Director, Bureau of Policy, Programs and Operations, OCYF pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 43536
- Class code
- 43536
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Policy, Programs and Operations, OCYF is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 43536.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. 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 09/30/2011.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible administrative work directing the policy and program development of state-operated child welfare services, child welfare licensing policy and approval processes and administration of child welfare grants in the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF). The employee in this job plans, organizes, directs and coordinates policy development, implementation and evaluation of new and revised child welfare system procedures and regulations impacting dependent and delinquent youth statewide. Work involves managing and directing the collection, coordination, standardization and analysis of child welfare data for policy and program development, implementation and evaluation of state-operated child welfare services, oversight of child welfare licensure policy and licensing approval processes and the administration of child welfare grant programs.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes, directs and coordinates the policy and program development of new and existing child welfare procedures and regulations impacting dependent and delinquent youth. Directs the management of state-operated child welfare services for the Office of Children, Youth and Families. Oversees OCYF child welfare policy and program development and evaluation processes for child welfare services and licensing processes. Directs the on-going evaluation of OCYF policies, goals, and standards governing child welfare programs including child protective services, residential care, adoption services, foster care, child welfare licensing processes and state-operated children's programs.
Minimum qualifications
Six years of professional experience in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a human services or social services program, including three years in a supervisory capacity in a child welfare program, and a bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, or a related field; or An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years in a professional supervisory capacity in a child welfare program.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.