Domestic Violence Systems Accountability Statewide Manager-SES - 60008337

Requisition No: 827482 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: Domestic Violence Systems Accountability Statewide Manager-SES - 60008337

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60008337 

Salary:  $70,000-$85,000 

Posting Closing Date: 05/05/2024 

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Domestic Violence Systems Accountability Statewide Manager

Travel will be required.

This is a full time, SES position, working 40 hours per week.

Regular business hours are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST, Monday to Friday.

Salary to be determined, based on experience, $70,000 Minimum.

If selected for hire, current DCF employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy. 

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid Driver’s License
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 3 years working in the Domestic Violence field, with intimate partner violence, batterer accountability programming, or related violence prevention experience.
• Minimum 2 – 3 years’ experience providing direct supervision or management of staff.   
• Minimum 2 years’ of training, team facilitating, and/or public speaking (combination of).  

POSITION DESCRIPTION

This is professional work providing direct management oversight of employees and managing statewide systems accountability programming. A primary duty of the incumbent in this position is to spend time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees, planning, and directing their work. This position provides direct oversight for the development, implementation, monitoring, policy development, and ongoing quality improvement for the state’s system accountability programs including batterer accountability, certification, and continuous quality improvement. 

The duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manage allocated resources to accomplish assigned work. Train, coach, and mentor employees to become productive and competent.  Provide management of staff to perform work that meets expectations. Demonstrate critical-thinking and leadership skills in areas such as planning, preparation, performance, budget management, managing change, problem analysis/decision making, technical skills, conceptual skills, presentations, self-direction, self-motivation, and building and maintaining relationships.

• Serve as the Manager of the Office of Domestic Violence Systems Accountability Team. Supervise certification and monitoring of batterers' intervention programs. Ensure the overall quality of monitoring and completion of all documentation. Communicate with appropriate parties regarding process, status, policies, and need for assistance in relation to BIP certification and monitoring. Identify areas of improvement regarding compliance issues and coordinate the provision of technical assistance as necessary.  Ensure provider compliance with Florida Statutes, Florida Administrative Code, Children and Families Operating Procedures, and state and federal grants received.

• Oversee batterer accountability funding, planning and implementation process, including convening a planning team, coordinating stakeholder input, developing strategic plans, and grant administration.

• Coordinate batterer accountability policy and rule development/updates. Serve as the ODV subject matter expert regarding best practices in batterer intervention.

• Represent ODV in community collaboration interactions through the state and within the national BIP collaborative network.

• Effectively communicate batterer accountability priority areas to stakeholders and ODV team members to ensure effective coordination of efforts.

• Review new and innovative research, best practices, and attend state and national trainings or meetings on batterer and systems accountability, to continually build upon the program in Florida.

• Provide training, technical assistance and consultation to collaborating agencies and individuals as requested. Assist in coordinating statewide training events.  This includes coordination with coalitions, collaboratives, law enforcement, sister state agencies, provider agencies/providers, federal agencies, and other key stakeholders.

• Provide support to VAWA STOP funded grant projects, including providing training and technical assistance (TA) to funded programs.

• Collaborate with the Programs Team on the STOP Implementation Team meetings, develop recommendations for STOP programming, and assist with writing grant solicitations on behalf of the department.

• Collaborate with the Programs Team to complete STOP and fatality review reports.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position:

Possesses, at minimum, a Bachelor’s Degree and three years' experience in domestic violence, intimate partner violence, batterer accountability, or violence prevention experience.  Has a minimum of 2-3 years experience providing direct supervision or management of staff or teams. Has a minimum of two years' experience as a trainer or team facilitator and/or public speaking. Must have a strong understanding of and commitment to the philosophy of domestic violence empowerment-based services and knowledge of the dynamics of domestic violence, including coercive control, and root causes of violence. Must have excellent technical writing experience and demonstrate a history of collaborative program development. Must also be knowledgeable in domestic violence and sexual assault response, including systems work with law enforcement, prosecution and courts, as well as direct service provision. An experienced candidate who has worked in a batterers' intervention program in Florida is preferred. Possesses a basic understanding of how public policy is created and possesses skills that allow for working independently and as a team member. Advanced computer literacy and communication skills are required for this position.

Mission:  The mission of the Department of Children and Families is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

To learn more about DCF please visit https://www.myflfamilies.com/

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com

Candidate Profile (application) must be completed in its entirety.

• Include supervisor names and phone numbers for all periods of employment.
• Account for and explain any gaps in employment so that the hiring process is not delayed.
• Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.
• It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of entering work history.

The position will perform all job tasks in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and requirements applicable to state and federal laws or procedures.

EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURES

1. US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.
2. SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS).  Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.
3. RETIREE NOTICE If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.
4. BACKGROUND SCREENING It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.
5. BENEFIT RECOVERY SCREENING Candidates applying to positions in the Economic Self-Sufficiency Program may have a Benefit Recovery check completed to validate current or former public assistance case information before completing the hiring process.

If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.