HNS Youth Program Manager-Community Safety #2306-267900-01
Job Code 267900, Salary Grade 11
- Date Opened
- Friday, July 07, 2023 2:00 PM
- Close Date
- Friday, July 07, 2023 3:30 PM
- Section
- Housing & Neighborhood Services
- Salary
- $76,519 - $85,000
- Employment Type
- Full-Time
Overview
The City of Charlotte is the largest municipality in North Carolina and the 17th largest city in the United States, with a total population of more than 872,498 citizens. A major commerce center, Charlotte hosts several of the nation’s largest banks and technology companies.
Also known as the Queen City, Charlotte is home to the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We work hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Join us in helping to keep our City thriving, ensuring upward mobility and advancement in the workplace.
Charlotte’s local government, with more than 7,500 employees and a $3.3 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play.
Housing & Neighborhood Services focuses on creating vibrant, diverse neighborhoods through the delivery of five major service areas: Community Engagement, which works to create successful neighborhoods where people of diverse backgrounds and incomes can build successful lives, Office of Equity, Mobility, and Immigrant Integration, which advances upward mobility, immigrant services, diversity, equity and inclusion, Code Enforcement, which works to improve the appearance of communities and maintain standards of living, Housing Services, which provides housing and other programs and services for families residing in the City of Charlotte, and CharMeck 311, which provides important information and services for customers in the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
Function
Summary
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides program oversight and performance monitoring for the CVG violence interruption implementation sites and SAFE Charlotte grant programs.
- Provides supervision, guidance, and support for direct report(s) working on community safety initiatives.
- Conducts regular check-ins with host organizations and grant recipients and is responsible for regular assessments of the programs that includes report reviews, site visits and periodic meetings.
- Serves as staff lead for the partnerships with Mecklenburg County’s Office of Violence Prevention and Cure Violence Global.
- Serves as subject matter expert on the Cure Violence Global violence interruption model.
- Serves as point of contact for applicable relationships including with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, neighborhood associations, the District Attorney’s office, community-based organizations, healthcare systems, funders, and others.
- Helps seek grants and funding sources for the programs’ implementation.
- Presents for various stakeholders pertaining to the programs and their outcomes.
- Coordinates with other programs led by Youth Programs to support community safety initiatives and youth development.
- Participates on the implementation team for the city’s Corridors of Opportunity initiative and works to align community safety programs with the city’s broader investment in these corridors around infrastructure, housing, transportation, workforce and business development, and urban design.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with a variety of audiences
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Demonstrated supervisory experience, team-building, leadership and professional achievement
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Able to work independently
- Ability to build and lead effective teams
- Effective facilitation and negotiation skills
- Demonstrated experience in program development, management, and measurement.
- Requires the ability to effectively communicate with a variety of audiences through an assortment of mediums; written reports, presentations, and open discussion settings.
- Position requires initiative, innovation, and willingness to learn.
- Must have ability to work with others who want to build an inclusive and vibrant city.
Preferred Qualification
- A Bachelor’s degree with experience in program management
- Experience in violence intervention work preferred.
- Experience working in a multicultural environment is preferred.
- Proficiency in Spanish or another language is strongly preferred.
Minimum Qualifications
High school graduation or equivalent and seven years relevant work experience, OR Associate's Degree and five years relevant work experience, OR Bachelor's level degree and three year relevant work experience, OR Master's level degree and one year relevant work experience
Conditions of Employment
The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.
Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.
Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.
The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How To Apply
Apply online.
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Benefits
The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to all employees.
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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.
In Conclusion