Deputy Administrator

About DHS

The mission of the D.C. Department of Human Services is to provide meaningful and equitable services, supports, and access to resources for District residents to realize their goals.

This position is within the Department of Human Services (DHS), Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity & Technology Governance (PACT) unit. Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity & Technology Governance (PACT) unit. This role provides executive leadership and oversight in agency wide privacy, records, data governance, cybersecurity oversight, AI governance, and the subsequent development of DHS’s AI strategic plan, AI system inventory, data governance framework, and enterprise information safeguarding program.

The Deputy Administrator provides strategic leadership for PACT, integrating privacy, records management, data governance, cybersecurity oversight, and AI accountability into a unified enterprise governance structure and advises the COO and Director on all matters involving responsible data use, privacy protection, cybersecurity risk, and the deployment and governance of AI and emerging technologies.

The incumbent establishes the PACT governance framework, including policies, standards, decision rights, and accountability structures and subsequently chairs the PACT Data, Privacy & AI Governance Council and provides regular executive briefings on governance posture, significant incidents, and high-risk AI initiatives while ensuring civil liberties safeguards, including algorithmic fairness, nondiscrimination, and client rights in technology-supported decision making are embedded in agency practices.

The incumbent operates as the Chief AI Officer (CAIO), responsible for developing, maintaining, and enforcing the agency’s AI use policy, including permitted uses, prohibited uses, and risk mitigation standards while overseeing DHS’s AI System Inventory and the AI Impact Assessment process for high-risk systems involving eligibility, prioritization, or service access. The incumbent serves as DHS’s Senior Official for Privacy, holding agency wide accountability for compliance with DC Privacy Act requirements, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Medicaid privacy obligations, federal confidentiality rules, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requirements, and other District mandates.

The incumbent establishes and approves agency-wide records retention policies, records management practices, and information lifecycle procedures.

Degree:
Behavioral or Social Science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position OR Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.

AND Specialized experience is experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position and has equipped the applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, one (1) year of specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression.

The work is primarily performed in the normal office setting.

Tour of Duty:
Monday - Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm. Pay Plan, Series and Grade: MS-0101-15. Promotion Potential:
None. Collective Bargaining Unit:
This position is not covered under a collective bargaining…