CHILD DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT

California Department of Social Services; California; Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

California Department of Social Services seeks a Child Development Consultant to work with program units and managers across the Child Care and Development Division. The role involves promoting quality development programs and traveling for site visits to ensure compliance and program improvement.

The position requires collaboration with contractors and staff, providing guidance and training while supporting diverse California communities.

Qualifications

• Statement of Qualifications or Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with your application.
• SOQ must be no more than two pages in length, size 12-point Arial font.
• Candidates residing outside California may be admitted but must provide proof of residence in CA prior to appointment.

Responsibilities

• Work cooperatively with program units and managers throughout CDSS.
• Extensive travel (>50%) for fieldwork to conduct site visits and monitor programs.
• Provide statutory/regulatory guidance, training, and technical assistance.

Job description

Position Details

Job Code #: JC-524040

Position #(s): 800-361-2834-910

Working Title

Child Development Consultant/Child Development Assistant

Classification

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT

$8,237.00 - $10,310.00 A

New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

Shall Consider

CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT

$5,912.00 - $7,396.00 A

$7,138.00 - $8,934.00 B

# of Positions

1

Work Location

United States

Telework

Hybrid

Job Type

Permanent, Full Time

Department Information

Are you interested in making a difference in the lives of fellow Californians while achieving your career goals? Do you set high standards for yourself and enjoy a collaborative and challenging work environment? The mission of the California Department of Social Services is to serve, protect, and support the people of California experiencing need in ways that empower wellbeing and disrupt systemic inequities. The vision of the California Department of Social Services is to provide quality services with a commitment to an inclusive, diverse, and equitable California where all people can thrive.

The mission of the Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) is to build, strengthen, and maintain an equitable, comprehensive, quality, and affordable child care and development system for the children and families in our state; to integrate child care with other California Department of Social Services programs and services that serve the whole child and whole family; to address social determinants of health and adverse childhood experiences which significantly impact long-term outcomes for children; and to provide vital supports to the child care and development workforce and programs for children to have access to equitable and stable child care and development opportunities. The CCDD provides planning, policy direction, and oversight of the majority of state-supported child care and development programs and services in California. These include programs that provide a variety of state-subsidized child care services, quality improvement plan activities, local child care and developmental informed programs and policies, while providing robust technical assistance and support to counties, contractors, and child care partners.

CDSS Guiding Principles

Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Accessibility. Belonging.

We ensure opportunities for everyone to participate in a meaningful way in fulfilling the mission and vision of CDSS.

Community Engagement

We prioritize the lived experiences of community members as a driving force behind the creation, implementation, desired impact, or change of programs and services.

Empowerment

We engage, operate, and advocate from the understanding that each community and person has desires and capabilities to lead in their own life.

Quality Services

We provide services that align intent and impact by ensuring that they are accessible, community driven, interconnected, and continuously improved.

Data Defined Outcomes

We equitably collect and analyze data, take data-driven action, and measure outcomes relevant to those we serve, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Job Description And Duties

Under the direction of the Bureau Chief /Education Administrator I of the Program Quality and Improvement North Bureau in the CCDD, the Child Development Consultant works cooperatively with program units and managers throughout the CDSS. The incumbent is responsible for working collaboratively with various early child care and development programs funded by federal and/or state funds. The incumbent serves in an educational leadership role for promoting quality child development program implementation at the local, regional, and state levels. Extensive travel exceeding 50% is required for fieldwork in this position to conduct site visits to a region, interact with contracting agencies for assessing programs, monitoring compliance and completing reports in collaboration with other staff, attend meetings to address challenges, present training locally to the field to provide statutory and regulatory guidance, technical assistance and support, and other work related purposes.

Special Requirements

Please Note: A Statement of Qualifications or Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted along with your application to be considered for this position. Applications submitted without an SOQ may be disqualified for this position.

Do not include any confidential information on any documents (i.e., application, resume, or transcripts) you submit for this job vacancy. Confidential information that should be excluded or removed from these documents include but is not limited to: Social Security Number (SSN), birthday and/or age, photos, student/other ID number, driver’s license number (unless required), basis of eligibility, exam results, LEAP status, and marital status. Confidential information submitted via a CalCareer Account (electronic application) is automatically redacted upon submission.

The Statement of Qualifications must be no more than two pages in length, size 12-point Arial font. The Statement of Qualifications must be no more than two pages in length, size 12 point Arial font. Responses should be clear, concise, and based on the applicant's own professional experience. Please include specific examples that demonstrate your role, actions taken, results achieved, collaboration with others, leadership approach, and ability to manage complex or competing priorities.

• Describe your professional experience in the child care and development field, including your knowledge of subsidized childcare and development programs, program operations, service delivery, and coordination with agencies, contractors’ families, or community partners.
• Describe your experience providing administrative oversight, program leadership, contract monitoring, technical assistance, training or staff development for CDSS- contracted child care and development program types, subsidized child care programs, or comparable publicly funded programs. Include how you support staff or parters in understanding policy guidance, funding terms and conditions, program requirements, compliance expectations, and quality early learning and care environments for young children.
• Describe your experience reviewing, preparing, or monitoring budgets, enrollment projections, earnings, audits, internal controls, documentation, program quality, continuous improvement plans, or other accountability-related information. Include how you identified issues or risks, provided guidance to staff or partners, and supported resolution.

You are required to complete employment history on the application form (STD 678). You may be disqualified from the hiring and selection process if the employment history is not complete. Resumes will not take the place of employment history.

If you are meeting minimum qualifications with education, you must include your unofficial transcripts for verification. If selected, you may be required to provide official transcripts at the time of hire.

Candidates who reside outside of the State of California may be admitted to the job interview, but they must provide proof of residence in California prior to being eligible for appointment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.