Job Title: Deputy Chief Program Officer

Reports to: Chief Program Officer

Status: Full-time

Classification: Exempt

Job Location: Multi-Site (Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx)

Work Schedule: Mon - Fri

Salary: $175,000 - $200,000

Objective

Reporting to the Chief Program Officer, the Deputy Chief Program Officer (DCPO) will play a key role in optimizing Lantern’s services and practices, working collaboratively to execute strategies, systems, policies, and initiatives across the organization and with funder and partner agencies. The ideal candidate will be a highly experienced administrator with demonstrated leadership in both emergency shelter and supportive housing. They will strengthen the use of data-driven and evidence-informed services, while helping to develop and supervise Vice President level leadership.

The Deputy Chief Program Officer will report to the Chief Program Officer and will be a critical member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), representing the interests of the organization and the Chief Program Officer in their absence. The DCPO will be an active member of Lantern’s trusted leadership team charged with making significant impact and contributing to its organizational culture.

Program Management

The DCPO will provide senior program management and strategic leadership to residential services in supportive housing and/or the shelter division, including supervision of site Vice Presidents. The DCPO actively participates in the planning, implementation and evaluation of Lantern’s programs and is responsible for the development and management of all programs, contract, and organizational dashboards and deliverables. Through supervision, coaching, and development the DCPO ensures that Vice Presidents are providing the appropriate level of oversight with their Program Directors that reinforces a client-centered, harm reduction approach in the leadership of their sites, promotes and champions creative programming and engagement strategies, and manages the reporting of serious incidents to the Executive Team and Incident Review Committee (IRC), as necessary.

Contract Management

The DCPO must have experience managing contracts by the various city agencies that fund Lantern’s sites (DOHMH, HASA, OMH, DHS, NYSSHIP), ensuring programs deliver services in compliance with audit standards, approved scopes of work and within approved budgets. They will be responsible for identifying trends and programmatic needs and working closely with the fiscal team to review and make adjustment to budgets monthly and as necessary, providing active oversight of the program budgets in conjunction with the Vice Presidents to ensure spending is on track.

Contract Management – continued

The DCPO will partner with the Compliance and QA/QI departments in regularly collecting and reviewing data and reporting mechanisms for programs to use to ensure compliance. They will work with the CPO to properly exercise oversight of relevant contracts including expiration dates, outcomes or expectations and other relevant information to ensure compliance, including management of information and correspondence with funders, when necessary. Participates in periodic, systematic reviews of program manuals and updates in alignment with organization's changing needs and evaluative or accrediting body standards.

Policies and Procedures Management

The DCPO will serve as a critical SMT member to ensure that Lantern’s policies and procedures capture a complete view of essential activities and processes within and across the organization. They will monitor programs and suggest updates to policies and procedures to capture operational changes. They will educate program staff on the format and content required for good policy and procedure adherence, ensuring staff meet all regulatory requirements and comprehend and comply with best practices and professional standards.

Staff Training and Development

Works closely with CPO and Training personnel to coordinate staff development and training opportunities. They will serve as a member of the Training Committee who will assist the analysis of training needs. The DCPO will collaborate to develop new training programs or to modify and improve existing programs.

The DCPO will ensure staff compliance with all aspects of Lantern’s human resources policies, including completion of orientation for new hires at their sites, and is tasked with assisting the Vice Presidents with performance management in conjunction with the Chief Program Officer and Employee Relations Manager.

Compliance and Quality Assurance

Working closely with the Compliance and Quality Assurance teams, the DCPO is responsible for supporting and supervising their Vice Presidents and their sites in maintaining compliance with funder and program requirements. This should include monitoring and meeting program goals, benchmarks and staffing patterns. It will also include the use of data to maintain and improve the program, while developing and empowering both senior and site-based leadership to do the same.

Required Education and Experience

• Minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible supportive housing and DHS-shelter experience in NYC, with at least 5+ years in a Vice President/ senior leadership capacity in supportive housing and/or DHS-shelter setting – managing government-agency contracts with DOHMH, OMH, HASA, HRA, DSS/DHS, NYSSHIP.
• LMSW/LCSW or LMHC required, SIFI preferred and/or willingness to pursue SIFI. Please note a doctorate without licensure as described does not meet minimum requirement.
• Demonstrated experience in program innovation, clinical oversight, funder relationships, outcome measurement and fiscal management.
• Demonstrated expertise and success developing creative programming, identifying metrics that measure outcomes, and inspiring novel approaches to the work we do.
• Resourceful, adaptable, and analytic problem-solving who exercises sound judgment with a proven track record of exceptional crisis management skills.
• Excellent writing and people skills, with an ability to partner with a dynamic leadership team, stakeholders, and funders.
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to the mission of Lantern Community Services.
• Flexible and able to multitask - can work within an ambiguous, fast-moving environment, while also driving toward clarity and solutions; demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems.
• Experience working with evidence-based models, specifically Motivational Interviewing, preferred.
• Must adhere to person-centered, harm reduction models.

• Experience in working with families and young adults aging out of foster care.
• Experience working as part of, or managing, a multi-disciplinary team (including primary health and psychiatric providers) highly desired.
• Experience opening new supportive housing and/or DHS-shelter programs.
• Experience working with those with chronic health and mental health concerns and substance use as well as those who have experienced chronic homelessness preferred.

This job operates at supportive housing sites and works with a population who experiences mental illness, addiction, disability, HIV, and other chronic illnesses.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, stoop, climb stairs and/ or kneel. They must also use hands to type, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear and occasionally lift and/or move up to five pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Some positions at Lantern Community Services have work responsibilities at more than one work site as well as field work in the community. These employees are required to travel between sites during the workday with physical demands that could include walking up to .25 miles, climbing stairs and carrying work materials that could weigh up to 8 lbs.

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.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Candidates being considered for the position must sign a release form for Lantern Community Services to perform a criminal background check.

Lantern Community Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.

Lantern Community Services (Lantern) values the diversity of all our clients, staff, Board of Directors, and partners. By bringing diverse individuals and viewpoints together, we create more vibrant, healthy and just communities. Lantern welcomes individuals of all backgrounds and experiences regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, religion, immigration status, veteran status, class, creed, mental or physical disability, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and local law.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.