Prince William County (PWC) is accepting applications for a highly motivated, executive leader to serve as our next Director of Social Services. We seek a candidate with experience in transforming the lives of vulnerable populations by providing safety, securing support, and offering guidance towards self-sufficiency.

Reporting to the Deputy County Executive for Health, Wellbeing and Environmental Sustainability, you will be part of the overall county Leadership Team. Prince William County’s Department of Social Services (DSS) is a leader in Virginia for providing safety-net services for children and adults facing abuse, neglect, family instability, homelessness, financial insecurity, food insecurity, underemployment, and/or health crises with no insurance. Last year, we served over 200,000 residents.

The preferred candidate will have a Master’s degree in family counseling, human services, social work, public administration, or related field; ten (10) years of service as a local government employee. The ideal candidate will also have supervisory experience of fifty (50) or more employees; oversight experience over multiple human service programs, and budget experience, developing and stewarding, a budget of at least $25 million dollars, with federal, state and local revenue sources.

The selected candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment background check.

Note: Employees of PWC DSS cannot serve as a resource/foster parent for PWC. If the selected candidate, or anyone in their household, is fostering a child/children through PWC DSS, they will be granted time to end the arrangement upon acceptance of employment with the County.

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5pm, with some evenings and weekends required to meet the needs of the job. All DSS staff members are required to provide emergency human services work in the event of an emergency disaster.

Hiring Salary Range: $167,506.75 - $217,331.75/yr.

Additional Benefits: The DSS Director receives a full benefits package to include paid annual, sick, and personal leave; Virginia Retirement System; 401a and 457 savings plans and Medical /Dental/ Life/Vision insurance access. Learn more about our robust benefits offerings at https://www.pwcva.gov/department/human-resources/benefit-programs