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Most Recent Newsletter: February 3, 2012
Tompkins County Seeks Commissioner of Mental Health Services
We are seeking a visionary -- collaborative, inspirational, ethically motivated, and fiscally adept Commissioner of Mental Health Services to aid Tompkins County in accomplishing its mission of collectively meeting the needs of our residents and communities and to realize the Legislature’s and Mental Health Board’s articulated vision. The County government performs those functions not provided as well by individuals, the private sector, other levels of government, or the not-for-profit sector. County activities are designed to protect and enhance the lives of the County's diverse residents and communities in ways that are compassionate, ethical and creative within the limits of what residents financially support.
The incumbent will serve as the leader of a department of approximately 70 professionals and support staff. The Commissioner will serve as an advocate for the needs and interests of consumers of the services of the Mental Health Department – in the areas of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse. As the Commissioner of Mental Health Services, you will:
- Establish trust, maintain open communication channels, and facilitate the decision-making process between your department and County Administration.
- Become a proactive and collaborative leader that inspires and demonstrates organizational commitment to county residents.
- In collaboration with the department’s division heads and County Administration, you will manage an annual operating budget of over 10.3 million dollars, including local and state funding as well as revenues generated for clinical services provided.
- Collaboratively develop, implement and sustain (based upon best practices), internally and externally transparent:
- Standardized organizational mental health service delivery practices that leverage and align the subject matter expertise of the departmental objectives of the county and clearly communicate rationale for organizational decision making to County Administration.
- Fiscal management systems that balance service delivery with costs to the taxpayer.
- Informative and collaborative relationships with citizens that will not only clearly articulate mental health service benefits to citizens but will engage stakeholders in conversations that will aid in the legislature in their decision making process.
- Long-term accountability and evaluation processes (Corporate Compliance) that effectively builds the public’s trust in the usage of public funds and require continual policy review for optimal sustainable departmental performance.
- Sustainable organizational trust initiatives that seek to encourage collaborative and mutually beneficial communication and decision making between staff and management.
Are you the ideal candidate for this position? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference with a values-based inclusive organization where all employees are accountable for supporting the County's mission and are rewarded for excellence? Apply on-line at Tompkins County Personnel Department. Click the Vacancy List button, select Commissioner of Mental Health Services. The recruitment period will end February 10, 2012.
Our preferred candidate will be provided with relocation assistance, a salary package in the range of $95,742 to $104,000, New York State retirement, and a full fringe benefits package. As a Public Officer; you must be a citizen of the United States (either natural born or naturalized) and you must become a resident of Tompkins County within a reasonable period of time following appointment. Visa sponsorship is not available for this opportunity and eligibility to work in the United States is not acceptable. You must be a United States citizen.
Download Tompkins County Commissioner of Mental Health Services Job Description
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