Salary : $73,188.00 Annually
Location : Bismarck, ND
Job Type: Full-Time/Regular
Job Number: 2023-SC-BIS-35-PM2
Department: Office of the State Court Administrator
Opening Date: 07/03/2023
Closing Date: 7/24/2023 11:59 PM Central
General Summary or Purpose
We understand that compensation isn’t a one-time discussion. Please see Compensation for more details on our compensation strategy.
Interested applicants must submit a cover letter and resume.
The primary responsibility will be the management of the juvenile drug court and other specialized dockets. Other duties of a comparable nature or clerical duties may be assigned.
The North Dakota Court System offers employment opportunities that provide a rewarding career in public service working together to deliver justice. The Court System offers an excellent benefits package including employer-paid family health insurance premiums, retirement contributions and generous vacation and sick leave accruals.
If you are a self-starter with strong skills and abilities in developing and managing statewide programs, this opportunity may be right for you.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Easily engages, communicates, collaborates and maintains good relations with others.
- Demonstrates strong written communication skills.
- Strives to constantly seek program improvements and compliance.
- Demonstrates excellent organizational and analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Shows initiative and dependability.
The Ideal Candidate Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in administration or associate in administration; and
- Five years of experience in program management.
Major Responsibilities & Essential Functions
Title of Immediate Supervisor: Director of Education and Communication
Accountable For (Job Titles): None
FLSA Status: Exempt
The Program Manager is responsible for providing leadership in the development, expansion, and management of the statewide juvenile drug court program; develops and manages court administrator rosters; develops and manages the Continuity of Operations Plan for the judiciary; and provides html support for the North Dakota Supreme Court Website. Work is performed under minimal supervision. The Program Manager manages programs assigned by the Education Director and State Court Administrator.
- Manages and coordinates the development, expansion, effective operations, budget, and continuous quality improvement of the statewide juvenile drug court program.
- Collaborates with district drug courts in determining operational problems, identifies effective alternatives and engages appropriate internal and external partners to design and implement solutions. Recruits, writes curriculum, educates and provides support for district juvenile drug court team members.
- Prepares and monitors statewide juvenile drug court budgets; reviews and authorizes program expenditures and initiates contracts for services with outside vendors.
- Plans, directs and organizes activities involving faculty, courses, locations, costs and training including negotiating contract with speakers, vendors and institutions for continuing education.
- Designs brochures, newsletters and manuals for the juvenile drug court program.
- Researches and identifies potential sources of new funding including state entities, partnerships, local, state and federal opportunities. Prepares and submits grant applications to federal and state entities; manages grants received, including oversight to carry out grant purposes and meet goals and objectives, monitoring of expenditures and providing necessary reports and other communications.
- Staffs the Juvenile Drug Court State Advisory Committee.
- Serves as direct liaison with federal, state, local authorities and stakeholders.
- Assists judicial districts in the development of a new juvenile drug court.
- Implements policies and procedures for the administration of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Roster.
- Monitors compliance for continuing education for neutrals listed on the ADR Roster and corresponds with neutrals and applicants for compliance and eligibility.
- Maintains the ADR Roster on the North Dakota Supreme Court website.
- Implements policies and procedures for the administration of the Roster.
- Monitors compliance for continuing education for neutrals listed on the Roster and corresponds with neutrals and applicants for compliance and eligibility.
- Maintains the Roster on the North Dakota Supreme Court website.
- Assists director in providing continuing education for custody investigators including curriculum, locations, costs involving speakers, vendors and institutions.
- Designs, develops manuals and brochures for training purposes.
- Responds to grievances regarding the CI/GAL Roster and continuing education requirements.
- Assists the public in understanding the complaint process for CI/GAL programs.
- Assists in the design and execution of test scenarios for everyday preparedness.
- Develops and delivers training on all aspects of everyday preparedness including bomb threats, fire and tornado drills, everyday evacuation and reestablishment plans for natural and manmade disasters.
- Monitors trial court Continuum of Government/Continuity of Operations Plans to ensure they are complete and up to date.
- Provides training on program software, as requested.
- Serves as direct liaison for the judiciary with the North Dakota Emergency Task Force.
Minimum Qualifications & Certification or Licensing Requirements
Requires a bachelor’s degree in administration or an associate degree in administration and five years of professional experience in program management.
Knowledge, Skill, & Physical Requirements
Knowledge Requirements:
- Extensive knowledge of court rules and procedures, legal documents, laws and legal factors pertaining to the courts.
- Extensive knowledge of legal terminology.
- Extensive knowledge of the juvenile drug court program and components.
- Knowledge of the understanding of the principles, trends and technical issues associated with the work.
- Knowledge of word processing, database and some accounting.
- Knowledge of html language for website.
- Considerable understanding of the principles, trends and technical issues associated with the work.
- Knowledge of grant writing and reporting.
Skill Requirements:
- Legal research skills.
- Analytical skills to review operating issues and make cogent recommendations.
- Skilled in the use of word processing, database, accounting and web based software.
- Skilled in design development of brochures, newsletters and manuals.
- Strong written and oral communication skills to compose correspondence, grant applications and legal documents and to present written and oral reports.
- Prioritization and organization skills to initiate and complete project assignments without supervision.
- Interpersonal skills to interact effectively with office personnel, officials, agencies and other external organizations.
- Extensive experience responsible for the most complex levels and project responsibilities.
Physical Requirements:
- The essential functions of the job typically require: sitting, standing, talking, hearing, seeing, feeling, reaching, and fingering requirements or other reasonable methods that accommodate an individual in completing the essential functions of the job.
- Employee is subject to some limited travel in the performance of the job.
- Physical requirements can typically be characterized as Light: Work involves exerting up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lbs. frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
The North Dakota Court System offers an excellent benefits package including employer paid family health insurance premiums, retirement contributions and generous vacation and sick leave accruals, visit:
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Do you have an associate or bachelor’s degree or higher?
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- Developing and recommending program goals, improvements, policies and standards
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