Senior Technical Assistance Specialist

ICF; Great Falls Crossing (VA); Remote; USD 81,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Join ICF as a Senior Technical Assistance Specialist supporting the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. You'll provide essential training and support to enhance home visiting services, ensuring effective implementation and positive family outcomes, while collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in early childhood programs, maternal and child health.
• 3+ years providing TA to improve home visiting programs.
• Expertise in federal programs and continuous quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training and technical assistance to home visiting programs.
• Build relationships with federal staff and partners.
• Support performance measurement and quality improvement.

Skills

Child development

Maternal and child health

Performance improvement

Family engagement strategies

Consultative methods

Good judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree in early childhood education, education, public policy, public administration, or public health

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Office Applications

Job description

ICF is currently seeking a Senior Technical Assistance Specialist to work on a HRSA project as the Senior TA Specialist 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 Maternal and Child Health (MCHB) 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 the MIECHV’s designated priorities and special projects, including development of TA materials and resources for broad dissemination
• Builds strong, positive relationships with MIECHV federal program staff, Awardees, and partners through ongoing communication, collaborative planning, and shared problem-solving to respond to needs and priorities
• Collaborate closely with MIECHV federal team and other federal TA partners in the planning and of training and/or TA to Awardees and their partners
• Apply expert knowledge and skills, and stay abreast of the latest trends, research, tools, and resources that support
• Lead the development of group technical assistance opportunities focused supported awardees’ efforts to improve family outcomes, including the research, preparation and facilitation of peer learning groups and trainings
• Lead in-person and virtual training and group TA efforts for teams of local/state public health-related professionals and federal staff.
• Leverage specialized depth and breadth of expertise and apply a broad perspective to identify solutions to complex tasks, adapting as conditions shift
• Demonstrate a broad understanding of MIECHV’s designated priorities and subject matter
• Support data collection and stay up to date on Iresearch and best practices
• Demonstrate good judgment in leading, planning, and delivering TA and client deliverables on multiple I/T topics and activities
• 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
• Support the development and delivery of intensive, individualized TA in a manner that is responsive to the unique needs of each Awardee and their partners
• Support the design and development of performance measurement data plans, including aggregation, reporting, and analysis of performance data, as well as experience providing technical assistance on performance measurement.
• Support quality assurance, continual quality improvement activities, and ongoing evaluation of work
• Track and document T&TA delivery according to protocols and timelines
• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, education, public policy, public administration, or public heath
• Minimum of 5years of experience providing support in the field of early childhood programs, maternal and child health, home visiting, and family engagement 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
• 3+ 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).
• 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, education, public policy, public administration, or public health
• 2+ years of experience supporting 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.
• 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

Professional Skills:

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
• Ability to create and produce presentation, using solid adult learning principles
• Ability to be a team player and work with all levels of internal staff as well as outside clients and vendors
• Ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated outstanding level of professionalism including the ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy
• Ability to address conflict openly, looking for win-win solutions.
• Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
• Ability to apply detailed knowledge of organizational procedures to make independent decisions and serve as a credible resource
• Ability to work with all levels of internal staff as well as outside clients and vendors
• Flexibility to handle multiple priorities and work limited overtime, as necessary.
• Appreciation of diverse cultures, work styles, and different ways of thinking.

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