Program Manager II - Director Of Training, Court Services Department

Program Manager II- Director of Training, Court Services Department

Salary: $95,892.00 - $153,432.00 Annually

Location: Statewide, CO

Job Type: Full Time

Job Number: IIB 03345

Opening Date: 08/01/2025

Closing Date: 8/15/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information: jonathan.benavides@state.co.us

Salary Note: Although the full salary range for this position is provided, appointments are typically made at or near the range minimum.

Type of Announcement: A residency waiver has been granted for this announcement. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

Primary Physical Work Address: This is a hybrid position with two days in office at: 1600 W 24th Street, Pueblo, CO 81003 OR 1575 Sherman St. Denver, CO 80203

How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

About the Office of Forensic Mental Health & Court Services: Located within the Colorado Department of Human Services, the Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health (OCFMH) is responsible for policy development, service provision and coordination, program monitoring and evaluation, and administrative oversight of the public behavioral health system. OCFMH funds, supports, and monitors numerous mental health and substance abuse community programs and providers and operates the Colorado Mental Health Hospitals at Fort Logan and Pueblo and the Forensic Services Division.

Description of Job: The current schedule will be a hybrid work arrangement (remote work and report on-site 2 days per week) but may change without prior notification based on business demands. The candidate selected for this position will have the option of being located at either The Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan or Pueblo.

About the Position: This position is responsible for the management of the postdoctoral forensic fellowship program through Court Services. Specifically, this position is responsible for maintaining the fellowships standing within the American Board of Forensic Psychology's (ABFP) experience waiver and approved status as a provider of continuing education units (CEU). This position ensures all program obligations are met timely, organizes the application and interview process for each cohort, adheres to any criteria, requirements, and timelines put forth by the American Psychological Association (APA) and/or Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC), determines admission/denial for all applicants, oversees the hiring process, determines fellowship criteria and course of training, supervises the Psychologist II, serves as a second-level supervisor to all fellows, is responsible for the performance management of all fellows, ensures timely completion of all evaluations, oversees the budget associated with this program and positions, anticipates program needs, and establishes all policies and procedures specific to the program.

This position is also responsible for the partnership with the University of Colorado's School of Medicine shared didactic series, as well as coordination of external training opportunities from national experts. This position directly contributes and leads the education and training series of both psychology and psychiatry fellows, who then function within our departments via evaluation completion. This program exists to train evaluators and perform and ensure the quality and timely completion of court-ordered evaluations and restoration reports required by Colorado Courts and provides direct operational and clinical supervision of assigned direct report staff. This position is expected to supervise the fellowship staff and/or Psychologist I positions with allowance for more independence based on the needs of the department. This position may be responsible for CORA requests and testimony in court. In addition, the department creates and provides training and supervision of forensic evaluators, fellowships, doctoral students, and interns. Additionally, this position is responsible for the determination of staffing needs, future program needs, workload requirements, workflow process, and oversight of the Forensic Services budget specifically associated with this training program.

This includes but is not limited to oversight of the position funding and salary, travel expenditures, material purchases, registration fees for various affiliations, and funding for visiting training sessions. Forensic Services leadership will routinely rely on this position for essential consultation as a subject matter expert before deciding broad, critical program and policy direction. The consultation provided by this position is accepted as fact and is considered staff expert opinion. This position may maintain a direct caseload, including high-profile cases.

Duties in this position further include:

Administrative Program Management:

This position is directly responsible for the administrative oversight of the postdoctoral fellowship training program.

This includes maintaining the fellowships standing within the American Board of Forensic Psychology's (ABFP) experience waiver and approved status as a provider of continuing education units (CEU).

This position ensures all program obligations are met timely, organizes the application and interview process for each cohort, adheres to any criteria, requirements, and timelines put forth by the American Psychological Association (APA) and/or Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC), determines admission/denial for all applicants, oversees the hiring process, determines fellowship criteria and course of training, and ensures timely completion of all evaluations.

This position is also responsible for the partnership with the University of Colorado's School of Medicine shared didactic series, as well as coordination of external training opportunities from national experts.

In addition, this position oversees the budget, identifies patterns for staffing and workload values, reports and requests budgetary changes/needs, and informs leadership of future needs and how to achieve them.

Budget responsibilities includes but is not limited to oversight of the position funding and salary, travel expenditures, material purchases, registration fees for various affiliations, and funding for visiting training sessions for the fellowship program.

With regard to budget, this position is also responsible for providing the Director of Court Services with anticipated budget needs for future fiscal years, including evidence based rationale, as well as the annual plan for the fellowship program.

This position is also responsible for identification of policy needs, creation of policy, training to all policy, and maintenance of policies in accordance with practice guidelines, law, and process.

This position will be responsible for contributing to CORA responses specific to Court Services and the training program.

Supervision:

This position is directly responsible for the supervision of the Psychologist II (assistant training director) and all Health Professional I (forensic fellowship trainees).

This includes all training, clinical supervision, and oversight of forensic evaluations completed by the assistant training director.

As such, this position is based on the Pueblo campus in order to be present during evaluations, offer direct guidance and support with all forensic evaluations, and is required to travel to locations throughout Colorado in order to appropriately train and supervise such evaluations.

In addition, this position may assist the assistant training director in reviewing all evaluations completed by the fellowship trainees prior to submission to the Courts until one achieves approval for other practice arrangements.

In conducting these duties, this position must be able to meet short deadlines, engage in follow up defendant interactions, edit and correct reports, and offer responses to the Court.

Should testimony be required, this position may offer the Court such testimony as the licensed psychologist responsible for the work product of the unlicensed trainees.

This will require the maintaining of a valid regular class Colorado Driver's license for the duration of employment.

Forensic Evaluation Case Load:

This position completes an average of three (3) to six (6) restoration and/or competency evaluations (or the equivalent based on sanity and mental condition or risk evaluations) per month and may be specifically assigned to high profile cases on behalf of the department.

This position is required to travel to locations throughout Colorado in order to respond to short deadlines and the need for prompt and in some cases immediate response to a court ordered evaluation.

In addition, this position is required to offer the Court testimony when so required.

This will require the maintaining of a valid regular class Colorado Driver's license for the duration of employment.

Forensic Assessment Mandatory Training:

This position partners with the director of court services and the assistant training director to ensure adequate training for those performing court ordered evaluations on behalf of forensic services.

This position contributes, reviews, and ensures all training materials are accurate,