Reports to: Executive Director
Job Posting Date: October 14, 2020

Are you interested in a challenging, nonprofit management position where you can join an awesome agency that serves a compelling mission and was recently selected as a local Best Places to Work? This position is a member of our Executive Leadership Team and supervises approximately 15 personnel including therapists, forensic interviewers, family advocates, a nurse practitioner, a contract physician and administrative staff and supervisors. Extensive knowledge of child abuse intervention and treatment is required. We are seeking an experienced, high-performing candidate with a track record of creating and sustaining supportive, innovative and productive teams as well as friendly and inclusive working environments for staff, clients and multi-disciplinary partners.

The mission of the National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC) is to Model, Promote, and Deliver Excellence in Child Abuse Response and Prevention through Service, Education, and Leadership. NCAC is the birthplace of the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) model, and since opening its doors more than 35 years ago the NCAC has served as a model for more than 1,000 CACs in communities nationwide and throughout the world. NCAC has approximately 65 employees and was awarded Best Places to Work in the medium-size organization category for the last two years of participation: Silver in 2018 and Bronze in 2017.

In addition to providing local services to children and families, NCAC is one of the leading organizations providing training and technical assistance to child abuse response professionals. More than 180,000 child abuse professionals from all 50 states and 33 countries have been trained by the NCAC.

The successful candidate will need to reside in or relocate to the Huntsville, Alabama area. We are currently operating with limited on-campus activities, and Intervention and Clinical staff are rotating on-site and off-site work days.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assures the delivery of high-quality forensic interviewing, victim advocacy, and medical services for all children referred to the NCAC.
• Assures the implementation and fidelity of evidence-based mental health services including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Problematic Sexual Behavior-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Child Parent Psychotherapy.
• Provides leadership to and supervision of the intervention and clinical program staff, including regular peer review for all services, and including the MDT as much as possible.
• Makes service recommendations for clients to the Madison County Multidisciplinary Team.
• Provides criminal justice support for clients when attending court proceedings and testifying. Also serves as a fact and expert witness in court regarding mental health and trauma related concerns.
• Develops and implements program development initiatives for Intervention and Clinical direct services.
• Responsible for writing direct service-related grants and oversees grant reporting.
• Acts as a supportive liaison with MDT partners in the field.
• Participates in MDT Supervisor meetings to assure continued implementation of the collaborative multidisciplinary response to child abuse.
• Proactively supports wellness initiatives with staff and MDT to address secondary traumatic stress/vicarious trauma.
• May serve as MDT Facilitator during weekly case review meetings.
• May provide direct service on a limited basis depending on training and experience.
• Provides training on child maltreatment issues to local, state, and national professionals.
• Writes articles for publication when new knowledge and/or techniques are developed in the agency.
• Participates in curriculum development activities and training delivery with the NCAC Training Department.
• Actively participates as a member of the NCAC Executive Leadership Team.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Directly supervises or oversees supervision of all Intervention and Clinical Department staff and proactively works to build a supportive, productive and inclusive working environment
• Hires and dismisses staff as necessary, assures appropriate training, evaluates performance and administers appropriate disciplinary procedures.

Education and/or Experience

• Graduate degree in related field.
• Extensive knowledge of the child maltreatment field.
• Experience supervising professional and administrative staff and building a positive working environment; prefer a minimum of three years supervisor experience.
• Experience with the implementation of evidence-based mental health services.
• Strongly prefer leadership experience working with a CAC/Multidisciplinary Team.
• Prefer licensed or license eligible in Alabama.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Skills in program management
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work under pressure and be flexible to change
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Capability to think strategically and to adopt an agency wide view
• Good judgment, high initiative, self-motivation and self-disciplined work habits
• Ability to integrate business strategies with the social services culture of the agency
• Ability to work collaboratively with professionals from a variety of disciplines.

Special Requirements

• Willingness to occasionally work non-standard hours and over 40 hours per week if needed
• Willingness and ability to travel on behalf of the agency

Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have average computer skills.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.

Compensation and Benefits
The NCAC offers a comprehensive benefits package including sick and annual leave; health, dental, vision and life insurance; and a 401k plan. Salary is competitive and dependent on qualifications and experience. Please include your salary requirements in your cover letter. (We do not post salary ranges, so if any salary is listed it is an estimate of the third-party posting site and may not be an applicable match to this position.)

Application Process
To apply, follow the "apply now" button which will be at the end of this posting if you accessed it from the NCAC website. If you are reading this posting on a third party site (Indeed, Google, etc.), please go to NCAC's Careers page to apply via our application system.  https://www.nationalcac.org/careers/ 

In order to be considered, please submit a fully completed application, cover letter, resume and salary requirements. When you apply via our website, you will receive an automatic email acknowledging we have received your application. Please no phone calls or emails checking to see if NCAC has received your application. All offers are contingent on passing a drug screen and background check including motor vehicle records. Candidates for jobs requiring driving must have an excellent driving record.

Our Community
NCAC is located in Huntsville, Alabama which is consistently named as one of the best places to live and work by a variety of national organizations. In 2019, U.S. News & World Report named Huntsville the #1 Best Affordable Place to Live and #11 Best Place to Live in the country. With a mild climate, affordable housing, vibrant art scene, and scenic, mountain-view setting, Huntsville and surrounding Madison County provide an excellent quality of life.

Technology, space, and defense industries have a major presence including the Army's Redstone Arsenal and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. In addition, Cummings Research Park is the second largest research park in the United States. Huntsville also offers a variety of manufacturing, retail and service industries.

NCAC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We look forward to hearing from you.