Project Director — Schoharie County SAMHSA CMHI System of Care Grant

Project Director — Schoharie County SAMHSA CMHI System of Care Grant

Home (https://www.neighborhoodctr.org) Project Director — Schoharie County SAMHSA CMHI System of Care Grant

• Full Time

• Schoharie, NY (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Schoharie%2C%20NY&zoom=14&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false)

Website (https://www.neighborhoodctr.org/) Neighborhood Center

Rate of pay: $72,000 – exempt

Full-time position with an excellent benefits package is available with our caring, supportive and dedicated team. Make a difference in the lives of families!

• $$72,000 yearly

• 37.5-hour work week

• M – F, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm and work occasional evening and weekend hours as assigned, based on the needs of the program and the members

• 27 paid days off in year 1 (vacation & holidays), plus paid sick time!

• 4% flat 401k contribution (after 1 year)

• Employer paid life insurance

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance available

• Supportive and inclusive organizational culture

JOB DESCRIPTION:The Project Director provides strategic, operational, and fiscal leadership for a SAMHSA Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CMHI) System of Care grant. This role leads cross-system implementation to improve coordinated, family-driven, youth-guided, culturally responsive, trauma-informed behavioral health services for children, youth, and young adults with serious emotional disturbance and their families. The Project Director serves as the primary point of accountability for grant outcomes, compliance, partnerships, and sustainability. They work closely with families, youth,

behavioral health providers, schools, child welfare, juvenile justice, primary care, community partners, and local and state agencies.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Provide overall leadership, direction, and day-to-day management for the SAMHSA CMHI System of Care initiative.

• Work closely with the lead agency, Schoharie County Community Services to ensure all County requirements are met in a timely manner.

• Ensure implementation aligns with the approved grant work plan, budget, performance measures, reporting schedule, and federal requirements.

• Lead development and execution of a System of Care framework that is familydriven, youth-guided, strengths-based, culturally and linguistically responsive, equitable, and trauma-informed.

• Convene and facilitate a cross-system governance structure, advisory bodies, implementation teams, and stakeholder workgroups.

• Build and maintain effective partnerships across behavioral health, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, healthcare, housing, workforce, and communitybased organizations.

• Establish meaningful roles for family members and youth with lived experience in governance, service design and implementation, evaluation, training, and continuous quality improvement.

• Oversee development, expansion, and coordination of evidence-informed services and supports, including care coordination, wraparound, peer and family support, crisis response, school-based supports, and transition-age youth services as applicable.

• Supervise grant-funded staff, consultants, subcontractors, and partner activities; establish clear expectations, work plans, and performance goals.

• Manage grant finances in collaboration with fiscal staff, including budget monitoring, allowable-cost compliance, procurement, contracts, invoices, in-kind matching required by the grant award and any budget modifications.

• Coordinate with the lead evaluator and evaluation team to collect, validate, analyze, and use data for required reporting, performance improvement, and decision-making.

• Prepare and submit timely programmatic, financial, and performance reports to SAMHSA via SPARS and eRA Commons, as well as the Governance Oversight Board and The Neighborhood Center.

• Monitor progress toward grant deliverables, identify implementation barriers, and lead corrective-action and risk-mitigation efforts with the System of Care team.

• Develop policies, protocols, referral pathways, memoranda of understanding, and data-sharing procedures that strengthen interagency coordination.

• Help to inform workforce-development efforts, including training and coaching in System of Care values, cultural competency, family engagement, youth engagement, trauma-informed practice, and evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions.

• Advance health equity by assessing and addressing disparities in access, engagement, service quality, and outcomes among underserved populations throughout Schoharie County.

• Develop and implement a sustainability plan that identifies financing strategies, policy changes, braided funding opportunities, and institutional commitments beyond the grant period.

• Professionally represent the Schoharie County System of Care initiative at community meetings, state and national learning collaboratives, SAMHSA-required meetings, public events, and partner forums.

• Communicate grant progress, outcomes, challenges, and success stories to stakeholders, leadership, families, youth, and the community as defined by both the System of Care team and SAMSHA requirements.

• Performs other duties as assigned including job related travel.

• Punctual and regular attendance is an essential responsibility of each employee. Employees are expected to report to work as scheduled, on time and prepared to start working;

• Flexibility in working schedule may be necessary to meet program needs.

• Conducts and/or attends meetings as required;

• Performs related duties as required and/or assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in behavioral health, social work, psychology, public administration, public health, education, human services, or a closely related field; or a bachelor’s degree with substantial relevant leadership experience maybeconsidered.

AND

• At least five (5) years of progressively responsible experience leading children’s behavioral health, human services, public health, education, child welfare, juvenile justice, or related initiatives.

AND

• At least three (3) years of experience managing complex grants, contracts, programs, or multi-agency projects.

• A clean and valid New York State driver’s license is required.

• Experience directing or managing a SAMHSA-funded initiative, System of Care grant, Medicaid-funded children’s behavioral health program, or similarfederal/state grant preferred.

• Knowledge of SAMHSA CMHI System of Care expectations, federal grant administration, performance measurement, and data-reporting requirements preferred.

• Experience implementing wraparound, high-fidelity care coordination, mobile crisis services, family peer support, youth peer support, or school-based mental health programming.

• Experience working with tribal communities, rural communities, historically underserved populations, or communities disproportionately affected by behavioral health disparities.

• Lived experience as a family member, caregiver, youth, or young adult with experience navigating child-serving systems is valued.

• Relevant professional licensure or certification.

• Demonstrated knowledge of children’s mental health systems, serious emotional disturbance, family and youth engagement, and community-based behavioral health services.

• Experience building and managing partnerships across multiple public systems and community organizations.

• Demonstrated experience with project planning, implementation monitoring, budget oversight, reporting, and data-informed quality improvement.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare federal reports, facilitate stakeholder meetings, and present to diverse audiences.

• Ability to supervise staff and promote a collaborative, accountable, inclusive work environment.

• Commitment to equity, cultural and linguistic responsiveness, trauma-informed practice, and meaningful inclusion of people with lived experience.

At The Neighborhood Center, Inc, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

Equal Opportunity Employer: The Neighborhood Center, Inc. is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to the success of our organization and are dedicated to creating a workplace that welcomes and values all individuals. We strive to create a culture that fosters respect, openness, and understanding, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for open positions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $72,000 yearly

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)

• Dental insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Employee discount

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Education:

• Masters (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Schoharie, NY Relocate before starting work (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• Location: 50% Schoharie County Clinic /Schools district and 50% remote

Work Location: 50% Schoharie County Clinic /Schools district and 50% remote

Job Type: Full-time