Senior Training and Technical Assistance Associate

Education Development Center • Waltham, MA

3d • Remote

About The Position

The Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Technical Assistance Resource Center (TARC) is looking for a part-time (75% level of effort) Senior Programmatic Training and Technical Assistance Associate. The Senior Programmatic Training & Technical Assistance Associate will provide programmatic technical assistance for the MIECHV TARC awardees funded by HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The TARC supports MIECHV awardees in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five territories in strengthening home visiting services to improve outcomes for pregnant women, children, and families. The TARC is a multidisciplinary team of specialists that work together to provide high quality, comprehensive technical assistance.

Requirements

• Master’s degree, educational certification, or PhD in public health research, education, training, curriculum design, consulting, organizational development or administrative management
• With a Master's, 7 - 10 years, including at least 3 years providing direct technical assistance and expertise to local/state public health-related professionals, including education, training, curriculum design, consulting, organizational development or administrative management, (solid experience with computer applications, instructional design, and Internet research)
• Knowledge of MIECHV TARC programmatic requirements, including federal legislation and regulations related to programs and policies
• Direct experience and expertise, required, in a cadre of the following content areas and ability to work with fellow TA specialists and subject matter experts for areas that need deeper engagement and expertise: Home visiting program implementation, including program development, implementation, innovation and advancements, and performance; family recruitment, retention, partnership, and engagement; utilizing new technologies; impacts of public health emergencies on service delivery; serving priority populations and underserved families and communities; and serving Tribal communities.
• Home visiting workforce, including staff recruitment and retention, leadership and professional development, capacity-building, and reflective supervision, in each case, through both in-person and virtual modalities.
• Behavioral health and related topics and their effects on pregnant women and families with young children and interventions to support impacted families, including maternal depression; intimate partner violence; substance use disorder; trauma-informed and trauma-responsive approaches; and early childhood mental health consultation.
• Needs assessments, including applying needs assessment findings to improve access to and quality of home visiting services.
• Group facilitation, including effective facilitation strategies and methods for engaging participants virtually.
• Consultative, quality assurance, and continuous quality improvement methods, Active Implementation; and Process Consultation or similar strategies.
• 1–3 years prior project management or program development experience; demonstrable leadership skills
• Multimedia technology skills

Responsibilities

• Provide professional development training and technical assistance, contributing further to the organization’s intellectual capital, and developing name recognition as a leader in the field; assignments have high visibility and large potential new business impact; initiates and executes diverse, strategic, and high-impact projects, or is responsible for particular phases of a large, very complex project, involving:
• Providing subject matter expertise on a variety of subjects such as process consultation, adaptive leadership, and active implementation
• Leading the implementation of activities such as the Leadership Academy for MIECHV awardees
• Expert research, needs assessment, planning, strategizing, piloting, program promotion
• Writing; editing
• Conceptualizing and leading product dissemination, evaluation, customization
• Contributes to documentation and dissemination of program learning
• Maintaining records, including financial
• Guiding facilitation of adult learning and web-based learning
• Consulting with specialists, other experts
• Developing high-visibility presentations
• Leading proposal design & development and project implementation
• Investigating solutions to potential problems, which may result in products, programs, services or inventions; Analyzing trends and identifying opportunities
• Developing innovative techniques

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid holidays
• Generous vacation benefits for full- and part-time employees
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax transport benefit
• Robust retirement plan with TIAA/CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association/College Retirement Equities Fund)
• Paid sick time and personal time annually
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior