ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, YOUTH JUSTICE COMMISSION

Code: 61666 State Unclassified Range: &98 (FY 2027) Work week NL: FLSA exemptOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction of the Executive Director of the Youth Justice Commission, assists in the overall administration and management practices of assigned component programs related to parole, aftercare, classification, education, and placement assessments, detention practices and risk management initiatives, and directs the planning, coordination, and implementation of designed community programs to educate, rehabilitate, and develop juvenile offenders to become productive members of society; does other related duties as required.

Examples of work

Directs the administration and operations of statewide, county, and municipal residential and community-based programs within a defined region designed for the classification, placement, probation requirements, parole, aftercare, and custody of juvenile offenders as adjudicated by the family or juvenile court judge. Directs the establishment and review process of governing standards and directives for the operational components of the region subject to the approval of the Youth Justice Commission Executive Board. Directs the activities for procedure review, audit and evaluation of programming initiatives, and performance and delivery of services provided to juvenile offenders. Oversees the development and implementation of programming modifications. Develops the goals and objectives of service providerships and vendors authorized by intergovernmental agencies and the Youth Service Commission in providing services and stipulated provisions to address needs as assessed for juvenile offenders. Directs subordinate staff in the development and implementation of programming initiatives designed to meet identified goals and objectives of the varying components services delivery activities. Directs coordinated activities with the family and juvenile court judges and authorized representatives of the Administrative Office of the Courts and Bureau of Parole officials for the detention, commitment, placement, parole, risk assessment, or probation status of juvenile offenders who have been adjudicated by the respective juvenile courts. Reviews, evaluates, and provides comment on proposed and existing legislation relevant to juvenile offenders' care and habilitation efforts. Directs the process of reception for juvenile commitments from county courts, coordinating activities to determine classification placements and risk assessments of juvenile offenders into specific programs designed to meet their individual needs assessments and in determining the care, custody, education, and treatment as required. Coordinates the oversight in directing the planning, design, development, and implementation of educational, rehabilitative, and treatment programs and services for juvenile offenders placed under the care and custody of the aftercare program provider. Directs the establishment of specially designated detention programs created to meet the needs of juvenile offenders classified with sexually abused, addictive, predatory, deviant personality profiles, and/or other acute behavioral defined problems. Maintains liaison and develops contracts with state, county, municipal, private, and public agencies for placement of committed juveniles into aftercare and treatment programs. Provides advice to the Executive Director in developing state intergovernmental directives, regulations, and operating procedures for the utilization, allocation, and management of staff, capitol expenditures, fiscal resources, and grants administration activities. Keeps abreast of new trends and developments in the field of juvenile delinquency in addressing specific issues and meeting empowerment objectives. Directs the development and evaluation of defined programs for the training and employee development of assigned staff. Directs partnership programs designed to assist local communities in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of delinquency prevention/juvenile programs and servicing providerships. Directs the coordination of intergovernmental activities in the areas of staff development, training objectives, reports, and recordkeeping requirements, research, and policy development, fiscal and monitoring control, facility maintenance, treatment, education, community relationships, and other bonafide servicing areas of empowerment initiatives. Assists in the preparation of the annual regional master budgetary spending plan which identifies all facilities, programs, personnel, consultants, contracts, services and providerships, and other capitol costs of operations. Directs the scope of work projects, programs, and pending objectives to be accomplished and has the responsibility for performing employee evaluations and appointing, retaining, training, promotion, demotion, reassignment, separation, and/or disciplining of personnel within the assigned regional components. Drafts finalized budgetary requirements and needs for the aftercare operations and services components of the Youth Justice Commission. Directs long and short-range planning and evaluation objectives for rehabilitative programming requirements and servicing activities of the region. Oversees the development and the negotiating process of obtaining contracts from vendors and service providerships within the region for community-based programming goals of addressing parolees' needs assessments and rehabilitative objectives. Ensures subordinate managers and supervisors are delegated the necessary authority and training to perform assigned responsibilities as identified by the Youth Justice Commission Executive Board and legislative intent. Directs the preparation of proposals for funding grants and contract terms and requirements to adhere to the grant and/or endowment stated conditions. Represents the Executive Director at meetings, conferences, formal hearings, town meetings, official gatherings, speaking engagements, and other forums as required. Functions as a public relations coordinator and advocate for juvenile offender programs with various associations, organizations, and entities. Prepares text for presentation at speaking engagements on specific topics of interest. Interacts with various media organizations within the region. Reviews and interprets findings obtained by survey instrumentation formats utilized to identify and evaluate the delivery of servicing providerships and contracted services. Directs the coordination and review of mini-grants and endowments received and earmarked for aftercare regional activities in compliance with funding stipulated requirements. Directs the preparation of correspondence, memoranda, reports, statistical data, and other communications. Oversees and directs the preparation of official reports, programs reviews and evaluations, and other subject requirements. Directs the establishment, maintenance, and security of essential records and files. Utilizes various types of computer information and database systems and/or information systems used by the commission, agency, region, component, or related units. Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree supplemented by a Master's degree in Sociology, Psychology, Social Work/Administration, Education, Guidance and Counseling, Penology, Criminal Justice, Public Administration, or related subject of study.

