Manager Of Special Services

ESSENTIAL TASKS

• Prepares internal correspondence for Council Action and Ordinances.
• Manages Homeowner’s Association Community Clean Sweeps.
• Organizes and conducts Annual Beautification Conference for community leaders and citizens.
• Interviews and recommends hires, promotions and discharge of employees.
• Directs Litter Control Program using 30 or more offender-employees.
• Liaison with the State Litter Coordinator, State Health Department, State Highway Division, State Division of Corrections, and Sheriff’s Department, Magistrate Courts, Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center and the public.
• Coordinates and supervises Employment Monitoring Program through the Magistrate Court System court orders for violators to complete community services in lieu of a jail sentence.
• Liaison to local Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliate.
• Reports attendance and performance on inmates and offender-employees to court systems and outside agencies where errors could be of great liability.
• Manages and train staff on work related to setting up and programming voting machines, ground maintenance, managing County surplus and providing labor support to other County Departments.
• Manages emergencies and uncontrollable acts of inmates, community service, and offender-employees, which include contacting law enforcement agencies, emergency personnel, and transporting offender-employees to an emergency facility when required.
• Raises public awareness of County services through community meetings, conferences and training sessions.
• Develops and manages annual budget.
• Develops and enforces program policies, procedures, rules and regulations, and standards of quality and safety of employees and general public.
• Enforces rules and regulations of removing and disposing of signs on County right-of-ways.
• May attend Criminal Justice Academy to be become certified Class III Special Law Enforcement (SLE) officer to enforce litter ordinances and procedures.
• Attends training, meetings, seminars as required to enhance job knowledge and skills.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requires bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, public administration, business, management or a closely related field.

Must possess a valid state driver’s license.

Preferred relevant agency certification / license from the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy as a Class III Special Law Enforcement (SLE) officer.

Requires six years of leadership experience.

Compensation Minimum: $62,509.27

Richland County is an equal opportunity employer.