Youth Develop Center Unit Admin pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32001277
- Class code
- 32001277
- Pay group
- NC08
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Youth Develop Center Unit Admin is $39,244 to $68,679 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32001277.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/2018.
What the state says the job is
Positions function as a unit administrator at a youth development center. These residential facilities are the most restrictive, intensive dispositional option available to North Carolina's juvenile courts. These positions provide supervision and management over a housing unit and work with other Unit Administrators for the overall campus supervision to include, monitoring staff and juveniles, hiring direct care staff, managing work schedules, and overall manager of housing unit of juvenile population. Oversees the coordination of Behavior Management Programs and activities for the unit and facility.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of institutional procedures, facility security, and treatment programs for juveniles with emphasis on adolescent behavior, as well as, administration and operation support functions. Thorough knowledge and understanding of minority group cultures, group dynamics, and techniques of communicating with adolescents, and behavioral and developmental challenges and their treatment. Thorough knowledge of team and consensus building. Thorough knowledge of the organization and operation of treatment programs for juvenile populations, the NC Juvenile Court System, Criminal Justice standards, basic assessment principles, and practical application of a variety of counseling techniques ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in human services field or related human services field from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of experience working with at-risk youth; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Bachelor's degree in a related Human Services field, such as Criminal Justice, Sociology, Education, Religion or similar subjects shall include 25 semester hours of coursework related to the human services field.
Special requirements
Applicants for positions designated as Juvenile Justice Officers are subject to and must meet the hiring and training standards established by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, as defined in Title 12, Chapter 9 of the NC Administrative Code, by the statutory authority of GS 17C. <h2
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.