Deputy Director for Children and Families Commission

First 5 Riverside County, also known as the Riverside County Children and Families Commission, seeks a Deputy Director to provide senior leadership for the Commission's Resilient Families goal priority, with primary responsibility for the countywide Family Resource Center network.

This position requires regular travel throughout Riverside County to oversee daily operations across multiple Family Resource Centers, support site-based leadership, participate in staff meetings, and ensure consistent implementation of Commission priorities.

The Deputy Director for the Children and Families Commission is a senior management position responsible for providing strategic leadership, operational direction, and performance oversight for major Commission programs, functions, and initiatives.

This position reports directly to the Assistant Director and exercises direct supervision over management, professional, technical, and clerical staff.

The Deputy Director will lead the Commission's countywide Family Resource Center network and is responsible for transforming the FRCs into an integrated, prevention-focused service delivery platform that strengthens family support, early childhood development, and cross-system coordination throughout Riverside County.

This includes direct oversight of all Commission-operated Family Resource Centers and the development of consistent standards, workflows, performance expectations, staffing models, and service delivery practices across all sites.

A central expectation of this role is deep partnership with all county departments and community partners to ensure the FRC network functions as a connected countywide access point for families, not as isolated site-based operations.

The Deputy Director will work closely with county agencies, including but not limited to social services, public health, behavioral health, education, housing, workforce, and other family-serving systems, to strengthen coordinated referrals, warm handoffs, shared service pathways, and integrated prevention strategies.

The selected candidate will be expected to move the FRC network from a primarily site-based operational model toward a coordinated, strategic, and accountable countywide system.

Key responsibilities include leading daily operations, strengthening program integration, improving service consistency, supporting community engagement, ensuring compliance with funding and program requirements, and using data to monitor performance, identify gaps, and improve outcomes for children and families.

This role requires strong collaboration with Commission leadership, FRC managers and staff, county departments, community-based organizations, and system partners, including RivCoONE, to improve screening, referral, navigation, warm handoffs, and coordinated family support.

The Deputy Director will be expected to champion the use of RivCoONE Connect as a core infrastructure tool for reducing barriers, improving follow-up, supporting cross-departmen...