Equity‑Focused Statewide Home Visiting Transformation Leader

Career Center at Portland State University; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 72,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Portland State University is seeking a Director of State Home Visiting System Transformation to lead statewide coordination through the Center for Coordinating Oregon Home Visiting Systems (CCOHVS) within PSU's Regional Research Institute.

The role partners with state agencies and tribal leaders to implement an equity-centered, collaborative strategy for Oregon's home visiting programs, and to develop sustainable funding and workforce development across the state.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree plus 4 years experience, or a Bachelor’s degree plus 6 years of experience, in human services-related fields (early childhood/parenting education, child welfare, child and family development, education, health care or public health).
• Experience and/or knowledge of early childhood and/or home visiting programs and services provided through community-based and/or government agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to work within and across human service programs and systems, and to independently develop, implement, and manage complex group based collaborative processes.
• Must reside in Oregon or Washington state and be able to work in person on PSU campus in downtown Portland, attending regional or national conferences, or regional meetings as needed.
• Possession of a valid State-issued driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Create mechanisms for family leadership in home visiting system transformation at the state level.
• Expand decision-making partners for home visiting to include Tribal, culturally specific and additional home visiting programs that are outside the primary state-funded home visiting models.
• Promote equitable access to home visiting services by assessing current home visiting services and capacity, and facilitating strategies that ensure equitable access to culturally responsive and sustaining home visiting for families with young children.
• Create and/or improve state systems for coordinated intake and referral for home visiting by expanding existing state-level mechanisms.
• Improve and align home visiting data systems by facilitating state-level changes that streamline and share data and information.
• Identify and leverage resources to build family awareness of, and choice in, home visiting programs through a coordinated community awareness communications plan.
• Create aligned home visiting policies through shared state-level governance that supports equity and regional flexibility.
• Expand and support the home visiting workforce by creating a roadmap for a coordinated professional development system that aligns competencies and supports home visitor retention, well-being, and pay equity.
• Facilitate a cross-system plan for sustained and expanded funding in order to ensure statewide availability of quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate home visiting programs that meet the needs of Oregon’s families.

Skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Policy analysis

Public sector experience

Leadership

Communication

Education

Master’s degree +4 years

Bachelor’s degree +6 years

Job description

Portland State University is seeking a Director of State Home Visiting System Transformation to lead statewide coordination through the Center for Coordinating Oregon Home Visiting Systems (CCOHVS) within PSU's Regional Research Institute.

The role partners with state agencies and tribal leaders to implement an equity-centered, collaborative strategy for Oregon's home visiting programs, and to develop sustainable funding and workforce development across the state.