Job Information
State of Arizona, DES HR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR 527497 in Phoenix, Arizona
This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/6654493
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Provides leadership, direction, and guidance to professional and support staff to effectively deliver statewide services to all constituents. Makes hiring decisions of staff on behalf of program.
Oversees training and performance of long term care ombudsmen both within state government and by community providers and tribal nations. Ensures adequate staffing levels for all organizations, contingency planning, and program integrity to ensure no delays in the timely response to complaints.
Partners with organizations, advocates, and State agencies in planning, policy-making, programming, procedures, and practices to ensure client rights are met. Reviews and recommends revisions to State agency policies, procedures, and practices, and ensures changes are communicated and implemented by agencies.
Develops and administers grants, programmatic federal and state reports, and Interagency Service Agreements, Intergovernmental Agreements, and established contracts to ensure alignment with annual work plans, adequate monitoring, and evaluation mechanisms, and proper tracking of outcomes and expenditures, including the preparation and submission of required reports.
Oversees development and operations of major initiatives, including IT system development, to ensure program advancements are made at the speed of the needs of Arizona\'s aging population and growth within the amount of long term care facilities statewide.
Works with internal finance team to prepare annual program budget. Approves expenditures in accordance with budget.
Services as liaison and primary point of contact for federal and state audits, performance monitoring, legislative proposals, and performs substantial advocacy for LTCO clients. Must be willing and qualified to become a Registered Lobbyist who will testify before the AZ Senate and House.
In state and out of state travel, contact with vulnerable adults.
