Program Supervisor – Student Assistance Program
About The Position
Are you a relationship-builder, team leader, and student advocate who is passionate about helping young people overcome barriers and achieve success? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your leadership, organizational skills, and commitment to student well-being can make a lasting impact? If so, Devereux Center for Effective Schools is seeking a Program Supervisor – Student Assistance Program (SAP) to lead and support a team of SAP Liaisons serving school districts throughout the region. In this highly visible leadership role, you will oversee program operations, supervise staff, partner with school and community stakeholders, and ensure that students receive the support and resources they need to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. As an SAP Supervisor, you will collaborate with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping students, families, and school communities thrive. At Devereux, we're committed to supporting our employees through competitive compensation, meaningful benefits, and opportunities for growth. Reporting to the Director of the Center for Effective Schools, this role is responsible for supervising SAP Liaisons, ensuring program compliance, managing data and reporting functions, and maintaining strong partnerships with school districts, community agencies, and key stakeholders. The Program Supervisor serves as a trusted resource to schools, providing consultation on educational, behavioral health, prevention, and student support matters while ensuring all program deliverables are met with accuracy and excellence. This position plays a critical role in monitoring program performance, analyzing outcomes, supporting quality improvement initiatives, and using data to drive operational effectiveness and program growth. The ideal candidate is a strong leader who excels at relationship-building, staff development, organization, and problem-solving, and is passionate about helping students, families, and school communities succeed. Devereux Educational Strategies and Solutions (DESS) provides support to schools around early learning, academic interventions, safety practices and the assessment and treatment of students with complex behaviors, cognitive challenges and communication needs. We use evidence-based practices with an emphasis on assisting school systems with special education populations. DESS comprises the following departments: Center for Autism Education Services; Center for Effective Schools; Center for Resilient Children & Center for School-Based Mental Health Services. These teams provide the following effective in-person and virtual services.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Education, Behavioral Health, Human Services, Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a related field.
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in behavioral healthcare, mental health, education, substance use, or a related field.
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel frequently between school and community locations.
- Strong leadership, organizational, and administrative skills.
- Exceptional communication, collaboration, and relationship-building abilities.
- Experience with data tracking, reporting, and outcome measurement.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
Nice To Haves
- Master's Degree in a related field.
- Prior Student Assistance Program (SAP) experience.
- Previous staff supervision or program management experience.
- Knowledge of Pennsylvania Student Assistance Program processes.
- Experience working with public school districts and community-based organizations.
Responsibilities
- Supervising SAP Liaisons
- Ensuring program compliance
- Managing data and reporting functions
- Maintaining strong partnerships with school districts, community agencies, and key stakeholders
- Providing consultation on educational, behavioral health, prevention, and student support matters
- Ensuring all program deliverables are met with accuracy and excellence
- Monitoring program performance
- Analyzing outcomes
- Supporting quality improvement initiatives
- Using data to drive operational effectiveness and program growth
Benefits
- Excellent health benefits effective 30 days after employment
- Tuition reimbursement and student loan assistance through our ASCEND Program
- Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities
- Medical (including telemedicine via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, and mental health services.
- Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.
- Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.
- Employee assistance / work-life balance program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
