Days Off: Saturday, Sunday

Shift: Office Day

Insurance Benefits: Dental, Life, Long-Term Disability, Medical

Other Benefits:   Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA),   ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan

About DESC: 

Recognized  nationally as an innovator and leader in developing solutions to  homelessness, DESC is a social services organization, supportive housing  operator, and licensed behavioral health treatment provider focused on  meeting the needs of people experiencing long-term homelessness and  living with complex behavioral health and other medical conditions.   Approximately 3,000 people are actively receiving services from DESC at  any given point in time. 

DESC operates in two dozen facilities,  most of them owned by DESC and others leased for offices and/or client  service spaces.  DESC’s owned portfolio includes 17 permanent supportive  housing facilities with over 1,500 units.  Some of those buildings have  additional uses including behavioral health clinics, administrative  offices, and commercial/retail tenants.   

DESC holds licenses to  provide a range of behavioral health services, including outpatient  mental health and substance use disorder treatment, residential crisis  stabilization, and other services.  Services also include street  outreach, mobile crisis response, and medications for opioid use  disorder.  Behavioral health staff hold a range of credentials:  certified peer counselors, behavioral health case managers, mental  health professionals, nurses, nurse practitioners, doctors, and others. 

The  full-time regular staff count is over 1,000.  Additional personnel are  used for fill-in coverage as needed.  Most staff are represented by a  labor union.

DESC’s funding, administration, and finances are  complex.  The overall operating budget for DESC and related entities is  $143M. Sources include dozens of active government contracts, Medicaid,  rent and rent subsidies, and private fundraising. Sources for DESC’s  existing and in-development real estate projects include equity  investment in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits awarded to DESC, long-term  loans from multiple government agencies, and private donations. 

JOB DEFINITION: 

Under the supervision of the Executive  Director, the Deputy Director for Administration is responsible for  overseeing an array of activities to shape an inclusive, collaborative,  and high performing culture at DESC. The scope of responsibilities  includes aligning several centralized departments to support the  agency’s mission, priorities, programs, and budgets. Key focus areas  include safety, risk, real estate facilities and other assets,  Information Technology, Human Resources, labor relations, compliance and  information management, staff training, and on-going management,  evaluation, and continuous improvement of those functions.  

The  successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and a  proven track record leading organizational improvements in a complex  nonprofit organization, and experience managing and developing direct  reports who operate at the leadership level and oversee large teams and  areas of responsibility.  

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Oversee the operation, staffing, performance, and development of  functional departments including Human Resources, Facilities & Asset  Management, Organizational Equity and Inclusion, and Quality and  Information Management. 
• Develop, implement and ensure awareness  of strategies for agency operations and for an inclusive, diverse &  equitable workforce, in collaboration with the senior leadership team. 
• Ensure organizational alignment, integration, performance, and  continuous improvement through policies, procedures, and an internal  communication strategy; ensure iterative goal setting, tracking, and  learning with the use of organizational performance review processes and  tools 
• Assist with financial oversight activities of the  agency; manage expenditures to achieve budgeted targets; responsible for  cost improvement initiatives to achieve on-going operational cost  optimization.  
• Ensure effective integration by identifying and  promoting opportunities to create cross-group collaboration and  synergies throughout DESC, regardless of placement of teams within the  organizational structure.  
• Represent the agency and program on community committees, work groups and task forces.  
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree from an accredited college or university in an administrative discipline or other field relevant to DESC’s work. 
• 10 years of relevant leadership experience if above is a Master’s  degree; or 14 years of relevant leadership experience if above is a  Bachelor’s degree. 
• Experience in financial administration with responsibility for >$15M operating budget  
• Demonstrated knowledge of social service setting issues and dynamics 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with people across a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines 
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, planning and organizational skills 
• Proven ability to influence and gain buy-in at multiple levels, across divisions, functions and cultures 
• Pass a required Washington State criminal background check. 
• Committed to the philosophy of cooperation and continuity across programs and of consideration and respect for clients 

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Demonstrated experience in program evaluation and use of metrics for performance improvement 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint a plus