First review of resumes: Monday, January 16, 2023

This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic dedicated social services professional ready to take the next step in their career and lend their experience and management abilities to help improve the quality of life for the residents of Monterey County.

The COMMUNITY
Located on California’s picturesque Pacific Coast the County of Monterey enjoys mild weather year-round and is home to miles of beautiful beaches, spectacular mountain ranges, groves of redwoods, low-rolling foothills, and a bountiful valley. With a population exceeding 450,000 the County is proud of its vibrant citizenry, great traditions, educational opportunities, and multicultural lifestyles. Monterey County is known to the world for its majestic coastlines including Big Sur, California State Route 1, and 17-mile Drive on the Monterey Peninsula as well as the agriculturally rich Salinas Valley, also known as the “salad bowl of the world”. It is also home to Pinnacles National Park near the City of Soledad and the site of a Monarch butterfly preserve in the City of Pacific Grove. It’s easy to see why an estimated 4.3 million visitors a year make Monterey County their destination of choice.

California’s 16th largest County also provides many educational opportunities for its residents including California State University at Monterey Bay, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, the Defense Language Institute (DLI), Presidio of Monterey, and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). All these factors combine to make Monterey County a healthy, economically diverse region eager to foster and sustain an enriching lifestyle for its residents.

COUNTY GOVERNMENT
The County is a general law county comprised of ten elected officials including a five-member Board of Supervisors, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Auditor-Controller, District Attorney, Sheriff-Coroner, and Treasurer-Tax-Collector. All 10 officers are elected to four-year terms. A County Administrative Officer is appointed by the Board and functions as the chief executive officer.

The Board adopts policies, establishes programs, appoints non-elected department heads, and adopts annual budgets for County departments. The Board also serves as the governing body for various special districts and agencies. The County is supported by a FY 2022-23 total budget of 1.8 billion and approximately 5,716 employees.

The DEPARTMENT
The County of Monterey Department of Social Services administers over one-hundred and fifty programs that daily serve an estimated 200,000 resident of the County. Department programs including: Community Benefits (Public Assistance Eligibility), Family and Children’s Services (Child Welfare Services), Aging ad Adult Services (Adult Protective Services, IHSS and Area Agency on Aging), CalWORKS Employment Services, Military & Veterans Affairs and the Community Action Partnership.

The Department of Social Services Mission and Values are to promote the social and economic self-reliance of each individual and family we serve though:

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  Employment Services
• Temporary financial assistance
• Social support services
• Protective services to children, dependent adults and seniors
• Partnerships with the community to develop and support social change, highlighting personal responsibility and self-sufficiency

• Leadership that demonstrates vision, knowledge, dedication, competence, compassion and results
• Self-sufficiency as a measurement of our community’s economic and social health
• Quality services that are delivered with integrity, innovation, and that respects cultural diversity
• Full participation by persons we serve in making decisions that affect their lives
• Lifelong learning and the development of job skills and
• Internal and external client and customer satisfaction as one of the most important measures of our success

• Lead by example
• Encourage active participation of all community members in addressing social concerns
• Assist and support the persons we serve to better meet the challenges of their lives
• Encourage personal and professional development in realizing one’s potential and
• Promote collaboration throughout our community

• Is an exceptional relationship builder, prepared to meet the Agency’s goals.
• Personable leader who treats employees with respect and enjoys mentoring staff.
• Demonstrates a can-do mindset and is ready to be resourceful and open to ideas that will maintain solutions-oriented culture.
• Is a strategic thinker who, using analytical thinking and appropriate research, provides informed policy and programmatic recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
• Is an excellent communicator who can successfully convey information to technical and non-technical staff, board members, and community stakeholders.

• Plans, develops, implements, directs, monitors, and evaluates departmental operations in one or more of the following areas: public assistance eligibility, child welfare, welfare to work employment services, aging and adult services, or financial and administrative services; coordinates service programs and resources to serve the direct needs of the community assures program integrity, customer and community access, and legal/regulatory compliance.
• Selects, assigns, directs, and evaluates the performance of subordinate management, supervisory and other personnel; determines qualifications, skills and training needs of the Department’s multidisciplinary staff, oversees management development and staff training programs within the Department; coordinates corrective measures as required.
• Analyzes data and develops recommendations on budget, staffing, policy and program activities of assigned areas; presents recommendations to department and County leadership in written and/or oral form; may present recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
• Works closely with the County’s Communications Director to provide information to the news media and the public relative to assigned program areas; represents the Department at meetings and hearings; interacts with and provides staff support for various advisory boards, commissions, and committees.

• Principles and methods of contract administration, budget preparation and management theory.
• The programs and mandates of the assigned branch of the Department of Social Services for example Community Benefits, Family and Children’s Services, Aging and Adult Services, CalWORKs Employment Services, or Administrative Services.
• Principles and practices of program development.
• Principles and practices of effective supervision and management of personnel.

• State and Federal policy development practices related to social services.
• Methods of assessing community needs and resources.

• Plan, organize and direct the work of subordinate staff.
• Analyze problems, select alternatives, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations for departmental objectives.
• Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules and regulations as they relate to the assigned area of responsibility.
• Collect, interpret, and evaluate narrative and statistical data pertaining to service levels, program management and financial/administrative operations.
• Communicate effectively in writing in order to prepare a variety of reports, correspondence, and memoranda.
• Communicate effectively orally in order to present findings, recommendations and policies before boards, commissions and/or committees, and the public.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted through the course of work.

Any combination of training, education and/or experience which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities and required conditions of employment listed above is qualifying. An example of a way these requirements might be acquired is:

Education:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, health, social sciences, or a related field. A master’s degree in human services; social work’ business administration; or a related field is highly desirable.

Experience
Four years progressively responsible work in program administration, planning and evaluations preferably with a public agency, including two years of management experience in the delivery of human services, social welfare or health services that demonstrates the possession of the required knowledge and abilities.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
This is an At-will position. The salary range for the Deputy Director Social Services is $130,318 to $177,892 and will depend on the qualifications and experience of the individual selected.

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  Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision), flexible spending account, dependent care, and Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement: Enrollment in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)
  
  • Classic CalPERS Member: 2% @ 55, 7% employee contribution
  • New CalPERS Member: 2% @ 62, 7% employee contribution
• Paid leave: 23 days of annual leave in first year up to 37 days after 25 years, 12 holidays, 1 floating holiday; 10 days professional leave per year non-accruable.
• Stipends: $375/month automobile, $400/year professional development, $45.84/month management expense allowance.
• Life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Deferred compensation voluntary plan.