadership in ensuring organizational goals, performance measures and objectives are met in compliance with Departmental mandates. Reviews and analyzes operational performance metrics, including scorecards and works in partnership with statewide and regional operations and Community Based Care (CBC) Lead Agency’s to coordinate on-going review of service delivery and management systems to ensure maximum efficiency and productivity.
Develops and maintains a system for inter and intra program information dissemination and program integration.
Supports an integrated agency-wide strategic plan and roadmap that aligns department initiatives with agency goals and objectives. Provides direction to other functional areas and leadership to ensure the continuing advancement of the plan. Monitors achievements, facilitates movement, and reports on progress to executive and senior leadership. Leads business process engineering and reengineering activities to support the implementation of innovative and cutting edge solutions and applicable process and policy changes. Coordinates the development of statewide metrics to assess the department’s operational efficiencies.
Assists in development and implementation of statewide operational plans, to include performance indicators and outcome measures that addresses federal and state legislation and best practice standards.
Assists in development, implementation, and oversight of special initiatives consistent with the direction of the Governor, the Legislature and the Secretary of the Department, and Assistant Secretary of Child and Family Well-Being.
Assists in the development of reports, briefing sessions, seminars and other media for communicating to executive leadership in the Office of Child and Family Well-Being, legislature and general public concerning the present and future status of Child and Family Well-Being programs.
Works with other Department leadership as well as programs under his/her supervision to integrate the services of Office of Child and Family Well-Being with other programs of the department, especially the Office of Quality and Innovation, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, and Economic Self-Sufficiency.
Works with other Department leadership as well as programs under his/her supervision to integrate the services of Office of Child and Family Well-Being with other external partners to the Department, including, but not limited to, the Department of Juvenile Justice, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Education.
Works in collaboration with Statewide Director of Child Protection & Statewide Director of Family Navigation on inter-agency collaboration with principle stakeholders in child welfare (i.e., DOH, DOE, DJJ, university schools of social work, Ounce of Prevention, child advocates, child advocacy centers, Department of Elder Affairs, etc) to ensure children and families being served have access to a robust continuum of services to meet their holistic needs.

Benefits

No state income tax for residents of Florida;
Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
Flexible Spending Accounts;
Tuition waivers;

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