Senior Family Navigator; Senior Community Program Specialist

The Embrace Initiative: A Civic Engagement Initiative at University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has an exciting opportunity for a dedicated, caring, and team-oriented Safer Stronger Together Senior Family Navigator (Senior Community Program Specialist).

The mission of The Embrace Initiative is to collaborate with community to create a world that is safe, just, and equitable. We accomplish our mission through partnerships between grassroots, non-profits, city agencies, and institutes of higher education by engaging in accessing resources, removing barriers, making connections, and transforming systems.

The Embrace Initiative is partnering with state government to launch the Safer Stronger Together Initiative (SST). The Safer Stronger Together Initiative was developed by leadership of the MD Department of Human Services (responsible for child welfare, public benefits and child support services), the MD Department of Juvenile Services (the state's juvenile justice system), and the MD Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (statewide correctional, parole and probation services).

The three agencies have identified over 2,000 families across Maryland who touch two or more of their three systems. The Safer Stronger Together Initiative, in close partnership with the Embrace Initiative at UMB, will bring staff at these three agencies together to collaborate and coordinate to serve shared families. The Safer Stronger Together Family Navigator will be assigned to a site within one of the three agencies to act as the liaison with the families and the public agencies, to assist families in advocating for themselves, and taking advantage of available resources.

This grant-funded, contractual position is located in a community-based organization in Cambridge, MD, and requires the ability to work evenings and weekends as necessary.

• comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes wellness, work/life balance, and professional development, along with additional exciting perks that employees can take advantage of.
• Contingent Category II staff receive a generous leave package that includes over 2 weeks of vacation each year, paid holidays, sicktime, and time for community service.
• subsidized comprehensive health insurance and supplemental retirement options.
• professional learning and development programs.
• limited tuition remission for employees enrolled at UMB.
• life insurance and long-term disability.
• flexible work schedules and teleworking options (if applicable per job).

UMB is a public university and constituent institution of the University System of Maryland. All employees are expected to work primarily physically within the State of Maryland.

• Responsible for all aspects of coordination of community internal and or external programs by monitoring progress and operations program components and ensure the highest quality programming for all participants. Provide solutions to issues and judgment outside of pre-established guidelines or processes.
• In collaboration with programmatic leadership, plan, develop, administer and coordinate new or revised goals and objectives for programs. Lead program development and implementation that requires significant assessment, evaluation, and intervention utilizing best practice/promising practice models.
• Maintain and foster relationships with groups, individuals, or families partners to create network of supportive services needed for program users to be successful. Develop and implement recruiting plans for program groups, individual, and/or families. Ensure compliance with work plan and deliverables.
• Develop and facilitate workshops, meetings or conferences; coordinate logistics, scheduling, and participant communications. Work closely with partners to develop and provide appropriate trainings, workshops, field trips, and recognition events for participants. Coordinate logistics, scheduling, communications, and participation.
• Manage program work plans in accordance with specifications and funding limitations in order to shape the program. Oversee daily operations; organize program activities; and set priorities.
• Maintain and facilitate program data in compliance and with programmatic reports required by sponsors. Make recommendations to management in use of funds to ensure compliance and prepare for regular program audits by sponsors. Collect, complete, and submit program information in required formats for various reporting including internal quarterly program…