Human Development Specialist I
Human Development Specialist I
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Job Description
Job Announcement
This announcement will be used to fill multiple positions located within Neighborhood and Community Services at the following locations:
- Brookfield Elementary School 4200 Lees Corner Road Chantilly VA 20151
- Cub Run Elementary School 5301 Sully Station Drive Centreville VA 20120
- Deer Park Elementary School 15109 Carlbern Drive Centreville VA 20120
- Colin Powell Elementary School 13340 Leland Road Centreville VA 20120
- Greenbriar East Elementary School 13006 Point Pleasant Drive Fairfax VA 22033
Work as part of the Culture Recreation and Community Connections (CRCC) Division to deliver outofschooltime care recreation and culturally enriching programs and daily handson activities for schoolage youth with diverse functional inclusive cultural and economic needs at assigned location(s) using humancentered and human development practices in a schoolbased setting. Exercise humancentered design principles to support participants experience and create access to opportunity through the creation of positive developmental relationships based on the individualized needs of schoolage youth. Organize coordinate and facilitate scheduled programs at a schoolbased site to implement equitable culturally appropriate programs and activities that are age appropriate and meet the needs of participants using humancentered and human development practices. Provide programming support by developing and coordinating specialized programs and events. Lead key service areas and assist in supporting operations events and activities. Support and promote equitybased programs and practices that address needs and equitable access to opportunities that enhance wellbeing and community inclusion. Provide support to all children in the program including children with special needs. Work actively and be engaged with staff and children daily.
This position is scheduled to work between the hours of 6:45 am 6:15 pm. This position is scheduled to work 52 weeks per year. This position requires a split shift schedule Monday through Friday. Additionally this position requires full day work 6.5 or more consecutive hours) when FCPS is out of school (Teacher Workdays Winter Break Spring break Summer).
The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 39.8 of residents speak a language other than English at home(Spanish Asian/Pacific Islander IndoEuropean and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.
Learn more about the work we do in NCS here: Neighborhood and Community Services Neighborhood and Community Services (fairfaxcounty).Illustrative Duties
(The illustrative duties listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an allinclusive list. A complete list of position duties and unique physical requirements can be found in the position description.
- Provides access to inperson and virtual universal programs with targeted strategies that ensure an inclusive approach to service delivery;
- Establishes and maintains positive relationships with participants parents staff school officials and citizen groups in a variety of settings;
- Delivers coordinates and adapts equitable programs and activities to meet the needs of the population served;
- Increase access to programming by transporting community members and participants to programs and events;
- Supervises participants during programs and actively promotes positive behavior intervention and positive developmental relationships;
- Assists in the administration of facility operations program planning and participant and staff oversight;
- Supports with recruitment hiring training and evaluation of staff and volunteers;
- Adheres to revenue and expense limits;
- Ensures staff compliance with operating procedures and safety/security standards and community awareness of facility rules and regulations;
- Assists in the development and implementation of community outreach plans and targeted interventions of underserved populations to increase overall program participation and engagement.
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities
(The knowledge skills and abilities listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an allinclusive list).
- Knowledge of Humancentered and human development practices;
- Knowledge of fiscal record keeping and inventory procedures;
- Knowledge of health safety and first aid methods and the ability to assume administrative responsibilities for assigned areas;
- Ability to direct and coordinate the work of subordinate staff and volunteers and supervisor program activities and engagement;
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing;
- Ability to establish and maintain a warm and supportive relationship with participants parents staff school officials and citizen groups in a group or individual setting;
- Ability to provide a wide variety of experiences to meet a participants individual intellectual physical social and emotional needs.
Employment Standards
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education experience and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for Any combination experience and training equivalent to)
Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associates degree in human development social work early childhood education recreation or a human services *related field; plus one year of childrelated programmatic experience or human services *related experience.*A related field/experience is based solely on the position description.
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Contingent upon the area of assignment some positions within this class may require specific certification(s) prior to employment and/or the ability to acquire necessary certification(s) within a specified time period following employment. The certifications are identified in the position description and employment advertisement.- First Aid Certification (Required within 3 months)
- CPR Certification (Required within 3 months)
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check child protective services and tuberculosis test screening to the satisfaction of the employer.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:- Bachelors degree in a childrelated field such as elementary education nursing or recreation.
- Two years of childrelated programmatic experience with one year in a staff supervisory capacity.
- Certification of qualification from an internationally or nationally recognized Montessori organization; or Child Development Credential; or Oneyear early childhood certificate from a college or university; or Other childcare related Virginia State license
- Experience working in a schoolage child care setting with children who have special needs
- Experience working in a setting that provided services to children and youth with special needs in the past two years
- Experience working with a diverse multicultural population
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Position is active in nature. Must be able to monitor and observe the activities of program participants. Regularly moves about or positions self to supervise and interact with participants at their level. Occasionally lifts transports positions push/pulls or moves up to 50 pounds. Must be sufficiently mobile and possess a range of motion to perform repetitive standing walking balancing stooping bending crouching crawling sitting on the floor reaching squatting kneeling and twisting. Ability to react quickly to the physical actions of program participant. Requires the ability to apply CPR and First Aid skills as needed and respond to emergency situations. Administrative and supervisory activities will require ability to operate keyboarddriven equipment. Ability to communicate verbally and in writing. Sufficiently mobile to attend meetings at various locations and make presentations to county staff and community. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.
Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin sex pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions age marital status disability sexual orientation gender identity genetics political affiliation or military status in the recruitment selection and hiring of its workforce.
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY. EEO/AA/TTY.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
