Permanency Services Manager

We are looking for a strong candidate to join us as a Permanency Program Manager who is interested in using their leadership skills to make a real difference in the lives of families in Wake County. Could this be you? Read on to learn more... The Permanency Services team that will be led by this Manager is comprised of two adoption permanency units, one ICPC/honestudy unit, one post-adoption services unit and one Child Welfare Eligibility team. This individual will be responsible for managing five supervisors and monitoring compliance of our mandates. Other essential functions include: Gathering and analyzing data, benchmarking ideas from other counties to improve services; managing contracts Collaborating with community partners to develop resources and maintain professional relationships Advocating for the needs of our youth and communicating effectively to others Building collaborative relationships with other program managers, which will be essential to your success Streamlining communication to multiple teams, and gathering groups of staff to identify root causes and solve problems, collaboratively This role requires some evening and weekend work. A rotation of on-call manager response is required.