Experience

Five (5) years of program experience in the field of youth justice/social work administration or coordination of community-based programs in the orientation, training, treatment, education, and rehabilitation efforts of socially maladjusted and/or juvenile offenders, four (4) years of which shall have involved the management of a large-scale social service agency, youth justice organization, or troubled adolescent outreach community services program.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey, only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Knowledge of theories, principles, practices, and applications of modern sociology, psychology, criminology, penology, and curriculum standards relevant to the treatment and rehabilitation of socially troubled, maladjusted, and/or juvenile offenders. Knowledge of management principles, practices, techniques, and programming objectives to be accomplished by a large public agency servicing primarily juvenile offenders. Knowledge of problems involved in the treatment, training, education, and rehabilitation of socially troubled and maladjusted offenders in addressing long term programmatic behavior patterns and corrective action reform initiatives. Knowledge of varied community resources and programs to be utilized in the social, economic, and emotional rehabilitation of paroled juvenile offenders and reactions to be expected of such persons subject to specified and restrictive requirements. Knowledge of the issues and situations to occur that affect the judgment of paroled juveniles economically and socially within the community. Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, directives, policies, and procedures relating to the aftercare operations and programming goals for servicing community-based programs and risk management objectives involving juvenile offenders assigned to alternative incarceration programs for rehabilitation purposes within the community. Knowledge of administrative procedures for reporting violations of directives, policies, and programming requirements. Knowledge of principles and practices of identifying needs assessments. Knowledge of principles and techniques on mediation. Knowledge of programs and funding resources offered by foundations, private organizations, and block grants that address community intervention and juvenile assistance programs. Knowledge of methods, procedures, and process in submitting proposals for grants assistance for government agencies, private foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other endowment entities and corporations. Knowledge of methods in developing proper work procedures and in the delegation of authority, work assignments, instructions, and directions to subordinate managerial and supervisory employees. Knowledge of concepts and goals of the Youth Justice Commission interfaced with the Aftercare Operations and Services components involving the techniques and aspects of resource planning, contracting and grants administration, and organizational and component program development and analysis. Knowledge of modern public and government resource management concepts and techniques. Knowledge of resources allocation concepts employed to develop optimum fiscal spending plans in a public organization. Knowledge of procedures utilized in maintaining extensive records and filing systems and the security practices thereof. Knowledge of principles and applied practices of public administrative policies as they relate to human resource management, organization structure supervision, and applicable support mechanisms with diverse goals and objectives to be accomplished. Ability to oversee and direct the preparation of applications for federal monies and matching fund grants formulation process. Ability to interface with elected government officials and their representatives at the federal, state, and local levels functioning as an advocate for juvenile and aftercare programs. Ability to analyze, comprehend, interpret, and apply problem solving skills to specific situations and circumstances when utilizing rules, regulations, directives, policies, and procedures of the Youth Justice Commission. Ability to develop, plan, and direct the reviews of policies and operating procedures and provide advice and guidance to Commission and community officials on matters pertaining to risk management assessments and alternative programming requirements in lieu of confinement purposes for juvenile offenders. Ability to direct the development of models and standards to enhance programming instruction and communication efforts with others adhering to established directives and aspects of fostering positive reinforcement methods designed to address troubled adolescents' behavior patterns and the enforcement of behavior standards. Ability to direct the development, oversight, and implementation of agency training programs and courses of study, seminars, and conferences subordinate employees should partake to enhance and provide instructions to others in applying the principles and practices of Commission directives as they apply to juvenile delinquency problems, issues, and aspects. Ability to prepare responses on program development issues for presentation at hearings, town meetings, and other forums, representing the Executive Director of the Youth Justice Commission. Ability to apply accepted behavioral principles and practices with juvenile needs assessments and risk management concepts. Ability to establish and maintain liaison and cooperative work relationships with federal, state, local, and community officials and representatives interested in addressing juvenile crime, prevention, rehabilitation, and fostering programs. Ability to direct the oversight of cooperative studies and surveys with instrumentation capabilities specifically developed to address community-based programs successes and failures and assessing the delivery of services contracted by vendors and providerships sanctioned by the Youth Service Commission. Ability to possess good communications skills to converse and provide information to the general media, and at speaking engagements, townhall meetings, community seminars, and other designated forums. Ability to direct liaison activities with business/corporate representatives and County Chambers of Commerce officials within each region for their support and financial assistance in providing rehabilitation incentives. Ability to develop programs and networking cooperatives for shared interests and relationships with business leaders, local and elected officials, educators, and social service and law enforcement agencies to address employment and education partnership issues for juvenile offenders. Ability to interpret relative information in the context of accepted theories from various related fields of studies interfaced with new concepts utilized in the risk management activities for juvenile offenders, aftercare operations, and alternative services programs in lieu of detention practices. Ability to prepare and provide detailed reports on any issues, problems, or conditions warranting specific action and the action taken. Ability to prepare detailed correspondence, reports, memoranda, and communications on aftercare operations and regional activities. Ability to direct the gathering, collating, maintaining, and dissemination of statistical information. Ability to utilize computer information systems, software applications, and other various types of information systems or recordings used by the Commission, regions, facilities, or related components. Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication. Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible for the position as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodations cannot be made because it would cause the employer under hardship, such persons may not be considered as eligible.

Note

The definition and examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed. Applicants who do not possess the required education may substitute additional program experience as indicated above on a year-for-year basis for the Bachelor's degree, with thirty (30) semester hour credits being equal to one (1) year of college, and two (2) additional years of program experience for the Master's degree.