Missouri Office of Prosecution Services

Jefferson City, Missouri

Executive Director of the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services.
The successful applicant will coordinate the delivery of services to Missouri’s prosecuting attorneys, including government relations, training, reporting of collected data, and legal assistance.
The successful applicant will be a highly motivated, self-starter who will lead a statewide team.
Strong preference will be given to applicants with prior prosecution and management experience.
Prior experience with the legislative process is a plus. 


Job Number:  01-250515-02: Executive Director


Company Name:  Missouri Office of Prosecution Services


Duties of the Executive Director, Missouri Office of Prosecution Services
1. Lead and manage a team of statewide resource prosecutors, general counsel, technology, and administrative staff (some employees are remote employees) to fulfill MOPS’ statutory responsibilities as listed in Section 56.750, RSMo.
2. Represent the interests (including the proposed modification or creation of new criminal laws) of all state prosecutors in the General Assembly, serve as the registered lobbyist for the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and coordinate legislation with paid lobbyists on behalf of the Association, represent the interests of all state prosecutors with the Governor’s Office and other executive agencies/departments, and on serve committees of the Supreme Court (see below).
3. Direct responsibility for all financial aspects of MOPS (e.g., authorizing/approving receipt of revenues and expenditures; budget preparation).
4. Engagement, coordination, training of all elected prosecutors and the circuit attorney and their assistants and staff.
5. Direct oversight of VOCA Grant administration/delivery of services.
6. General Oversight and Management/Use of Other Grants (e.g., computerization; traffic safety; John R. Justice assistant prosecutor loan repayment program).
  7. Serve as needed as a Special Prosecutor for conflict cases or assist local prosecutor in trying cases as available (e.g., was Special Prosecutor last year before the pandemic on a child sexual abuse case from Polk County which resulted in a conviction).
8. Media Relations/Public Relations.
9. Representative/Liaison on various statewide and national boards and committees:
  a. Missouri Crime Records Automation Advisory Committee
  b. SAFE Kits Multi-Disciplinary Working Group of the Missouri Attorney General.
-Evidence Tracking subcommittee of SAFE KITS.
  c. Missouri Association of Counties.
  d. Missouri Juvenile Justice Advisory Board.
9. Representative/Liaison on various statewide and national boards and committees (cont.):
  e. Missouri Combatting Human Trafficking & Domestic Violence Commission.
  f. National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators.
  g. National District Attorneys Association.
  h. Missouri Supreme Court Committees
(1) Missouri Court Automation Committee
- Remote Court Appearances Processes and Procedures Workgroup
--Chair, Criminal Court Cases Subgroup
- Digital Evidence Management Study Group
(2) Task Force on Criminal Justice
-Education Subcommittee Chair
-Sentencing Subcommittee
10. Pursuant to Section 56.265.2, RSMo, provide a certificate of completion to each prosecuting attorney who completes at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the prosecuting attorney's office and send a list of certified prosecuting attorneys to the treasurer of each county. Prosecutors must complete such a program each year or lose two thousand dollars of his/her salary.
11. Pursuant to Section 56.750, RSMo., provide a certificated of compliance to each prosecuting attorney who complies with the data collection and provision of criminal disclosure according to the Prosecutor’s Training Council’s approved methods.
12. Supervise a Wrongful Conviction Unit created pursuant to Section 547.500 RSMo.

Compensation is based upon experience and is negotiable within the range of annual salary between $120,000.00 and $140,000.00.
Hiring is subject to a criminal background check. 


Interested Parties/How to Apply:     

Resumes together with a cover letter and three professional references should be received at:

Missouri Office of Prosecution Services
c/o Executive Director Application
P.O. Box 899
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102

No later than 5:00 p.m. June 16, 2025

The Missouri Office of Prosecution Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.