Trainer/Curriculum Writer

University of California, San Francisco • San Francisco, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Alliance Health Project (AHP) is a community-based LGBTQ+ and HIV-focused clinic located at 1930 Market Street in San Francisco. We provide psychotherapy, substance use counseling, case management, support groups, psychiatry, sexual health services, clinical traineeship, and provider education and training. Our multi-disciplinary staff are a client-centered, collaborative, Harm Reduction-oriented team. We have continued to grow as a community-based clinic by anticipating and addressing the changing needs of our LGBTQ+ and HIV community members for more than 35 years. Our process of continuous improvement of service to our community includes a strong focus on cultural humility and anti-racist service provision.

Trainer/Curriculum Writer uses advanced technical expertise, accredited and / or certification public educational program concepts and organizational objectives to resolve complex public education program issues and needs assessment initiatives. Works on most complex public education program issues, where analysis of situations requires an in-depth evaluation and understanding of organizational strategies and business objectives. Exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques for delivering courses, presentations and development of programs. Exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques for course and instructional improvement. Fully knowledgeable in course subject matter and program. Serves as "lead" accredited and / or certification public educational program specialist and subject matter expert to develop public educational program personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• At least two years counseling experience, ideally HIV, HCV and STI test counseling
• At least two years’ experience working with HIV and populations disproportionately affected by HIV
• At least two years working with HIV-related and LGBTQ-related health topics, including sexual and substance use, and comfort approaching them in a client-centered way
• Skill in using business software systems in the completion of work assignments (i.e., Word, Excel, Qualtrics, Keynote, PowerPoint, Zoom, and comfort interacting with online learning management sytems ( ie Articulate, Moodle cloud etc) and calendaring programs).
• Advanced analytical, problem solving, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced knowledge of accredited and / or certificate program instruction and delivery methodologies, the organization, market and business strategies.
• At least three years’ experience conducting trainings, applying adult learning theory
• At least two years’ experience researching, writing, and developing synchronous and asynchronous curricula, and other learning materials
• At least two years’ experience applying theories of cultural humility
• Willingness to undertake multi-day travel, including occasional national travel
• Demonstrated excellence in reliability, timeliness, and attendance
• Thorough and effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience conducting trainings and developing written learning materials in Spanish
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures; advanced knowledge of functional area and understands how work impacts other areas of public educational programs.
• Experience providing services to communities of color, particularly Black/African American and Latinx communities.
• Demonstrated ability to assess a learning or technical assistance goal, and plan a training module or technical assistance intervention to successfully achieve that goal
• Demonstrated knowledge of counseling theory and practice
• Demonstrated knowledge of harm reduction theory and practice
• Demonstrated experience planning and overseeing projects
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate training participants
• Demonstrated experience planning and implementing technical assistance
• Thorough skills to conduct needs assessment and development of new presentations / courses to meet organizational needs.
• Continuing education in related field
• Master’s degree in counseling, education, public health, or other social science
• Instructional design degree in online course development
• HIV Test Counselor Certification
• California HIV Test Counselor Certification
• California Office of AIDS-Approved Test Counselor Trainer
• California Office of AIDS-Approved Rapid HIV Antibody Test Trainer
• Completion of Personalized Cognitive Counseling Training of Trainer Course
• Completion of Other CDC-Approved High-Impact Prevention Interventions Training of Trainer Courses
• Experience providing services to communities of color, particularly Black/African American and Latinx communities.

Responsibilities

• Establishes evaluation criteria for measuring desired results and impact for sets of courses or site-specific technical assistance interventions, for individual courses, based on learning goals and populations, and for individual participants.
• In collaboration with team of trainers, determines methods and procedures for current and new course offerings and site-specific technical assistance interventions/courses on a range of general and unique topics, throughout California. Among the areas in which trainers are expected to deliver synchronous trainings are HIV,HCV and STI testing technologies, frontline provider interpersonal and counseling skills, Motivational Interviewing, substance use, Cultural Humility and sensitivity, especially focused on LGBTQ and BIPOC populations, and a range of HIV prevention interventions, including Personalized Cognitive Counseling and HIV Testing in Non-Clinical Settings.
• Plans and develops programs and curriculum, and adjusts existing courses and curriculum for the California Department of Public Health Office of AIDS (OA) official statewide HIV test counselor certification program and for the nationwide Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official high-impact prevention (HIP) intervention: Personalized Cognitive Counseling (PCC).
• Collaborates with Program Manager and other training staff to evaluate prospective program partnerships, and drafts program partnership plans.
• Participates in the recruitment, selection, orientation, and evaluation of other instructors on the team, and responsible for training and evaluation of staff from other agencies during Training of Trainers.
• Evaluates and adjusts course curriculum through participant evaluations and levels of interest shown
• Other duties as assigned, including logistics coordination, technical expertise regarding online systems, editorial expertise, advanced outreach for educational programs, and limited HIV counseling and testing to ensure continuing frontline knowledge of key area.

What This Job Offers

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