Full-Time Sworn Community Justice Manager
Job Description
Are you a motivated community justice leader with a positive attitude and experience managing cross cultural programs?
Are you committed to helping adults involved in the criminal justice system turn their lives around to create a better future?
As a Community Justice Manager with Multnomah County’s Department of Community Justice, you will be planning, directing and evaluating programs and staff delivering services to adults on formal community supervision. Your exceptional interpersonal skills, knowledge and understanding of the dynamics, cycles and impact of addiction, violence, mental illness and sexual offenses will help create positive change.
The Department of Community Justice is looking for innovative leaders who can demonstrate expertise in the following areas:
- Strategic Planning / Leadership: You will develop goals and direction based on the overall county/department mission and vision to increase community safety through positive change.
- Results Through People: You will help achieve results through the contribution of others by motivating and inspiring growth and productivity.
- Relationships and Community: You will build positive and sustainable relationships with a range of key internal and external stakeholders.
- Leading Cross-Culturally: You will foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision, mission, and goals of the organization.
- Team Building: You will develop, inspire, and foster employees to work collaboratively.
- Organizational Savviness: You will demonstrate understanding and good judgment of organizational culture and interpersonal relationships, with both internal and external groups, to identify opportunities of mutual interest and benefit.
- Delivery: You will ensure services are provided by quality processes through monitoring and understanding.
- Outcomes: You achieve quality outcomes for the individual, the organization, and the county.
- Personal Development: You will strive for an honest and accurate assessment of oneself and demonstrate willingness for continuous improvement.
- Functional/Technical: You possess specific knowledge about laws, regulations, certifications, licensure and skills for specific assignments.
This recruitment will be used to fill positions within our Adult Services Division.
About the Adult Services Division:
The Adult Services Division (ASD) promotes public safety and strives to reduce recidivism while supervising over 4,000 adults sentenced to probation or released from custody on parole. Adults on supervision are held accountable through a balance of supervision, services, and sanctions designed to develop necessary skills for success, while effectively using public resources. The Division works closely with community members and partners using research and proven methods to promote positive change in the adults we supervise.
WORKFORCE EQUITY
At Multnomah County we are committed to maintaining an effective, respectful and inclusive workplace. We value collaborative problem solving and strive for continuous improvement. We strongly believe in workforce equity, diversity and inclusion. Visit our Workforce Equity Strategies Plan (WESP) to see where Multnomah County is headed with these values.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY JUSTICE
Vision ~ Community Safety through Positive Change
The Department of Community Justice (DCJ) is recognized as a national leader in both adult and juvenile community justice. DCJ routinely consults and makes use of evidence-based practices in our program and policy development. The Department’s commitment to data-informed decision-making has led DCJ to make smart investments of taxpayer dollars in supervision, sanctions, and services for the county’s highest risk and highest need justice-involved individuals. DCJ makes long-term investments in its employees through the provision of education and training. The Department believes that in order to enhance public safety we must work collaboratively with the judiciary, law enforcement, schools, treatment agencies, and the community.
The Department shares information with community members, partners, and staff to keep communities safe by preventing and reducing crime and routinely evaluating which local policies support best practices. DCJ operates 24 hours a day, with nearly 650 regular, on-call, and temporary employees. The Department supervises over 4,000 justice-involved individuals annually and those defendants requiring pretrial services. DCJ’s Juvenile Services Division operates the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Facility and is responsible for approximately 500 youth on formal and informal community supervision.
More general information about the Department of Community Justice including our mission, vision, and strategies can be found at: www.multco.us/dcj.
The Department of Community Justice’s Strategic Plan (Executive Summary and Full report) can be found at: https://multco.us/file/68223/download.
Serving the Public, Even During Disasters
Every day, Multnomah County staff work together to serve as a safety net for our communities. During a disaster, this safety net becomes even more critical. All County employees have a role in serving the public during inclement weather, natural disaster, or other types of community emergency response. During these emergency responses, while typically there begins with a call for volunteers, county employees may ultimately be reassigned from their current position to a role in the emergency response in order to support the critical needs presented by our communities. For more information, please visit the Disaster Service Worker Information page.
TO QUALIFY:
We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific about how your background is relevant. For details about how we typically screen applications, review our overview of the selection process page.
Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills*:
- Three years of supervisor or lead experience working in Community Justice, Probation/Parole, Corrections or other Human Services fields.
- Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree with major coursework in sociology, psychology, criminal justice, administration of justice, social work or equivalent years of experience in a related field.
- Must be able to pass a thorough background investigation, including being fingerprinted.
- Community Justice Managers in the Adult Services Division will be required to be a certified sworn officer or the ability to become a certified sworn officer within eighteen months of hire by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST).
- Must be a United States citizen.
- Must successfully pass a physical examination and psychological evaluation (pre employment).
- Must be able to exercise the powers of arrest.
- May be required to carry a firearm and to supervise armed Probation and Parole Officers.
- Must be able to travel to various offices/ buildings throughout Multnomah County in a timely manner.
Preferred Qualifications/Transferable Skills*:
You do not need to have the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills to qualify. However, keep in mind we may consider some or all of the following when identifying the most qualified candidates. Please clearly explain on your application how you meet any of the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills.
- Experience working with case management models, evidenced based practices and fidelity and continuous quality improvement.
- Experience in program management and managing cross-culturally, including but not limited to: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and implementing an identified plan/concept within a diverse team and managing, leading and enhancing talents, strengths and abilities of a team.
- More than 2 years of supervisor or lead experience working in Community Justice, Probation/Parole, Corrections or other Human Services fields.
*Transferable skills: Your transferable skills are any skills you have gained through education, work experience (including the military) or life experience that are relevant for this position. Be sure to describe any transferable skills on your application and clearly explain how they apply to this position.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Type of Position: This salaried position is not eligible for overtime.
Type: Non-Represented
FLSA: Exempt
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week
Location: DCJ East – North @ 1245 SE 122nd Ave, Portland
Multnomah County offers a comprehensive benefit package to all eligible employees. A few highlights include:
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision).
- Qualify for a defined benefit pension after five years of vesting; we pick up the employee’s share of the retirement contribution (6% of subject wages).
- Generous paid leave (vacation, sick, parental, bereavement, military etc.)
- Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Optional deferred compensation and flexible spending accounts
- Access to a free annual Trimet bus pass
- Access to wellness resources
Diversity and Inclusion: At Multnomah County, we don’t just accept difference; we value it and support it to create a culture of dignity and respect for our employees.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran or protected veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The EEO Know Your Rights poster is available for your reference. Multnomah County is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We request priority protected veteran referrals.
Veterans’ Preference: Under Oregon Law, qualifying veterans may apply for veterans’ preference. Review our veterans’ preference page for details about eligibility and how to apply.
Accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act: We gladly provide reasonable accommodation to anyone whose specific disability prevents them from completing an application or participating in this recruitment process. Please contact the recruiter below in advance to request assistance. Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may contact the recruiter through the Telecommunications Relay Service by dialing 711.
How to Apply
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