Job Description

Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live, work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays and paid leave as approved by the agency Elected Official(s). We work in a hybrid environment giving you flexibility to manage working from home and being in the office.

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution

• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees

• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account

• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option

• Professional Development including professional membership fees paid

• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

  For Benefits information Click HERE (https://slco.org/human-resources/benefits/)

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  JOB SUMMARY

  Serves as the director for system planning, stakeholder involvement, and the implementation of policy recommendations. Manages the development of dashboards, data visualization and reports. Participates in cross-system coordination and program evaluation. Works collaboratively with criminal justice, behavioral health, housing and homelessness system stakeholders to identify needs, identify resources, and pilot new initiatives aimed at improving individual and system-wide outcomes to increase public awareness and promote transparency of the criminal justice and homelessness systems.

  RECOMMENDED QUALIFICATIONS

  Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Public Policy, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Law or other closely related field, plus six (6) years of related experience in a position of progressively more responsible experience in research/policy analysis, organizational and personnel management, fiscal, grant, system and project management; OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience.

  ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for overseeing stakeholder directives which include gathering data, implementing initiatives, coordinating stakeholder work groups, task forces, etc.

• Plans and participates in regular coordination meetings with stakeholders, which could include the Mayor, Sheriff, District Attorney, non-profit executives, policy leaders at state and municipal levels, and members of the County and other Council(s).

• Ensures staffing of all Criminal Justice Advisory Council (CJAC) and Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness (SLVCEH) meetings, including preparing agendas, content, and focused systems change discussion.

• Meets with representatives of various criminal justice, behavioral health, and homeless system agencies to implement priorities established by stakeholders.

• Works with staff to propose to CJAC and SLVCEH the formation of membership of working groups.

• Present recommendations made on behalf of stakeholders before policy makers, funders, local and national networks, and others as needed.

• Supervises staff, which includes hiring, orienting, training, assigning and reviewing work performance, annual work performance appraisals, and discipline.

• Directs or oversees the annual operating budget.

• Works with agencies from within and outside the county to develop data sharing agreements that will allow cross-agency focus on system outcomes.

• Supervises staff to collect and analyze system data to include monitoring of programs and system performance measures.

• Supervises staff to manage the development of policy, data, and the evaluation of systems and programs.

• Maintains communication and relationships with local and national organizations that support the goals and vision of the Office.

• Conducts research on best practices and review literature on programs proven to reduce recidivism and homelessness.

• Works with staff and other stakeholders to plan, implement, oversee, and track data related to pilot initiatives.

• Researches additional issues specific to Salt Lake County as requested by stakeholders.

• Serves as a policy advisor to the Mayor’s Office on all criminal justice and homelessness related issues and staff constituent meetings related to policy.

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POSITION

  This is an appointed at-will position without tenure and is exempt from the career service system.

Additional Information

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work duties are typically performed in a general office setting.

Job LocationsUS-UT-SALT LAKE CITY

Requisition ID2024-36546

of Openings1

Requisition Post Information* : Posted Date1 week ago(5/9/2024 2:28 PM)

SLCO Department (Portal Searching)Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Initiatives

Location : LocationUS-UT-SALT LAKE CITY

Location : Address2001 S STATE ST

Location : Postal Code84114

Position Type (Portal Searching)Appointed

Requisition Post Information* : Post End Date5/24/2024

Grade001

Posted Min$115,000.00/Yr.

Posted Max$125,000.00/Yr.