Education Subject Matter Expert
About The Position
ICF is seeking an Education Subject Matter Expert to join a team of experts supporting ACF’s mission. This role is part of the Prevention of Sexual Abuse project, which conducts compliance audits and provides technical assistance to the Office of Refugee Resettlement provider community. The team's goal is to identify and address clinical, behavioral health, disability-related, and psychosocial risk factors, ensuring that system-wide practices, policies, and provider operations promote safe, trauma-informed, and compliant care environments to prevent sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and child abuse and neglect. This position is for an initial six-month duration with potential for extension. The Education Subject Matter Expert will ensure that educational programming, instruction, and learning environments do not create or exacerbate vulnerabilities to abuse, neglect, or unsafe conditions, and that services support the safety, well-being, and developmental needs of children in care. This is a full-time position with on-call/after hours availability and requires approximately 25% travel to provider sites.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in education or related field with significant experience in educational programming for high-risk or vulnerable populations.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in education services, including familiarity with federal education standards (e.g., IDEA, ADA, Head Start, Special Education).
- Experience with compliance, inspections, training, and technical assistance.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze program performance and recommend improvements aligned with safety and compliance requirements.
- Strong communication, technical writing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of migrant/refugee issues, particularly related to children.
- Experience working for a refugee program.
- Prior work experience in a consulting environment.
- Ability to promote and contribute to an equitable and inclusive organizational culture and environment.
- Solid team player with proven ability to manage competing priorities, perspectives and stakeholder needs.
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated outstanding level of professionalism, including ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact and diplomacy.
Responsibilities
- Provide consultation and oversight to care programs to ensure compliance with educational standards and alignment with child safety and protection requirements.
- Provide subject matter expertise to assess and strengthen educational services, including curricula, instruction, and access to appropriate learning supports.
- Conduct site visits and participate in inspections to evaluate education service delivery and identify risks related to safety, supervision, and program quality.
- Report serious compliance issues or conditions that may impact child safety immediately to the inspection lead.
- Support trend analysis and identify systemic issues related to educational programming that may contribute to unsafe environments or increased vulnerability.
- Develop and update education-related policies, protocols, and inspection tools to strengthen compliance and service delivery.
- Provide training and technical assistance to staff and stakeholders on best practices in education services for vulnerable populations.
- Prepare briefings, reports, and recommendations to improve educational services and inspection processes.
- Support development of compliance reports and provide recommendations for continuous quality improvement.
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
