Drug Court Coordinator - City of Birmingham

TARGET CLOSE DATE:

04/28/2025

PAY GRADE:

Grade 25

TYPE:

Full time

JOB SUMMARY:

The City of Birmingham is seeking a Drug Court Coordinator to manage the Adult Drug Treatment Program. This key role ensures the program's effectiveness, compliance, and service delivery by overseeing strategic planning, policy development, and budget management. The Coordinator supervises program operations, including case management, legal and drug testing requirements, and managing Drug Court dockets. Responsibilities also include grant writing, statistical reporting, program evaluation, contract management, and legal research to ensure compliance with state and federal laws. The Coordinator will develop project plans, engage the community, and coordinate stakeholder efforts. Additionally, the position involves supervising staff, assigning tasks, and providing feedback and training to ensure program success.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

The City of Birmingham provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more.

The pay range for this job is listed below:

Birmingham $57,012 - $88,462

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:

• Experience developing, maintaining, and operating programs implemented for general public welfare that are specifically related to criminal justice, drug rehabilitation, or substance abuse intervention.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by the City of Birmingham. These qualifications may be considered by the city when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection process.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in counseling, social work, criminal justice, political science, law or a highly related field.

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:

• Develops, implements and manages specialty court programs to include strategic planning, objective monitoring, policy and procedure development, and compliance with applicable guidelines and regulations.

• Oversees the case management of specialty court offenders using applicable procedures, case file information, and/or drug test instruments to ensure court requirements are met.

• Manages legal documentation by maintaining electronic and physical records and issuing and reviewing legal documents in accordance with established guidelines to ensure accuracy and access to records related to court activities.

• Conducts legal research using databases, publications, websites and various forms of information (e.g., NCIC, AlaCop, Alabama Secretary of State, Westlaw) in order to ensure compliance with state and federal law and to verify information for accuracy. 

• Manages various projects by establishing project plans, timelines and objectives, coordinating resources and stakeholders, communicating project activities and overseeing project implementation using standard project management methodologies in order to ensure project completion in accordance with established objectives and goals.

• Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.

• Prepares and administers grant proposals and funding applications to support specialty court programs by identifying funding opportunities, writing and submitting grant proposals, ensuring compliance with grant requirements, monitoring expenditures, and preparing reports for stakeholders and funding agencies to ensure proper utilization and accountability of awarded funds.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time, but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is conducted almost exclusively indoors in a court or office setting. Work involves use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc.

EEO STATEMENT:

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.  Each Merit System member city/agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.

ACCOMMODATION:

NOTE:

This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.