Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
September 9, 2003, Vol. 03-80

SEARCH FOR NEW DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF SERVICE AND SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

SAMHSA/CMHS is conducting a nationwide recruitment for the position of Director, Division of Service and Systems Improvement (DSSI). The Director of DSSI has oversight over several major discretionary programs, including Community Support, Homeless Programs, and Systems of Care for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances and Their Families. In the interest of helping CMHS reach as broad an applicant pool as possible, please pass this link on to your networks and to individuals who may be interested in applying.

Applications must be submitted through the HHS Quickhire website by September 18, 2003.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

DSSI plans, implements and evaluates service delivery systems that stimulate the adoption of new, more effective approaches to mental health treatment and services for particularly vulnerable people, with emphasis on adults with serious mental illnesses, individuals who are homeless and have a serious mental illness, as well as children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families.

If selected for this position, you will serve as Division Director with responsibility for planning, developing, directing, supervising and evaluating efforts to stimulate and support service programs that contribute to the improvement and expansion of mental health services and positive outcomes for mental health consumers (adults and children). Specifically, you will direct a comprehensive national program to support service capacity and infrastructure developments, best practice implementation and support, bridging science to service and providing policy guidance to the mental health and other relevant fields; establish program goals, plans, priorities and results based on the results of analyses of the nation's short and long range mental health service needs; oversee the dissemination of service and systems development information to the mental health services community; support the integration of guidelines and standards that enhance service capacity development; and ensure the integration of discretionary grant activities with other program development and evaluation activities supported by CMHS and SAMHSA.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

You must have one year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-14 grade level in Federal Government.

Specialized Experience is experience that provided:

• Knowledge of organizational, operational, and programmatic concepts and practices applied by public, private, or nonprofit agencies and organizations engaged in public health or other health-related activities.
  
  
• Knowledge of the methods, processes, and techniques used to develop and deliver public health or health-related programs in State and local settings.
  
  
• Knowledge of a specialized public health program.
  
  
• Knowledge of, and skill in, the application of administrative or analytical methods and techniques necessary for working within the framework of a public health or related organization and carrying out specific program functions.
  
  
• Skill in oral and written communications, gathering and conveying information, making oral presentations, and preparing reports, correspondence, and other written materials.

Examples of specialized experience include: providing advice and assistance to State and local governments, and to various public, nonprofit, and private agencies and organizations on matters relating to the improvement of their public health activities.

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD BE REFERRED TO:

QuickHire Help Desk
Telephone (888)-478-4340
quickquestions@psc.gov
Hours of operation: Monday through Friday 7:30AM to 4:00PM EST

HOW TO APPLY:

Applications (resume and application questions) for this vacancy MUST be received on-line via the QuickHire web site before midnight Eastern Standard Time (http://fcrosby.com/eug/estime.html) on the closing date of this announcement.

If you fail to submit a COMPLETE online application, you WILL NOT be considered for this position. Paper applications WILL NOT be accepted and requests for extensions WILL NOT be granted. If applying online poses a hardship to any applicant, the QuickHire Help Desk listed on the announcement will provide assistance to ensure that applications are submitted online by the closing date. If applicants have a problem applying online, they must contact the QuickHire Help Desk at least 24 hours PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE to speak to someone who can provide assistance for online submission. QuickHire Help Desk Hours of operation: Monday through Friday 7:30AM to 4:00PM EST.

NOTE: Your answers to questions in your online application will be verified against information you provide in your resume and/or by reference checks.

The level of education, experience, and/or training you claim must be supported in your resume. Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for disqualifying you or lowering your score. A complete resume in your online application is mandatory for consideration. A curriculum vitae format is not acceptable.

The PSC QuickHire web site can be accessed at: https://jobs.quickhire.com/scripts/psc.exe