This position plans and directs the activities and functions of the Washoe County Human Services Agency including the development and administration of social services programs; represents the department on a variety of matters at the state and County level; and performs related work as required.

About the Position
Washoe County is seeking a strong, visionary, and seasoned leader with executive level management experience in the Human Services field including extensive work with children, adult, and senior populations. The new Human Services Agency Director must have significant experience managing large and complicated programs and leading organizations and shall possess strength and experience in strategic visioning and planning as well as program and policy analysis and implementation. The ideal candidate will have the ability to interpret, and apply the provisions of diverse federal, state, and local legislation and regulations.  This mission-critical position ensures quality service to the County’s most vulnerable populations; long-term visioning, effective leadership, teambuilding, leading large-scale systems change, and role-modeling the County’s values (Integrity, Communication and Quality Public Service) are foundational. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading teams and projects related to human and social services in addition to a proven track record of successful collaboration with appointed and elected officials at all levels of an organization. The ideal candidate is approachable, engaging, and dedicated to a team-oriented environment where sharing information, ideas, and feedback is modeled by leadership and supported.  The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to the County’s established vision, mission, and organizational priorities and will collaborate with other department heads to strategize, prioritize, and execute programs and services. This individual will be a creative problem-solver with proven community relationships and will be motivated by meeting the needs of individual clients and the community as a whole. The Human Services Agency Director represents the County on a variety of human service-related matters and will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to engender trust and establish highly effective working relationships with staff at all levels of the organization including employees, elected officials, peers, stakeholder organizations, and the public.  The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to make effective and high-profile presentations to a variety of audiences including state and local elected officials, non-profit and related stakeholder organizations, and the members of the community.