Human Services Director

About the role

Hiring Pay: $114,000-$150,000 per year (Direct Report pay plan) Job Closing Date: Open until filled with Weekly Reviews starting June 30 , 2026 Note: Job posting will close if candidate is found There is one Human Resources Director position open with the Yakima County Human Services Department. Over the past decade, many programs that were once administered by the County have been transitioned to community-based organizations, regional entities, and other public agencies. As a result, the department's role has evolved from operating programs to providing strategic leadership, system coordination, community planning, and oversight of public investments. Success is measured less by the number of services delivered directly by the County and more by the department's ability to align partners, leverage resources, strengthen community capacity, and advance collective outcomes across multiple organizations and service systems. This position requires the aptitude and business acumen to manage and build collaboration, trust and partnership between Yakima County departments, the state, business owners, law enforcement, school districts, private landlords and all service agencies providing housing, homeless services, veteran services, and mental health services within Yakima County regardless of funding. Position serves as Yakima County's lead strategist, systems coordinator, and executive project manager for homelessness, housing, behavioral health, and community well-being. Leads implementation of the Five-Year Homeless Housing Strategic Plan, Yakima County HOME Consortium Annual Plan and coordinates cross-sector initiatives beyond direct departmental authority. Provides direct assistance to the Board of County Commissioners and plans, develops, organizes and administers a long-range program to implement the Board's policies, goals and objectives. Responsible for all reporting requirements, ensures contract compliance of sub-recipients, all performance measures of the programs, audits of sub-recipients using public funds and the overall success of the program This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies that occur within 90 days of the closing of this position. (This excludes Yakima County Sheriff's Office and Department of Corrections)

Responsibilities

• Essential Duties:
• Plans, develops and implements strategies to accomplish the goals, priorities and objectives described in the current and future initiatives associated within the programs of the Human Services Department.
• Provides oversight for the staffing of the Yakima County Homeless Coalition and Yakima County Mental Health Coalition.
• Works with respective Program Coordinators, Coalitions, and State representatives to develop annual drafts of Yakima County 5-Year Homelessness Plan and Yakima County Mental Health Plan for Commissioner approval.
• Serves as countywide convener and systems leader for homelessness, housing, behavioral health, healthcare, criminal justice, and community well-being initiatives.
• Provides strategic oversight of system performance, project implementation, partner accountability, and outcome measurement.
• Focuses on strategic outcomes and implementation.
• Researches grant revenues, requests applications, works with County departments to complete application, inventories all grants, monitors progress and performs fiscal revi

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Note: Current Employees must use the Workday Job Hubs career section to apply for this position. The mission of Yakima County Government is to provide accessible, responsive and responsible public service through leadership and teamwork committed to understanding and meeting public needs. Our Values: Integrity Common Sense Innovation Accountability Position Data: Human Services Director-S Regular Exempt (ineligible for overtime)

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