Assistant Division Director; Criminal​/Traffic​/Juvenile

Assistant Division Director (Criminal/Traffic/Juvenile)

The Superior Court of California, County of Alameda is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Division Director (Criminal/Traffic/Juvenile). Under general direction of the Division Director, the assistant helps manage the overall operational activities of the Division; plans, organizes, coordinates, directs, and reviews Division programs and initiatives; assists in the implementation and evaluation of the Court’s strategic plan, goals, and objectives;

hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates management, supervisory, professional, and line staff; and performs other related duties as assigned.

The current vacancy is assigned to the Criminal/Traffic/Juvenile Divisions and may be located at one or more of the following locations: the Rene

C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland, CA; the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland, CA;
East County Hall of Justice in Dublin, CA; the Fremont Hall of Justice in Fremont, CA; and the Juvenile Justice Center in San Leandro, CA. The Criminal/Traffic/Juvenile Divisions currently include overall support of the Office and Courtroom staff operations at all locations, as well as oversight of the North County Managing Court Reporter and North County Court Reporters.

• Serves as part of the overall leadership team of the Division; oversees the overall management and day‑to‑day operations of the Division; manages the Division in multiple court locations directly and through subordinate managers and/or supervisors; plans, organizes, directs and coordinates the Division’s day‑to‑day operations; assumes overall leadership and managerial role over the Division in the absence of the Division Director.
• Evaluates and reviews Court programs, policies and procedures applicable to the Division to maximize effectiveness and efficiency; seeks input and confers with judicial officers, management and staff to assess operational effectiveness within the Division; conducts administrative studies to evaluate effectiveness and identify problematic areas; prepares, analyzes and interprets research and studies as needed; develops recommendations for solutions or new innovations; and devises and implements those solutions as appropriate.
• Responds to inquiries and handles work projects and situations where established policies, procedures and standards are not available or are general in nature such that considerable discretion must be exercised with respect to actions taken.
• Manages the Division’s supervisory, professional and line staff and related programs in a manner that best serves the public, the judiciary, justice, and other governmental partners while maximizing operational efficiency; meets regularly with Division managers and supervisors to keep informed of and address operational issues, gain information regarding organizational culture, and to ensure efficient delivery of services; and assists in the implementation of teamwork strategies designed to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
• Selects, trains, develops, coaches, supervises, evaluates and disciplines employees directly or indirectly through management and supervisory staff; meets regularly with Division managers and supervisors; ensures that Division managers and supervisors meet regularly with their staff; reviews, and ensures that evaluations are completed timely for all Division staff; may oversee implementation of the Division’s workforce development program, including maintenance of training materials to stay current with legislation, Rules of Court, policies and procedures, and development of evaluation methods to assess progress toward achieving a highly competent workforce.
• Identifies information technology‑related initiatives designed to increase work quality and/or operational efficiency; participates in the development and implementation of information technology initiatives; analyzes and evaluates automated systems used by the Division, including CORPUS, Odyssey, JCMS, TCMS and eCourt; coordinates or participates in special projects related to automated systems; case‑management statistics; and works with other divisions on…