Early Childhood Systems Consultant

Cencora | Pharma solutions; Great Falls Crossing (VA); Remote; USD 98,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the pharma solutions sector is seeking a Senior Technical Assistance Specialist for a remote position supporting home visiting programs. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in child development, technical assistance, and will be responsible for delivering training and developing resources to enhance early childhood initiatives. This position involves collaboration with various stakeholders and may require travel for trainings and consultations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in developing and implementing early childhood programs or services.
• 5+ years providing technical assistance to home visiting programs.
• 3+ years in leading state-led evaluations and quality improvement methods.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training and technical assistance to improve home visiting programs.
• Engage with Awardees for strategic planning and implementation.
• Develop and deliver complex tasks concerning early childhood systems.

Skills

Child development

Maternal and child health

Technical assistance

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, public health, or related field

Master’s degree in early childhood development or related field

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Office Applications

Job description

Description

ICF is currently seeking a Senior Technical Assistance Specialist to work on a HRSA project as the Early Childhood Systems Consultant for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Technical Assistance Resource Center. This professional will deliver training and technical assistance (T&TA) to support high-quality implementation of home visiting through TA; improve the performance of home visiting programs to positively impact family outcomes by connecting awardees to technical expertise, sharing best practices, engaging experts and stakeholders, and utilizing evaluation and CQI methodologies.

The ideal candidate will have a background and experience in child development, maternal and child health, home visiting program regulations and program implementation, with a focus on supporting effective program implementation, capacity building, and the full implementation of Home Visiting program requirements. Experience working with HRSA and the Mental and Child Health Bureau is preferred. Knowledge of other federal programs and policies related to early childhood development and continuous quality improvement is expected.

This position is full time and remote within the U.S. and may involve up to 30% travel to OCC sponsored events and to provide technical assistance to states, territories, and tribes.

TA is defined as both onsite and offsite activities, such as consultation, meeting and conference presentation and facilitation, support of peer-to-peer opportunities, information gathering, review of materials, participation in and leadership for workgroups, strategic planning, and training design and delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support MIECHV’s designated priorities and special projects, including development of TA materials (e.g. issue briefs, handouts, brochures, presentation kits, and webinars).
• Build strong, positive relationships with NCECQA team for ongoing communication, collaborative planning, and shared problem solving to meet the needs of clients, states, and territories.
• Assist in the planning of MIECHV’s Awardee meeting; communicate with Awardee to encourage presentations and participation in the convening; facilitate breakout sessions and regional/state team meetings.
• Engage with Awardees to meet their goals for planning and implementation through strategic planning, results-based facilitation, active listening, analysis, strategy, resource and policy development, and reflective thought partnership to support a wide range of impacts, contributing to changes in policies and practices.
• Build strong partnerships with Federal TA partners across multiple agencies and programs and coordinate TA as established by the contract and client, including participation in national workgroups and task forces as assigned.
• Participate in regular team meetings and calls.
• Research and develop timely responses to Awardees requests and create written TA resources in approved formats.
• Contribute to the development of group technical assistance opportunities focused on facets of early childhood systems building, maternal and child health, family engagement and home visiting, including the research, preparation and facilitation of peer learning groups, trainings, communities of practice, etc.
• Plan for and deliver tailored, individualized technical assistance in accordance with Awardees’ needs and MIECHV’s priorities.
• Participate in presentations at national meetings and conferences.
• Enter data on TA planning and provision within required databases, adhering to established timelines and protocols.
• Submit claims for reimbursement of office and travel expenses in a timely manner.
• Leverage specialized depth and breadth of expertise and apply a broad perspective to identify solutions to complex tasks
• Lead the development and delivery of complex tasks and deliverables on multiple ECE topics and activities
• Stay abreast of the latest research, tools, and resources that support the activities of NCECQA.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

Basic Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, education, public policy, public administration, or public health.
• 12+ years of experience developing and implementing one or more of the following programs, services, initiatives or EC systems components:
• Home visiting program implementation, including program development, implementation, innovation, and performance
• Family engagement strategies to support high quality family outcomes
• Maternal and child heath and/or behavioral health
• EC workforce development
• EC systems building
• 5+ years of experience providing technical assistance to improve the performance of home visiting programs to positively impact family outcomes, EC systems building, and family engagement (in-person and virtual teams of local/state public health-related professionals and federal staff).
• 5+ years of experience leading/managing, developing, and implementing projects, processes, and/or collaboratives on the development of performance measurement data plans, including aggregation, reporting, and analysis of performance data, as well as experience providing technical assistance on performance measurement.
• 3+ years of leading/managing, developing, and implementing projects, processes, and/or collaboratives on state-led evaluations.
• 3+ years of experience in consultative, quality assurance, and continuous quality improvement methods, including: the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) breakthrough series model; Active Implementation; and Process Consultation.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Master’s degree in early childhood development, public policy, public administration, or public health
• Experience at the state, local or national level, focusing on early childhood initiatives, services, policies, regulations, and systems
• Collaboration and partnership experience across early childhood education systems, as a participant, content advisor, or facilitator
• Experience with Smartsheet and other project management tools to track tasks, including developing timelines, work plans, milestones, development, and implementation
• Proficient in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, Teams), and other E-learning webinar, and project management tools including Smartsheet
• Bilingual and able to read, write, and speak Spanish proficiently
• Ability to use technology tools and platforms (such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom) for remote meetings, collaboration on document development, and other communications

Professional Skills:

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Team player with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to apply detailed knowledge of organizational procedures to make independent decisions and serve as a credible resource for a senior management team.
• Ability to work with all levels of internal staff, as well as outside clients and vendors.
• Ability to be flexible and handle multiple priorities.
• Demonstrate outstanding level of professionalism in providing team support, including the ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy.
• Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information.

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