REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER - 60046147

Requisition No: 856727 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER - 60046147

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60046147 

Salary:  87,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 07/29/2025 

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Successful completion of background screening will be required for this position.

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

 

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION. 

CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE (NORTHWEST REGION) OFFICE.

 

ANTICIPATED VACANCY

 

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as the (Regional Operations Manager for the NWR). This position will collaborate with each section within the program office and be required to use independent judgement, take initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities and should be extraordinarily detail oriented. 

 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

• This is professional work supervising and directing employees. The primary duty of the incumbent in this position is to spend the majority of their time communicating with, motivating, training and evaluating employees, planning and directing their work; and having the authority to effectively recommend actions such as: hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, promote, discharge, assign, and reward or discipline direct reports. Evaluates employees against established standards and takes appropriate actions when necessary (i.e. recognition, reward, corrective action, etc.).
• Oversees all regulatory functions for contracted mental health and substance abuse services to children and adults. This includes procurement, contract negotiations, contract management, performance monitoring and corrective action for all contracts.
• Responsible for regions direction/supervision of regional level operational program staff and the system of care.
• This is a supervisory position responsible for the Administrative Assistant and Regional Collaboration Coordinator positions.
• Coordinates regional budget management, resource allocation in close coordination with Budget Officer, Central Office, Community Development Administrator, and Regional leadership.
• Responsible for region level planning and coordination with consumers, family members, other agencies, and the Community Development Administrator.
• Assures a high degree of effective communication with regional staff, Regional Operations Supervisor, Director of Regional Operations and Department leadership.
• Provides consistent policy direction for region staff to promote integration of services
• Participates in Circuit, Regional and state advisory boards, workgroups, etc. as assigned by Circuit, Regional and State leadership (Hospital Advisory Board, Prevention Advisory Board, Office of Substance Abuse Policy Board, Reorganization Workgroups, Partners In Crisis, County Pub