Chief Programming Officer

The CPO is an officer of the agency and serves on both the Officer’s team and the Executive team. The CPO is responsible for driving initiatives, making decisions, and developing strategic goals that focus on the fulfillment of ADEC’s mission throughout the agency. The CPO is expected to model and lead with ADEC’s core values as an example to the rest of the agency and community of ADEC’s expectations.

This position has oversight and leadership of ADEC non-residential and residential program services, including Supervised Group Living, Supportive Living, Day Services, Family Services, and Employment Services. The Chief Program Officer reports directly to the President/CEO of ADEC.

• Lead ADEC’s programs and services with a focus on ADEC’s mission and strategic plan. This includes program delivery and development that meets ADEC’s priorities of improving lives, fostering teamwork, leading the field, growing the impact, and sustaining the future.
• Ensure person-centered care that partners with clients to achieve their identified goals and leads to the best outcomes. ADEC will be known for opening doors for our clients to grow and thrive as they live, work and engage as valued members of the community.
• Develop innovative initiatives, continuous improvement, and performance accountability that exemplifies ADEC’s reputation as a leader in our industry and helps ADEC be a premier provider of excellent service and financial sustainability now and in the future.
• Stay current on local, state, and federal changes that could impact programming. Make recommendations accordingly to ensure sustainability and vitality of ADEC.
• Understand the needs of ADEC’s clients, families, and community so that ADEC can strategically develop goals that grow the impact and sustain our future.
• Ensure that programs and services within all assigned departments are in compliance with audit and operational standards established by regulatory and review bodies. Ensure all required accreditations and credentials are maintained.
• Maintain and increase capacity and occupancy capabilities in all assigned programs to meet current and future needs of those we serve and community and to help ensure ADEC’s financial sustainability.
• Provide leadership to ADEC’s QIDP team to ensure that Person Centered Individual Support Plans (PCISP) are created to meet client needs and wishes and empower them to achieve their goals. Ensure that PCISPs are being followed, meet ADEC and regulatory requirements, and provide excellent quality services to clients.
• Supervise assigned staff to ensure objectives are accomplished in an effective and timely manner while representing ADEC’s core values. Hire new staff, coordinate initial training, ensure training requirements are met, complete probation and annual evaluations, issue discipline and discharge, provide professional development, and provide input into promotional decisions.
• Develop the budget for all assigned departments and programs in collaboration with the CFO. Measure results throughout the year, reporting progress to management team in monthly management team reports. Implement corrective actions as needed to meet budget. Results will be evaluated during the annual performance review.
• Develop the performance measurements for all assigned departments and programs.
• Measure results throughout the year, reporting on progress to management team in monthly management team reports and annually to the Board of Directors.
• Implement corrective actions as needed to meet performance measurements.
• Results will be evaluated during annual performance review.
• Provide ongoing review and evaluation of the department’s operations as they relate to agency goals and objectives and recommend deletion, modification, or expansion of programs and services as client and agency needs may dictate.
• Foster teamwork that creates a culture of respect, transparency, fairness, and integrity as assigned programs work with each other and administrative departments with a shared focus on fulfilling ADEC’s mission.
• Represent the agency in assigned county, regional or state collaborative community partnerships or organizations…