Systems Change Specialist for Deaf Education

University of Texas at Austin; Texas; On-site; USD 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Systems Implementation Specialist in Texas to provide intensive technical assistance and systems-change support to education and workforce partners. The role focuses on readiness assessment, planning, implementation, and scaling strategies for improving pathways for deaf people.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in TA or systems-change work, with strong data-use, facilitation, and ASL skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
• Five+ years of TA, systems change, policy/program implementation, or related work in public systems.
• Experience analyzing policies, programs, or data and translating findings into recommendations.
• Experience facilitating strategic planning and multi-partner teams.
• Knowledge of data-informed decision-making and familiarity with datasets.
• Experience working with deaf people and Deaf communities.
• Proficiency in American Sign Language.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive technical assistance and consultation to state, regional, multi-agency, and systems-level implementation teams, supporting clearly defined problems of practice through readiness assessment, planning, implementation, refinement, sustainability, and scale-up.
• Conduct systems-level analyses and assessments of policies, programs, practices, services, infrastructure, partnerships, and implementation conditions to identify strengths, gaps, barriers, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support partners in developing and implementing action plans and system-level models, including defining priorities, goals, strategies, roles, timelines, indicators, implementation supports, and processes for monitoring progress.
• Support effective use of data for systems improvement, including identifying relevant datasets and indicators, examining quantitative and qualitative information, strengthening data collection and data-use routines, and helping partners apply findings to planning and decision-making.
• Support cross-agency and cross-system collaboration among education, vocational rehabilitation, workforce, postsecondary, disability, and other partners by facilitating shared priorities, leadership structures, communication, coordination, and joint implementation.
• Apply research, policy, evidence-based and promising practices, and implementation frameworks to help partners select appropriate strategies, understand relevant policy contexts, adapt approaches for local fit, and strengthen implementation quality.
• Facilitate implementation meetings, site visits, strategic planning, readiness assessments, trainings, and other structured technical assistance activities, and document progress, barriers, decisions, recommendations, and next steps.
• Contribute to development of NDC systems-change tools, resources, analyses, and knowledge products, including documenting lessons from intensive technical assistance and translating implementation experience into practical guidance for broader use.

Skills

Consultation

Facilitation

Analytical skills

Project management

Written communication

ASL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in education policy, public policy, rehabilitation, workforce development, higher education, program evaluation, public administration, social science, or a related field

Job description

University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Systems Implementation Specialist in Texas to provide intensive technical assistance and systems-change support to education and workforce partners. The role focuses on readiness assessment, planning, implementation, and scaling strategies for improving pathways for deaf people.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in TA or systems-change work, with strong data-use, facilitation, and ASL skills.