Systems Implementation Specialist

University of Texas at Austin • Texas, TX

21h • $60,000 - $74,000

About The Position

The Systems Implementation Specialist provides intensive technical assistance and systems-change support to state, regional, and multi-agency partners implementing, refining, sustaining, and scaling strategies that improve continuing education, training, and employment pathways for deaf people. The position supports systems-level implementation teams through readiness assessment, planning, implementation, refinement, sustainability, and scale-up. It analyzes policies, programs, practices, services, infrastructure, partnerships, and implementation conditions; helps partners develop action plans and system-level models; and supports data-informed improvement and cross-system collaboration.

The specialist applies research, policy, evidence-based and promising practices, and implementation frameworks to help partners select and adapt strategies. The role facilitates meetings, site visits, planning, assessments, trainings, and other technical assistance activities; documents progress and recommendations; and contributes tools, resources, analyses, and practical guidance based on lessons from intensive technical assistance. The position is based in a typical office environment, is scheduled for 40 hours per week, and is expected to continue until September 30, 2027. The earliest start date is December 1, 2026.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in education policy, public policy, rehabilitation, workforce development, higher education, program evaluation, public administration, social science, or a related field.
• At least five years of experience in technical assistance, systems change, policy or program implementation, program evaluation, organizational improvement, or related work within education, vocational rehabilitation, workforce development, postsecondary education, or other public systems.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing policies, programs, practices, systems, or data and translating findings into actionable recommendations.
• Experience facilitating strategic planning, action planning, implementation, evaluation, or continuous improvement with organizations or multi-partner teams.
• Knowledge of data-informed decision-making and familiarity with administrative, program, institutional, or population-level datasets.
• Experience working with deaf people and deaf communities.
• Strong consultation, facilitation, analytical, project management, and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in American Sign Language.
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

• At least seven years of experience providing technical assistance, consultation, evaluation, policy analysis, implementation support, or systems-change assistance at the state, regional, or multi-agency level.
• Advanced knowledge of education, workforce, vocational rehabilitation, transition, or postsecondary policy and systems.
• Experience with implementation science, readiness assessment, organizational assessment, systems mapping, program evaluation, quality improvement, or sustainability and scale-up planning.
• Experience facilitating multi-agency partnerships and working with state agencies, public systems, or organizational leadership.
• Demonstrated experience working with quantitative and qualitative data and helping organizations establish practical data-use routines.
• Master’s degree in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive technical assistance and consultation to state, regional, multi-agency, and systems-level implementation teams throughout readiness assessment, planning, implementation, refinement, sustainability, and scale-up.
• Analyze policies, programs, practices, services, infrastructure, partnerships, and implementation conditions to identify strengths, gaps, barriers, and improvement opportunities.
• Help partners develop and implement action plans and system-level models, including priorities, goals, strategies, roles, timelines, indicators, implementation supports, and progress-monitoring processes.
• Support data-informed systems improvement by identifying datasets and indicators, examining quantitative and qualitative information, strengthening data collection and data-use routines, and applying findings to planning and decisions.
• Support cross-agency collaboration among education, vocational rehabilitation, workforce, postsecondary, disability, and other partners by facilitating shared priorities, leadership, communication, coordination, and joint implementation.
• Apply research, policy, evidence-based and promising practices, and implementation frameworks to help partners select strategies, understand policy contexts, adapt approaches to local needs, and strengthen implementation quality.
• Facilitate implementation meetings, site visits, strategic planning, readiness assessments, trainings, and other structured technical assistance activities.
• Document progress, barriers, decisions, recommendations, and next steps.
• Contribute to NDC systems-change tools, resources, analyses, and knowledge products, including documenting lessons from intensive technical assistance and translating implementation experience into practical guidance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level