Job Description Summary

Are you ready to lead with purpose, serve with integrity, and create lasting change for the children and families in our community?

Pima County Juvenile Court is on the lookout for a strategic, compassionate, and visionary leader to take on the role of Director of Court, Children, and Family Services. This position is more than just a leadership role; it's an incredible opportunity to improve court processes, drive innovation, and ensure justice for our most vulnerable populations.

In this role, you will help shape programs that protect children, rehabilitate youth, and safeguard our community, all while honoring our core values of compassion, collaboration, accountability, and proactive service. This position is crucial in advancing the Court’s mission to protect children, rehabilitate youth, and promote public safety through timely, impartial justice and innovative services.

The division's overarching goal is to support and enhance Juvenile Court processes that ensure safety, permanence, timeliness, and due process for children and families. Each team within the division contributes to this goal through a shared commitment to improving systems, ensuring quality services to our court customers. This is a fantastic opportunity to work towards meaningful system change, engage with diverse members of the community, and contribute to a future where hope is instilled and positive change is possible for every child and family we serve.

If you are ready to lead transformative initiatives, work across systems, and be a beacon of integrity and impact, we invite you to join us.

Job Description

This position will remain open until filled. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the posting may close without notice once a candidate is selected. To ensure full consideration, please submit your application by October 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM. Applications received after this date may be reviewed at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Hiring Range: $96,200.00 - $108,222.40

Range Explanation: 

Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

Important Notice Regarding Multiple Applications:

Once a candidate formally accepts a job offer with Superior Court, Juvenile Court, or Justice Court, all other active applications they may have submitted for different roles within these courts will be inactivated. This ensures clarity in our hiring process and allows us to focus on onboarding and supporting the candidate in their new role.

We appreciate your interest in joining our team.

Summary:

Plans, directs, manages, and evaluates all programs, services, and operations of the Court, Children, and Family Services Division and other assigned initiatives in the achievement of Pima County Juvenile Court's mission, vision, and values.

Distinguishing Characteristics:  

This is classified position that reports to the Deputy Administrator, Juvenile Court. This position performs duties under minimal supervision and has a staff of supervisory, professional administrative, technical, and administrative/clerical level employees. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Business, Public Administration, Social Sciences, or closely related field and five years of progressive, professional administrative, executive or management work experience, including two years of supervisory and/or management experience.; OR any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education approved by Human Resources. 

Essential Duties & Functions:  

• Leads and directs the development, implementation, and administration of the goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards for the Court, Children, and Family Services Division (Division). 
• Leads and directs the management, implementation, and evaluation of assigned programs, services, and operations of the Division to meet the requirements of all governing federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. 
• Develops and directs a leadership team capable of effectively achieving departmental goals and objectives.
• Directs Division operations and programs and ensures full compliance with all applicable laws and directives.
• Leads the development and administration of multi-million dollar budgets and provides the leadership to procure financial support from various grant and funding sources.
• Directs development, implementation, and administration of procurements, grants, and contracts for the Division. 
• Prepares and manages comprehensive reports as required by grant and other funding or legal regulatory authorities, and program evaluation.
• Essential member of the Juvenile Court Executive Management Team, and provides guidance in the planning and direction of juvenile court programs and objectives 
• Prepares and delivers clear, concise, and effective written and oral presentations.
• Monitors the development of data gathering and quality assurance processes, and approves reports prepared on activities.
• Prepares and manages annual Court Improvement Program and Court Appointed Special Advocate Program plan and budget requests for the Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Court, semi-annual and annual reports, and operational reviews. 
• Collaborates with and builds working partnerships with community leaders, government officials, other agencies, and community groups to promote public safety and improve the lives of children and their families.   

Additional Responsibilities/Duties: 

• Participates in system improvement and may provide leadership for major focus area or project of the Juvenile Court for initiatives, strategic planning, and continuous process improvement. 
• Performs related duties and projects as assigned. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• The principles, practices, methods and techniques of effective court administration and management;
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations governing the judiciary, dispute resolution, dependency, severance, and adoptions proceedings.
• Court structures and organizations, functions, performance measures, and services;
• Accounting, mathematics and statistical methods and procedures; 
• Strategic planning principles and practices;  

Skill in and ability to: 

• Plan, organize and direct large complex administrative services; 
• Analyze and implement legal requirements;
• Analyze and interpret operational efficiencies, difficult program and organizational problems, and present solutions clearly and concisely; 
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others;
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing;
• Communicate effectively with staff employees, court administration and management, judges, government and community agency representatives, community leaders, administrative office of the court officials, and the general public. 

Licenses and Certificates:  

Must have a valid Arizona Driver's License at time of appointment. 

Physical/Sensory Items:  

This position requires some hours of out of office/field work.  Incumbents may work weekends and evenings due to client emergencies as needed.  The remaining amount of time duties will be performed in an office environment and may lift materials and/or equipment 20 lbs. or less. 

We offer exceptional benefits:

• Retirement Plan - Arizona State Retirement Plan (ASRS)
• 15 paid vacation days, 12 holidays, and 15 days of sick leave
• 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave
• Employer-paid Short-term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Wellness discount program
• Mental and Behavioral Health Benefits
• Paid Training with Advancement Opportunities
• Upon yearly anniversary, 56 hours of sick time accrued, less usage, may be rolled over to vacation time.

The Arizona Superior Court in Pima County and the Pima County Juvenile Court Center offer the same benefits as those offered to other employees working for Pima County.  We offer a competitive benefits package to benefits eligible employees, which includes medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, paid vacation and sick leave.   Some benefits require contributions by employees in addition to contributions made by the employer.  Please see the link below for a complete description of the offerings.
Pima County Benefits

Retirement Plan participation is mandatory for all eligible employees to include a mandatory pre-tax pay deduction. Plan eligibility is determined by many factors including prior plan participation and position eligibility. Current rates can be viewed here:  ASRS Contribution Rates

Full-time employees of government organizations may be able to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.  For more information click Student Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, political interest, or any other characteristic or category protected by local, state, or federal law.