Job Description
Job Description
Starting Salary: $77,000
Position Summary
At Pace we transform girls’ lives through academic and counseling programs based on a gender-responsive, strength-based and trauma informed framework. Team members create a safe place for girls to learn, process, heal and begin again.
The Program Director guides and oversees social-emotional prevention programming to girls. This position is aimed at providing administrative execution of the program and academic/social services teams, ensuring that girls are provided with quality social service and academic supports.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Education or a related field
- Current Florida driver’s license
- Minimum of three to five years’ experience in leading and supervising teams
- Knowledge on child development
- Experience using personal computers and basic office equipment required
Preferred
- Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Education, or a related field
- Minimum three years of experience in an Educational or Social Services environment
- Skilled in trauma-responsive practices
- Familiar with Department of Education requirements
- Knowledge of laws relating to children and families, as well as care (case) management practices
- Experience in leading a multidisciplinary team
- Minimum of three years of administrative experience in an at-risk youth serving agency
- Experience with auditing and compliance functions
Roles and Responsibilities
Ensure Quality Programming
- Ensure commitment to the Pace mission, vision, culture, values and guiding principles, and strategic goals and objectives of Pace Center for Girls
- Manage and coordinate activities related to fidelity of the evidenced-based program model, including social services and academic components
- Facilitate cohesion in Academic and Social Service program components, as well as Reach Program Services (if applicable), to ensure the integration of Gender-Responsive, Strength-Based and Trauma-Informed programming and Pace Values and Guiding Principles
- Ensure quality programming that increases girls’ resiliency and protective factors by improving relationships, increasing self-efficacy, and encouraging self-advocacy
- Guide team members to provide strength-based behavior modification and to ensure appropriate use of the Growth and Change System in the program, including non-violent intervention of girls and caregivers when needed
- Create partnerships with community resources to identify quality services and assistance that will enhance the program and cohesively meet the needs of girls
- Ensure all school district requirements are met; may act as liaison between Pace and the local school district
- Collaborate with the Academic manager to implement the School Improvement Plan and provide feedback to team members as needed
- Oversee the administration of National School Lunch Program
- Manage existing agency resources to maximize efficiency, utilization, and innovation
- Share responsible for ensuring the recruitment of girls and maintaining census of the program
- Participate on the intake team to support decision-making about program enrollment
- Provide oversight to middle managers (if appliable) in the provision of academic, social service, and intensive wrap-around care (case) management services to girls aimed at building resiliency and decreasing risk-related behaviors through a holistic framework; maintain a care (case) load if warranted
- Provide crisis intervention and support as warranted, including family support, peer mediation, classroom support, consultation, and the coordination of risk assessments to ensure safety of the girls in the program
- Utilize the student management system and other documentation to ensure that middle managers are following proper protocol regarding team member performance
Leadership
- Hire, on-board, supervise, and evaluate middle managers and team members under the culture standards of caring, purpose, learning, and results
- Lead, develop, and supervise team members using a gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and strength-based framework
- Guide and facilitate care review meetings regarding girls’ care, providing education to the care planning team using a multidisciplinary framework
- Coordinate internal and external professional development efforts to support development and succession plans
- Develop and oversee the center’s training program to ensure compliance with policy and contracted funders; ensure certifications are current
- Ensure compliance regarding documentation of efforts, the collection of data and programmatic outcomes, safety standards, and the preparation of reports as needed to ensure contractual and grant obligation
- Monitor compliance with regulatory and contractual standards
- Ensure safety initiatives and adherence to agency safety program
- Oversee quality substance abuse prevention services by monitoring the standards of the Florida Administrative Codes Chapter 65D-30
- Ensure the program adheres to the Department of Juvenile Justice Education standards
- Ensure grant and funder contracts are utilized to their fullest capacity as dictated in contacts and memorandums of understanding
- Facilitate meetings and workgroups with center management, community stakeholders, and contract affiliates
- Utilize data and key performance indicators to assess the effectiveness of the program and adjust as needed
- Ensure that all disclosures of abuse and neglect are reported timely and accurately
- Conduct regular self-audits to ensure the program is providing high quality services and meeting standards; implement changes to standards as they occur
- Follow the State and Stakeholder (funders) guidelines to report incidents, including the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Central Communications Center (CCC)
- In collaboration with the Executive Director, assess needs and develop goals for the center’s day program; follow through and implement strategies and action plans
- Create, prepare and maintain reports and documents for assigned projects and services, and other assignments as directed by the Executive Director
- Serve as a member of the Center’s Leadership Team and report to the Executive Director
- Advocate for and represent Pace within the community to enhance the understanding of agency initiatives, elicit support, advocate for girls, and support recruitment and retention efforts
- Develop effective relationships with internal and external patrons
- Promote Pace within the community, attend conferences, and public speaking events.
- Assist in training and oversight of assigned interns and volunteers and ensure their performance meets the needs of the girls served, if warranted
- Other duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibility:
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with agency policies and applicable laws, including Board 491 and the Florida Administrative Codes Chapter 65D-30