Asst. Director, Facility Services
Oversees Oregon's youth correctional facilities, ensuring safe and supportive environments for youth
Shapes statewide policies, fosters a culture of equity and inclusion, and guides teams toward organizational goals
Provides expert guidance to leadership on youth corrections and public safety issues
About the Company
The mission of the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) is to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth in custody accountable and providing opportunities for reformation in safe environments. We accomplish this mission by providing or contracting for evidence-based and research-informed treatment, classroom education, vocational education, and opportunities for community engagement. We oversee the care and custody of youth ages 12 through 24 who commit crimes prior to their 18th birthday. We exercise legal and physical custody of youth committed to OYA by juvenile courts, and physical custody of youth who have been sentenced in adult courts and, due to their age, are placed with OYA. To serve youth, we operate 9 close-custody facilities throughout Oregon and oversee a range of community-based probation and parole options that include residential treatment programs and certified foster care homes. In total, we are responsible for the care and custody of approximately 1,600 youth at any given time. Of those youth, approximately 600 live in close-custody facilities, with the remainder located in community-based settings.
About the Job
This executive-level role is critical in overseeing Oregon’s youth correctional and transitional facilities, shaping statewide policies, and driving the mission of transforming young lives. As a key member of OYA’s Executive Leadership Team, you will lead over 600 staff in fostering safe, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed environments that empower youth to build productive, crime-free futures.
Responsibilities
The Assistant Director of Facilty Services is responsible for directing and managing the OYA youth correctional facilities statewide, which includes all the Youth Correctional Facilities and transitional camps for the Oregon Youth Authority
The Assistant Director of Facility Services serves as the Chief Policy & Program Advisor to the OYA Director, Governor’s Office, legislature, state and federal agencies, community, and the public on matters and issues impacting youth correctional systems, and public safety policies
The position is key to providing consistent and uniform short-and long-range policy planning, as well as strategic development and analysis that carry statewide programmatic and public policy impact on youth correctional systems in Oregon
This position provides leadership in the development and administration of a statewide custody service delivery system for OYA; provide vision to staff, development of a positive work culture embracing OYA mission, values, objectives, and direction of the Director
This position is responsible and accountable for insuring the agency’s polices, procedures, and protocols that implement the mission of public safety be carried out in OYA facilities statewide
As a member of OYA’s Executive Leadership Team, this position develops and implements agency long-range strategic planning, operational goals and objectives, and public policy
Qualifications
7+ years of management experience; OR- four years of management experience and a bachelor’s degree in a related field
Experience and passion for youth serving systems
Ability to make difficult decisions and thoughtfully communicate them
Experience and knowledge in change management
Displays high integrity including being a model for the team, lives organizational values
Sound judgment, dependability and professionalism
