Victim Assistance Director pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 44652
- Class code
- 44652
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Victim Assistance Director is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 44652.
- 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 08/16/2017.
What the state says the job is
This is professional, administrative, and managerial work planning and directing victim assistance programs in the Department of Corrections (DOC) and/or PA Board of Probation and Parole (PBPP). An employee in this job is responsible for providing direction to subordinate staff and other state and local agencies and organizations relevant to victims’ rights and services. Work involves ensuring compliance with state and federal legislation and regulations of the Office of the Victim Advocate (OVA); developing programs, policies, procedures, and standards for the delivery of services to victims; and evaluating methods and practices of victim service programs to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, to address the emotional and physical security of crime victims, and to improve service delivery.
Examples of the work
• Plans, develops, directs, supervises, and coordinates a department-wide program of post-sentencing victim notification and services in the DOC and/or PBPP. • Provides consultative services to representatives of community, law enforcement, and prosecution-based victim service organizations on the post-sentencing rights of crime victims to coordinate and enhance service delivery. • Serves as a member of the leadership team in the development of agency policy and provides advice to the Commonwealth’s Victim Advocate and the Secretary of Corrections and/or the Chairman of the Board of Probation and Parole.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Victim Assistance Supervisor; or • Four years of professional social service, counseling, or crisis intervention experience involving crime victim services, three of which must include direct services to crime victims, and a bachelor’s degree in sociology, counseling, psychology, or a related area; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes four years of professional social service, counseling, or crisis intervention experience involving crime victim services, three of which must include direct services to crime victims.
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.