BCT – Systems Specialist Head Start T/TA

About the position

The Systems Specialist will be part of the Office of Head Start Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) team working with our client, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Office of Head Start (OHS). The Systems Specialist will work remotely and must be willing to travel to the Regional Office in Seattle, Washington as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise, consultation, and resources to Regional Office and TTA staff to improve coordination opportunities across state and federal early childhood care and education systems that impact Head Start service delivery.
• Coordinate with partners such as Head Start associations, Head Start State Collaboration Offices, and Departments of Education to improve state and local coordination efforts, promote collaboration with local education agencies and address cross-cutting challenges affecting Head Start children and families.
• Aggregate and analyze regional data related to Head Start collaboration with state and federal early childhood development and education systems, local education agencies, and other local, state, and regional partners to identify cross-system coordination and collaboration issues.
• Participate in regional-level meetings with Head Start State Collaboration Office (HSSCO) Directors, state Child Care administrators and other state-level early childhood systems partners, as directed by the Regional Office.
• Provide direct TTA to Head Start/Early Head Start grantees at the direction of the Regional Office.
• Support emerging OHS initiatives and priorities.
• Perform these and other reasonable tasks as assigned by management in support of BCT’s goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited university or college in management, communication, education leadership or administration, early childhood education, child development or related field.
• Courses, conferences, seminar attendance, relevant work experience and other events that demonstrate remaining current in the relevant field; required when the highest degree was awarded more than ten years ago.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with at least 3 years’ experience with the provision of technical assistance and consultation to Head Start and/or state and federal early childhood development, education or human services systems.
• Knowledge of and experience facilitating successful collaborations within state and federal early childhood development, education or human services systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience providing technical assistance that includes working with management teams and program staff.
• Experience analyzing data and helping programs make data driven decisions.
• Experience facilitating group discussions and presenting to a range of audiences.
• Strong communication skills, both when speaking and in writing to various audiences.

Benefits

• Base salary between $75,000 and $130,000.
• Heavily subsidized medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Fully vested 401k plan with company match.
• Company paid life and disability insurance plans.
• Paid family leave.
• Generous paid time off policy.