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 1,750 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 II, Linkages to Learning position.

About the Position:

This position is located in the Department’s Children, Youth and Family Services (CYF) division under the umbrella of Child/Adolescent School & Community-Based Services.

Linkages to Learning (LTL) is a community school partnership with an integrated focus on health, social services, and community development and engagement to support student learning, strong families, and healthy communities. It is an award-winning prevention and intervention initiative established by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County Public Schools and local public and private nonprofit agencies. Linkages to Learning assists students and their families by providing or connecting them to services and resources that address the social, economic, health, and emotional issues that may interfere with student success. Linkages to Learning assists whole school communities by bringing additional partners and resources to the school to offer a range of supports and opportunities to students and families. Services are provided in elementary and middle school communities with high indicators of poverty and currently operates in 31 schools.

Position Duties:

• Provide regular and ongoing technical assistance and training on case management, community school coordination, youth development services and therapeutic recreation to contractor staff providing Linkages to Learning (LTL) and other related school-based services
• Develop policies and procedures across all contracts for effective provision of case management, community school coordination, youth development services and therapeutic recreation services in school-based settings, with input from contractor staff and supervisors
• Provide regular collaboration and partnership opportunities between contractors providing Linkages to Learning and other related school-based services through the facilitation of regular team meetings, shared learning experiences, and trainings
• Meet regularly with individual contractor staff and supervisors to collect input on successes, challenges, and training needs and provide regular feedback of common needs and successes across the LTL partnership and other related school-based services within the Central Office administrative team
• Conduct regular site visits to support contractor service delivery and provide hands on technical assistance
• Analyze contractor-submitted outcome and output data for trends, highlights, and gaps in service and organize data in into easily understandable formats for dissemination to multiple stakeholders
• Develop and implement regular survey/other inquiry techniques for effective solicitation of information needed in order to assess trends in real time and/or respond to County Executive/County Council inquiries
• Develop and implement strong communication strategies that include and are relevant to all stakeholders, including residents served, to ensure implementation of policies and procedures and sustain needed outreach, education, health/wellness promotion, consumer engagement and leadership
• Collect and share important LTL and other related school-based services initiative-wide information/updates, outcomes, success stories and/or qualitative indicators of impact via visual presentations and social media
• Oversees development of grant proposals for funding current, new, or expanded programs

Effective August 30, 2021 all new hires will be required to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus prior to their first date of employment. Individuals who are unable to be vaccinated should contact OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov to discuss possible accommodations.

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: Thorough five (5) years professional experience working in and/or with School-based programs and/or Positive Youth Development services focusing on community school coordination, therapeutic recreation and/or case 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.

LICENSE REQUIREMENT: Possession and maintenance of a valid Class C (or equivalent) driver’s license from the applicant’s state of residence when required for job-related duties.Preferred Criteria

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: