Senior Technical Assistance Specialist
Senior Technical Assistance Specialist
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Job Description
ICF is currently seeking a Senior Technical Assistance Specialist to work on a HRSA project as the Senior TA Specialist for the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Technical Assistance Resource Center. This professional will deliver training and technical assistance (T&TA) to support high-quality implementation of home visiting through TA; improve the performance of home visiting programs to positively impact family outcomes by connecting awardees to technical expertise sharing best practices engaging experts and stakeholders and utilizing evaluation and CQI methodologies.
The ideal candidate will have a background and experience in child development maternal and child health home visiting program regulations and program implementation with a focus on supporting effective program implementation capacity building and the full implementation of Home Visiting program requirements. Experience working with HRSA and the Maternal and Child Health (MCHB) is preferred. Knowledge of other federal programs and policies related to early childhood development and continuous quality improvement is expected.
This position is full time and remote within the U.S. and may involve up to 30% travel to OCC sponsored events and to provide technical assistance to states territories and tribes.
TA is defined as both onsite and offsite activities such as consultation meeting and conference presentation and facilitation support of peer-to-peer opportunities information gathering review of materials participation in and leadership for workgroups strategic planning and training design and delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the MIECHVs designated priorities and special projects including development of TA materials and resourcesfor broad dissemination
- Builds strong positive relationships with MIECHV federal program staff Awardees and partners through ongoing communication collaborative planning and shared problem-solving to respond to needs and priorities
- Collaborate closely with MIECHV federal team and other federal TA partners in the planning and of training and/or TA to Awardees and their partners
- Apply expert knowledge and skills and stay abreast of the latest trends research tools and resources that support
- Lead the development of group technical assistance opportunities focused supported awardees efforts to improve family outcomes including the research preparation and facilitation of peer learning groups and trainings
- Lead in-person and virtual training and group TA efforts for teams of local/state public health-related professionals and federal staff.
- Leverage specialized depth and breadth of expertise and apply a broad perspective to identify solutions to complex tasks adapting as conditions shift
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of MIECHVs designated priorities and subject matter
- Support data collection and stay up to date on Iresearch and best practices
- Demonstrate good judgment in leading planning and delivering TA and client deliverables on multiple I/T topics and activities
- Engage with Awardees to meet their goals for planning and implementation through strategic planning results-based facilitation active listening analysis strategy resource and policy development and reflective thought partnership to support a wide range of impacts contributing to changes in policies and practices
- Support the development and delivery of intensive individualized TA in a manner that is responsive to the unique needs of each Awardee and their partners
- Support the design and development of performance measurement data plans including aggregation reporting and analysis of performance data as well as experience providing technical assistance on performance measurement.
- Support quality assurance continual quality improvement activities and ongoing evaluation of work
- Track and document T&TA delivery according to protocols and timelines
- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in early childhood education education public policy public administration or public heath
- Minimum of 5years of experience providing support in the field of early childhood programs maternal and child health home visiting and family engagement initiatives or EC systems components:
- Home visiting program implementation including program development implementation innovation and performance
- Family engagement strategies to support high quality family outcomes
- Maternal and child heath and/or behavioral health
- EC workforce development
- EC systems building
- 3 years of experience providing technical assistance to improve the performance of home visiting programs to positively impact family outcomes EC systems building and family engagement (in-person and virtual teams of local/state public health-related professionals and federal staff).
- 3 years of experience in consultative quality assurance and continuous quality improvement methods including: the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) breakthrough series model; Active Implementation; and Process Consultation.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Masters degree in early childhood development education public policy public administration or public health
- 2 years of experience supporting implementing projects processes and/or collaboratives on the development of performance measurement data plans including aggregation reporting and analysis of performance data as well as experience providing technical assistance on performance measurement.
- Experience at the state local or national level focusing on early childhood initiatives services policies regulations and systems
- Collaboration and partnership experience across early childhood education systems as a participant content advisor or facilitator
- Experience with Smartsheet and other project management tools to track tasks including developing timelines work plans milestones development and implementation
- Proficient in MS Office Applications (Word PowerPoint Outlook Excel SharePoint Teams) and other E-learning webinar and project management tools including Smartsheet
- Bilingual and able to read write and speak Spanish proficiently
Professional Skills:
- Excellent verbal interpersonal and written communication skills
- Ability to create and produce presentation using solid adult learning principles
- Ability to be a team player and work with all levels of internal staff as well as outside clients and vendors
- Ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated outstanding level of professionalism including the ability to exercise good judgment discretion tact and diplomacy
- Ability to address conflict openly looking for win-win solutions.
- Sound business ethics including the protection of proprietary and confidential information
- Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
- Ability to apply detailed knowledge of organizational procedures to make independent decisions and serve as a credible resource
- Ability to work with all levels of internal staff as well as outside clients and vendors
- Flexibility to handle multiple priorities and work limited overtime as necessary.
- Appreciation of diverse cultures work styles and different ways of thinking.
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The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
$81094.00 - $137860.00Nationwide Remote Office (US99)Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
