Department of Human Services - Direct Care and Treatment
Application
Details
Posted: 24-Sep-24
Location: Vadnais Heights, Minnesota
Type: Full Time
Salary: $101,163 - $145,074 / annually
Categories:
Quality/Risk Management
Sector:
Government
Preferred Education:
Masters
Internal Number: 79956
The Director of Performance Improvement and Project Manager within the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services (MHSATS) division is a high-level management position that works across MHSATS in partnership with executive leaders, counties, tribes, and other stakeholders to improve planning and analytics to achieve outcomes for people served.
This position provides decision-making, coordination, and oversight, as well as tactical and administrative management. The position directs strategic planning, organizational development, continuous improvement, evaluation, change management, project management, and analytics for MHSATS. In this role, you will collaborate directly with executive management to develop, promote, and maintain high quality outcomes for MHSATS-wide initiatives. Also, assisting the Executive Director in planning for and managing change processes focused on continuous improvement and organizational development, aimed to meet strategic objectives.
Minimum Qualifications
5 years of experience with project management, strategic planning, continuous improvement, evaluation, and data analytics
Human resource, organization management, budget, project management and planning skills needed to develop and guide groups through major change processes aimed to meet strategic objectives and improvement organizational outcomes.
Experience with at least three of the following:
Statistics
Data Analysis
Strategic Planning
Program and Utilization-Based Evaluation
Survey Methodology and Design
AND
Experience as a supervisor.
Preferred Qualifications
Our employees are dedicated to ensuring cultural responsiveness. Preferred candidates will have a variety of experiences working effectively with others from different backgrounds and cultures.
Masters degree in Social Work, Sociology, Nursing, Psychology, Public Policy, Public Health, Law, Information Technology, Organizational Development, Project Management or other fields closely related to Human Services.
Experience using project management software to manage large projects and teams.
Additional education/certification in analytics, evaluation, or public policy in the public sector.
Continuous Improvement certification (Green, Black or Master Black Belt).
Knowledge and experience with the Baldrige Excellence Framework (Health Care).
About Department of Human Services - Direct Care and Treatment
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) helps provide essential services to Minnesota's most vulnerable residents. Working with many others, including counties, tribes and nonprofits, DHS helps ensure that Minnesota seniors, people with disabilities, children and others meet their basic needs and have the opportunity to reach their full potential. While the vast majority of human services in Minnesota are provided by our partners, DHS (at the direction of the governor and Legislature) sets policies and directs the payments for many of the services delivered. As the largest state agency, DHS administers about one-third of the state budget. As a steward of a significant amount of public dollars, DHS takes very seriously our responsibility to provide Minnesotans with high value in terms of both the quality and cost of services. Our largest financial responsibility is to provide health care coverage for low-income Minnesotans. We are also responsible for securing economic assistance for struggling families, providing food support, overseeing child protection and child welfare services, enforcing child support, and providing services for people with mental illness, chemical dep...endency, or physical or developmental disabilities. Through our licensing services, we ensure that certain minimum standards of care are met in private and public settings for children and vulnerable adults. DHS also provides direct service through our regional offices for people who are deaf or hard of hearing; through DHS Direct Care and Treatment, which provides direct care to people with disabilities; and through the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.
