MINDSOURCE Training Specialist III

State of Colorado; Denver (CO); Híbrido; USD 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Great benefits package

Descripción de la vacante

State of Colorado, through MINDSOURCE, seeks to expand brain-injury training and support across communities. The role focuses on designing curricula, delivering professional development, and guiding implementation projects to improve services for individuals with brain injuries.

The position involves hybrid work with in-office collaboration and remote activities, and emphasizes accessibility, stakeholder coordination, and data-driven program impact.

Formación

• Six years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned.
• A combination of related education and/or relevant experience equal to six years.
• Relevant experience includes developing and delivering training curricula, facilitating adult learning programs, and guiding organizational change management/implementation science initiatives.

Responsabilidades

• Design and deliver engaging curricula in asynchronous online and synchronous in-person formats, incorporating universal design and WCAG/Section 508 standards.
• Lead training sessions, provide technical assistance, and tailor programs to meet agency objectives with rigorous follow-up and evaluation.
• Apply implementation science to support sustainable organizational change and measure transfer of learning across partner organizations.

Conocimientos

Curriculum design

Training delivery

Implementation science

Change management

Universal design

Educación

Six years of related experience

Descripción del empleo

This position is open to current Colorado residents only

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

About MINDSOURCE

The MINDSOURCE Brain Injury Network (MINDSOURCE) serves as the designated lead state agency for brain injury in Colorado, providing vital services to citizens living with brain injuries and delivering technical assistance to both public and private agencies. Established in 1998 through a Federal Traumatic Brain Injury planning grant, the program's mandate was formalized in 2000 under Executive Order D 003 00. This order designated the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) as the State Lead Agency on Brain Injury and charged MINDSOURCE with coordinating state agency activities, analyzing community needs and resources, and facilitating funding acquisition to support individuals living with brain injuries.

In addition to its foundational mandates, MINDSOURCE administers the Colorado Brain Injury Trust Fund, which was created by state statute in 2002. Cash-funded through assessments on specific traffic violations—including speeding, driving under the influence (DUI), and driving while ability impaired (DWAI)—the Trust Fund began generating revenue in 2004 and was fully implemented by 2005. Today, these revenues are strictly utilized to fund client services, research, and education. As part of its fiduciary duties, MINDSOURCE facilitates the Colorado Brain Injury Trust Fund Board, which oversees and ensures statutory compliance for all fund expenditures.

Beyond state-level fund management, MINDSOURCE implements major federal initiatives, including the Administration for Community Living Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Program grant. Through this federal portfolio, the program facilitates the Colorado Advisory Council on Brain Injuries and drives the execution of the Colorado State Plan on Brain Injuries. Operating as the lead state agency, MINDSOURCE collaborates with diverse stakeholders and agencies to establish comprehensive policies that increase statewide access to brain injury screening, support, and services

Weekly Hybrid Working Arrangements

Minimum 2 days in office and maximum 3 days remote work

Typical office days are Monday and Tuesday

This position will comply with the Office of Children, Aging and Community Services current working arrangements.

Please note: These working arrangements are subject to change.

About this position

This position drives the statewide expansion of the Colorado Brain Injury Model by leading training and implementation initiatives for community partners. The role equips professionals to screen for and accommodate cognitive and physical impairments using the Online Brain Injury Screening and Support System (OBISSS). Additionally, the incumbent coordinates the rollout of the A.H.E.A.D. (Achieving Healing Through Education, Accountability, and Determination) psycho-educational group to build organizational capacity, while partnering with school personnel to ensure early identification and sustained assistance for students with brain injuries.

Summary of Job Duties

Curriculum Development

• This role collaborates with the MINDSOURCE Program Manager, Program Director, and national experts to design and deliver engaging, accessible curricula in both asynchronous online and synchronous in-person formats, distilling complex information into actionable, practitioner-focused learning objectives. The incumbent develops interactive training activities that facilitate the practical application of tools and strategies to support individuals with brain injuries across diverse sectors, while adapting materials to meet the unique requirements of various community partners. Furthermore, this position integrates universal design and accessibility standards, such as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and Section 508, into all instructional materials to ensure inclusivity for all learners and continuously evaluates emerging brain injury research to update and refine curricula for ongoing relevance and impact.

Training & Technical Assistance Facilitation

• In this role, the specialist conducts comprehensive needs assessments to determine optimal training strategies and customizes instructional materials to meet the specific objectives of requesting agencies. This position designs evidence-informed training programs that strengthen organizational capacities and formulates technical assistance plans to deepen stakeholders' understanding of brain injury. This position facilitates professional development training sessions in both in-person and virtual formats, implements systematic follow-up processes to provide ongoing consultation and troubleshoot implementation challenges, and analyzes post-training evaluations to measure instructional effectiveness. Furthermore, this role ensures all materials, including presentation slide decks and handouts, strictly adhere to rigorous universal design and accessibility standards. Additionally, this position may contract with external entities to facilitate training sessions or full-day events and to advertise and promote those events. To support these duties, this position will work with the Grants and Contracts Manager to develop contracts and track contract deliverables. Finally, this position will maintain accurate tracking systems for all training events, attendance, and evaluation metrics to measure program reach and seamlessly provide the impact data required for Trust Fund Board and federal grant reporting.

Implementation Support

• This position applies implementation science principles to facilitate sustainable organizational change and improve service delivery models, utilizing change management strategies to support community partners through transitions in practice and policy. This position facilitates communities of practice and structured peer-learning sessions to promote knowledge sharing and skill application, and provides ongoing technical support to build sustainable internal capacity within partner organizations. This position leads change management initiatives to ensure the successful adoption of brain-injury-informed practices and guides strategic conversations with organizational leadership to establish and achieve capacity-building objectives. Furthermore, this role builds and maintains high-trust, collaborative relationships with cross-sector stakeholders, executives, and community champions; consults with leadership teams to integrate brain-injury-informed practices into daily operations; develops organizational readiness tools to gauge agency capacity; and uses data to demonstrate the importance of brain-injury screening in improving client outcomes. Finally, this position maintains tracking systems to monitor organizational progress and milestone achievements across partner agencies, providing the systemic impact data required for Trust Fund board reporting.

Other Duties as Assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Experience Only

• Six (6) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position,

~OR~

Education and Experience

• A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to six (6) years.

Please note relevant experience is similar but not limited to: professional experience developing and delivering training curricula, facilitating adult learning programs, providing specialized technical assistance, or guiding organizational change management/implementation science initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred education/degree(s): Adult Education, Instructional Design, Public Health, Human Services, Social Work, Psychology, Organizational Development, Communications, or a closely related field.
• Experience applying implementation science frameworks and / or change management methodologies to guide cross-sector community partners or human service agencies through policy and practice adoption.
• Proven ability to design, pilot, and refine adult learning curricula for both synchronous (virtual and in-person) and asynchronous delivery, translating complex clinical or scientific research into practical, accessible training modules.
• Practical experience applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and digital accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508) across instructional media, digital systems, and training materials.
• Experience facilitating cross-system collaborative groups, peer-learning networks, and technical consultation cohorts among diverse stakeholders, including educators, healthcare providers, human service professionals, and state advisory boards.
• Experience conducting pre-engagement organizational assessments and designing longitudinal post-training evaluation tools to assess sustained implementation and measurable transfer of learning.

Conditions of Employment

• Full Background CDHS employees (all Direct