Job Opportunity

Director of Child Support Services
Contra Costa County

Date Posted:

August 2, 2021

Salary:

The salary range for this position is $182,141.28 – $221,393.88 annually, DOQ.

Description:

The Director and Department of Child Support Services staff establishes and maintains programs to collect, from absent parents, support payments for custodial parents and their children as well as providing such services as locating absent parents; establishing paternity; obtaining, enforcing, and modifying child support orders; and collecting and distributing payments. The new Director will report to the County CAO and oversee an FY2021-22 budget of almost $18.7 million with a staffing level of 134 FTEs. The top priority for the Director is to lead the department to provide high quality services to constituents, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and prescribed program guidelines. The individual selected as Director will have the opportunity to incorporate best practices and innovation to ensure the alignment of technology systems and procedures within the Child Support Services operation address various program mandates and outcome measures.

Qualifications:

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree with a major in business/public administration, or a closely related field along with five or more years of full time or its equivalent senior level managerial, administrative or supervisory experience relating to the planning, organizing and directing of various functions of a child support collection enforcement agency. Equivalent experience as described above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of two years; or one year of graduate training in business/public administration or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

How to Apply:

To be considered, please visit the Avery Associates Career Portal at www.averyassoc.net/current-searches/ to upload your letter of interest, resume and contact information including email addresses for five work-related references to Paul Kimura by September 7, 2021.

Filing Deadline:

9/7/2021

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