Maternal, Child & Family Program Coordinator

Washington County•Beaverton, OR

2d•$86,271 - $104,817

About The Position

The Washington County Public Health Division within the Health and Human Services Department is seeking a Program Coordinator for the Maternal Child & Family Branch. The coordinator works across Early Childhood Health & Education, Parenting Education, and Tobacco Prevention domains. The role coordinates community engagement and outreach, meetings and advisory committees; negotiates and monitors expense contracts for early childhood and youth development services; and works with technical assistance agencies, providers, and assigned staff to identify and address service-provider needs while ensuring compliance with applicable policies, statutes, contracts, and grant requirements. The position may be eligible for a hybrid work schedule that includes remote work. A background check is required after an offer. The branch supports the health and education of children, youth, and families through programs ranging from reproductive health to tobacco prevention, delivered by direct service providers and program administrators.

Requirements

Master's degree in Public Health, Social Work, Education, Public Administration, or a related educational/social services field, and two years of increasingly responsible work experience in service program administration, coordination, development, and/or planning; or a bachelor's degree in one of these fields and four years of such experience.
Knowledge of early childhood, adolescence, prevention, and parent education, including relevant systems, policies and practices; social, behavioral, and physical development; adolescent development and family dynamics; risk factors and indicators for child abuse, school dropout, and juvenile delinquency; and prevention and treatment of problems in early childhood and adolescence.
Knowledge of program and contract administration.
Knowledge of principles of program evaluation and monitoring.
Knowledge of data collection and statistical analysis methods and techniques.
Knowledge of budgeting procedures and practices.
Knowledge of cultural competency and of differences, attitudes, and beliefs for working effectively and appropriately across cultures.
Ability to review proposals, requests for proposals, and other documents and make recommendations regarding compliance and objectives.
Ability to plan, assign, direct, and evaluate others' work, including delegating responsibility and authority.
Must successfully pass a background check after an offer.

Responsibilities

Coordinate community engagement and outreach activities, including representing programs in community spaces and arranging logistics.
Coordinate meetings and advisory committees, including agendas, minutes, invitations, logistics, materials, presentations, facilitation, and equipment setup, in alignment with program deliverables and contractual obligations.
Negotiate and monitor expense contracts for early childhood and youth development program services.
Recommend contract budget parameters, scopes of work, and deliverables.
Collaborate with department administrative services staff on procurement pathways and schedules.
Monitor compliance with contract agreements, expenditure invoices, adopted policies, grant agreement deliverables, and applicable laws.
Perform quality assurance tasks, including recommending updates to monitoring procedures.
Collaborate with technical assistance agencies, providers, and assigned staff to identify and address service-provider needs such as training, technical assistance, and consultations.
Assure compliance with division, department, and County policies and statutes.
Review proposals, requests for proposals, and other documents and recommend actions to support compliance and objectives.
Plan, assign, direct, and evaluate the work of others, including delegating responsibility and authority.