Executive Director

Executive Director

The Role of the Executive Director is multi-dimensional.  Areas of responsibility include planning and evaluation of programs, policy development, supervision, fiscal management, and overall coordination of the Renewed Vision Developmental Disabilities Centers overall program.  The Executive Director is also responsible for implementing new and maintaining   current program/activities, policies and directives from the Advisory Committee.  The Executive Director shall oversee all Administrative, budgetary and public activities of the Agency.  This position reports directly to the CEO

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages and coordinates, directly or through subordinate coordinators/supervisors, a significant area within the organization.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates short- and long-range goals.
• Establishes priorities and allocates resources to meet goals.
• Assists in negotiating and administers contracts with community social services organizations and monitors compliance with contract provisions.
• Develops and implements approved policies, services, and procedures.
• Oversees placement for vocational, residential, and day care of eligible consumers taking a leadership role in advocating individual choice, person-centered planning and changing roles of professionals providing services.
• Establishes and maintains liaison with other governmental and community service agencies.
• Maintains liaison with administrators/support coordinator of contracts to resolve problems, interpret policies, ensures contract compliance, and promotes self-determination practices.
• Represents company on various local and state governmental and community committees and boards.
• Coordinates all personnel decisions including hiring, corrective actions and terminations.
• Monitors, assists or provides in-service training, staff development, and consultation to staff members regarding vocational, day, social, behavioral, recreational, personal living, personal choice, and community services issues.
• Provides direct services in crisis or extremely difficult/emergency situations.
• Organizes resources in ways that are life enhancing and meaningful for consumers.
• Participates in the development and administration of the budget with the Chief Executive Director.
• Analyzes and develops new programs and alternatives to existing programs emphasizing consumer personal choice.
• Acts as an advocate in ensuring personal freedoms, responsibility and support, assists in resolving problems, and securing needed services for consumers.
• Supervises, trains and evaluates professional and support personnel.
• Collects and analyzes statistical data for determining cost/benefit ratios.
• Acts as a technical expert and monitors all program's functions and licensing requirements for community programs.
• Assists in performing various treatments including counseling and crisis intervention as well as physical management procedures as necessary.
• PERFORMS OTHER RELATED DUTIES AND ASSIGNMENTS AS REQUIRED.

Education Requirement

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in public or business administration, social or behavioral sciences or a closely related area and one year of related experience; or four (4) years of specific equivalent training/experience and five (5) years of professional experience coordinating, planning and implementing residential and/or community programs for developmentally disabled/seriously mentally ill population

Experience:

• Minimum of two years of supervisory or management experience. (Additional relevant experience and education may be substituted for a portion of the requirements.)
• Ability to effectively communicate in English both in writing and verbally.
• Able to positively interact and develop rapport with consumers and their families, professional support staff, and various levels of staff from community agencies.
• Able to maintain a calm, non-defensive, supportive attitude during crisis or potential crisis situations

Knowledge of:

• Community resources in social services programs.
• Program planning and evaluation, report writing, and data analysis.
• Responsibility of an advocate and fostering self-determination practices.
• Theory, principles and practices of professional work with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
• Principles and practices of contract administration and budgeting principles and practices.
• Principles and practices of self-determination and individualized supports.
• Principles and practices of supervision and management.
• Behavioral treatment plans and person-centered planning.

Ability to:

• Administering a social services program by implementing the theory, principles and practices of professional program management.
• Analyzing and evaluating social and/or behavioral data to determine the needs of consumers
• Interpret laws, rules, regulations and policies.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English both in writing and verbally.
• Able to positively interact and develop rapport with consumers and their families, professional support staff, and various levels of staff from community agencies.
• Able to maintain a calm, non-defensive, supportive attitude during crisis or potential crisis situations