Montgomery County is located adjacent to Washington, DC and with over one million residents, is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses.

The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County’s public health and human services that the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, adults, and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With 2,000 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department.

As a department, we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods, and healthy food. HHS’ provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.

If you are interested in working for the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, we invite qualified candidates to apply for our Program Manager I, Local Behavioral Health Authority position.

About the Position:

This position is located in the Department’s Behavioral Health and Crisis Services division, Local Behavioral Health Authority.

The LBHA is the local behavioral health, (mental health and substance abuse) authority in the County. The LBHA strives to ensure that behavioral health consumers have access to quality treatment and rehabilitation services. They provide for the planning, oversight, monitoring, evaluation, and service development of the Public Mental Health System which consists of community-based services in Montgomery County. Although the LBHA does not provide direct services, they do monitor and plan for current and future behavioral health services in Montgomery County across the life span.

The primary duties of this position are to provide administrative, budget, fiscal, and technical assistance to the BHCS Treatment Services programs and services. In that capacity the incumbent:

• Prepares Behavioral Health Administration/Maryland Dept of Health, and other grants for Montgomery County, budgets, budget supplements, expenditures, and the allocation of funds for contracts.
• Monitors the budget expenditures of the BHCS Treatment Services programs and works with managers to modify their budgets and spending patterns as necessary.
• Works with the Treatment Manager and the Service Area Administrative Coordinator to analyze expenditures for the quarterly analyses required by the Department's Budget Team and participates in meetings swell as other administrative team meetings.
• Prepares budget and journal entries to keep the BHCS Treatment budgets correctly appropriated, monitors budget expenditures and assures that expenditures charged to the correct accounting codes.
• Works in conjunction with LBHA colleagues to prepare the LBHA Plan and Budget Narrative.
• Leads responsibility for the year-end closeout of the Treatment program expenditures including identifying liquidations and accruals, where necessary.
• Assists state audits and prepares materials for Montgomery County Finance Department, OMB and BHA.

The anticipated salary range for this position is (minimum) $67,206 - $87,287 (maximum).

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law : Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

Experience: Considerable (3 years of) professional experience in with budget management, accounting, or grants management.

Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree.

Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

There is no Preferred Criteria. All applicants will be reviewed by OHR for minimum qualifications. Those applicants who meet minimum qualifications will be rated Qualified, placed on the Eligible List, and may be considered for an interview.

Preference for interviews will be given to applicants with experience in the following:

• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and written.
• Skill in operating desk top computers and word processing, especially utilizing a variety of software packages, including but not limited to Access, Excel, Work, Visio, Power Point, Windows XP and Outlook 365.