Children & Family Services is seeking an Adoption Services Administrator remote within North Dakota.
Leading with light means helping every child find the opportunity to grow in a safe, permanent, and loving family. As our Adoption Services Administrator, you will play an essential role in advancing that mission while supporting our vision of creating the healthiest state in the nation.
As our Adoption Services Administrator, you will provide leadership and oversight for North Dakota's adoption services and adoption subsidy program. Your work will help children find permanent families, support individuals and families as they grow through adoption, and assist those seeking to reconnect with biological family members through the adoption search process.
You will provide administrative oversight, regulatory supervision, and program direction for adoption services across the state. You will oversee program budgets, manage contracts and requests, and ensure the resources and partnerships are in place to keep adoption services operating effectively and efficiently.
You will recognize that every adoption is unique and requires thoughtful, individualized consideration. In order to facilitate adoptive placements, adoption finalizations and adoption subsidy support, you will have primary responsibility in the timely and accurate processing of services and legal documents. You will oversee and provide policy interpretation and technical assistance to the adoption subsidy program staff.
You will develop expertise in adoption processes that extend beyond North Dakota, including interstate and international adoptions. You will review and interpret complex legal documents, state and federal laws, policies, and regulations while providing accurate guidance to families, case workers, attorneys, and community partners throughout the adoption process.
To thrive in this position, you must have strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to evaluate complex situations, identify solutions, and balance careful attention to detail with the broader goals of the program. You will become a subject matter expert on state and federal laws, regulations, and policies governing adoption services and adoption assistance.
You must be able to manage multiple priorities and adapt quickly as needs change. Every adoption follows its own path, and you will be responsible for coordinating numerous moving pieces while ensuring each case receives the attention and care it deserves.
You must be confident communicating with a wide variety of audiences, adjusting your communication style to meet the needs of legislators, attorneys, judges, case workers, community partners, and families considering or completing an adoption.
You must be able to interpret both written documentation and the unique circumstances surrounding each case. You will demonstrate empathy, professionalism, and sound judgment while supporting individuals and families who may be experiencing a wide range of emotions during one of the most significant moments of their lives.
Location
This position may work from home anywhere in North Dakota with the ability and willingness to work during regular business hours and travel for meetings when required.
About HHS
ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of well-being: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.
To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT - leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.
Minimum Qualifications
You must have a bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, human development, education, human services, child development and family science, human resource management (human service track), or criminal justice and a minimum of three (3) years of professional work experience as a social worker, child protective service worker, or professional case manager specifically with agencies who support child welfare.
About Team ND
"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt
More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.
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Application Procedures
Your resume must clearly show the months and years of employment for each position listed. This information is required to accurately calculate your qualifying experience and determine whether you meet the minimum qualifications of the position. Resumes that do not include sufficient employment date may not be able to be fully evaluated.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The Department of Health & Human Services does not offer or provide sponsorships.
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A copy of your qualifying degrees transcript and any applicable certifications or licensures must be provided at the time of an interview.
For more information about the position or if you need an accommodation, please contact Leah Honeyman at [email protected] or at (701) 227-7563.
Employing Unit ND HHS - Children and Family Services
Unit Phone Number (701) 227-7563
TTY Number ND Relay Service 1 (800) 366-6888 (text) or 1 (800) 366-6889 (voice)
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Equal Employment Opportunity
The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.
As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. Sect. 23-12-10.
