Human Development Specialist III
Human Development Specialist III
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Job Announcement
This announcement may be used to fill a position located within Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS) at the following location:
- Key SACC Program 6402 Franconia Rd Springfield VA 22150
Join our team at the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS) and help support our mission to partner with communities families and individuals to provide opportunities to access a continuum of resources that promote equity and create positive outcomes for people of all ages and abilities. Our vision is to see connected communities where all individuals and families are supported and empowered to thrive.
Work as part of the Culture Recreation and Community Connections (CRCC) Division to provide leadership and support for the overall functions of schoolbased sites that serve schoolage youth and participants up to twentyone years of age with multiple disabilities along with centerbased sites that serve Youth Teen Adult Senior and Family programs as the need arises. Plan coordinate and evaluate outcomebased inclusive programs for diverse populations including recreational educational health and wellness social civic and cultural programs. Use a humancentered approach and human development best practices to meet the needs of the community and program participants. Provide overall administration supervision and leadership to placedbased efforts for the population served and comply with all training and licensure requirements established by state and local guidelines. Conduct targeted community outreach efforts to increase participation and offer programs and services based on community needs and gaps. 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 52 weeks per year and requires a split shift schedule Monday through Friday. Typical schedule is 6:459:30 AM and then return at 1:156:15 PM. Additionally this position requires full day work 8.0 or more consecutive hours) when FCPS is out of school (Teacher Workdays Winter Break Spring break Summer). Nights and weekends work may also be required.
The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7 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 NCShereIllustrative 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.
Supervises a team of fulltime temporary parttime seasonal staff and volunteers;
Plans coordinates and evaluates programs activities and events with the end result of Inclusive Prosperity using a Humancentered approach to ensure equitable outcomes for all in a colocated or standalone site that address identified gaps;
Identifies practices or policies that create unintended consequences for marginalized or non/underrepresented communities using a Trauma Informed Lens;
Ensures that programming is inclusive of the countys goals and initiatives;
Manages the daily overall facility operation;
Participates in the hiring training and scheduling of staff;
Completes and submit required financial data and statistical and other reports as requested;
Adheres to revenue and expense limits;
Inspects facilities and grounds for safety hazards and operational deficiencies and initiate corrective actions;
Responds to public inquiries and concerns as appropriate;
Participates in the development and implementation of schoolbased community centerbased and community outreach plans that targets all communities with targeted strategies for marginalized communities;
Facilitates distributes or participates in evaluation processes such as surveys focus groups program and activity benchmarking.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 basic fiscal management record keeping and inventory processes;
Knowledge of culture community strengths and assets and relationship building strategies;
Ability to use a personal computer applicable software and peripheral equipment;
Ability to direct and coordinate the work of subordinate staff and volunteers;
Ability to plan develop and administer programs activities and events in collocated or standalone facilities and the community;
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 fouryear college or university with a bachelors degree in human development social work early childhood education recreation or a human services *related field; plus one year of supervisory experience in program development community engagement 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/CPR certifications (within 90 days of appointment)
Food Handlers certification (within 90 days of appointment)
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check and a Child Protective Services Registry check to the satisfaction of the employer. ATuberculosis (TB) screening upon hire.
Additional Work Schedule Requirements: Scheduled to work a split shift Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:45 am 6:15 pm. Also requires a full day work 6.5 or more consecutive hours) when FCPS is out of school (Teacher Workdays Winter Break Spring break Summer).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:- Bachelors degree or higher in a childrelated field such as elementary education nursing or recreation
- Two years of childrelated programmatic experience
- Childrelated programmatic experience with children with special needs
- Experience working in a setting that provided services to children and youth with special needs in the past two years
- Certification of qualification from an internationally or nationally recognizedMontessori organization; or Child Development Credential; or Oneyear early childhood certificate from a college or university; or Other childcare related Virginia State license
- Demonstrated experience and proficiency in planning appropriate experiences for schoolage children.
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 participants. Requires the ability to apply CPR and First Aid skills as needed and respond to emergency situations. Administrative and supervisory activities will require the 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 a practical 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. Contactfor assistance. TTY. . EEO/AA/TTY.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
