Strengthening Families Division Director

Do you enjoy working closely with a diverse group of colleagues, community leaders, and partner organizations to help improve the health of our community? Do you have strong contract and budget monitoring skills? If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply for the Division Director position in the Strengthening Families Division. This is an Appointive, Full-time (1.0 FTE) position. The Division Director is the executive leader for the Strengthening Families Division. This position is a member of the Health Department's Leadership Team, reports to the Director of Public Health, and shares responsibility for strategic planning and leadership of the agency. 

Some of What You'll Do: 

• The Division Director leads and manages the Strengthening Families Division, which includes but is not limited to these programs:
  • Parent, Child and Family Health (e.g., Black Infant Health, Nurse Family Partnership, Family Support Partnership, Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs).
  • Behavioral and Emotional Health (e.g., youth substance use, child social emotional learning & wellness, child death review team, injury prevention, opioid prevention and response).
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Services (e.g., clinical services to provide methadone and substance use disorder counseling).
• Administer and monitor a budget of approximately $15 million, manage the work of approximately 65 FTEs, and oversee more than 100 contracts, partnerships, agreements and grants.
• Develop a strategic vision for the Division that aligns with the Department's Vision, Mission and Strategic Plan, broad public health goals and the interests of the Board of Health and the community.
• Collaborate with funders and stakeholders to obtain sustainable funding to achieve the identified goals and objectives.
• Convene and facilitate internal and external groups to improve collaboration and achieve goals.
• Plan, organize, lead and direct staff in development, implementation and evaluation of program objectives, strategies and work plans.
• Create, model and support a work culture that values learning, assessment and continuous improvement. Empower staff to make changes that improve productivity, customer services and outcomes. Use creativity, past learning and solid reasoning to find solutions to complex problems.
• Develop and routinely track Division budgets to ensure that revenues and expenditures are within established parameters and that the desired outcomes are being met.
• Develop and implement strategies for new revenue that align with agency strategic goals and community interests.
• Ensure that business functions are completed in an efficient, effective and innovative ways including Requests for Proposals, grant proposals and applications, contract deliverables, cooperative agreements with community and other governmental agencies, identify and manage risk issues associated with program and staffing requirements.
• Ensure the Division programs comply with Federal, State and local laws/regulations as well as Departmental policies and procedures.
• Develop, evaluate and update policies, incorporate policies into program plans and structures, analyze results.
• Lead, manage, mentor and coach staff. Responsible for supervision of direct reports. Inspire others to take responsibility for innovation and quality in achieving core public health goals and division business functions.
• Serve as a media spokesperson as needed.