JTDC - Deputy Executive Director - PPS

DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – PROGRAMS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT

JUVENILE TEMPORARY DETENTION CENTER

1100 S HAMILTON

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60612

NON-UNION

24

NEGOTIABLE

The Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) provides safe and temporary housing for youth ages 10 – 18 with pending legal action in the Cook County Courts. The JTDC provides its youth with leadership, structured care, and supervision through a balanced approach of creative programming and services that teach responsibility, accountability, and sensitivity. Each member of the JTDC staff is actively encouraged and supported in pursuit of creative participation, personal well-being, and professional development.

As the largest juvenile detention center in the nation, the facility contains five major departments and various offices consisting of 600+ employees who serve an average daily population of 280+ residents.

The Deputy Executive Director is responsible for formulating, organizing, and directing the functions of Programs and Professional Services. The Programs and Professional Services Division includes the following support services:
Training and Professional Development;
Policy Development and Quality Assurance;
Gender-Responsive Programs;
Volunteer Services. The Deputy Executive Director directly manages approximately five department directors and support staff.

• Plans, develops, implements, organizes, and directs the day-to-day operations of:
  • Training and Professional Development; responsible for providing or providing for mandated and elective training for approximately 600 JTDC employees
  • Gender-Responsive Programs
  • Volunteer Services
• Serves as the Administrator on Duty (AOD) on a rotating basis, providing 24-hour availability to the facility and assessing appropriate course of action to various situations that may arise.
• On-call and able to report to the facility during non-traditional hours to address emergency situations (maximum response time of 45 minutes).
• Provides direct supervision for approximately five department directors and support staff.
• Facilitates regular meetings for the Programs and Professional Services Department.
• Schedules and completes individual performance plans and reviews.
• Maintains and enforces disciplinary measures.
• Approves time off.
• Assigns work and provides guidance and training.
• Establishes annual goals and objectives for the Department.
• Actively participates in the development of the annual budget, long-term strategic planning, and the quality assurance program (may conduct internal audits and develop corrective action plans).
• Oversees and develops strategies related to compliance with various nationally recognized minimum standards of practice, federal, state and local regulations, and various inspections.
• Ensures compliance with all facility policies and procedures.
• Collects and analyzes the appropriate data to inform the programmatic and operational decision making process.
• Determines staffing needs to achieve program goals and objectives and may have involvement with interviews, background checks, and hiring decisions for potential new hires.
• Ensures that Department Directors complete their personnel related responsibilities.
• In collaboration with the Deputy Executive Director for Resident Daily Life, plans for the professional development of Center staff.
• When assigned, assumes the full responsibility of the JTDC in the absence of the Executive Director.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job…