Child Welfare Technical Advisor II, Special Initiatives Lead

Child Welfare Technical Advisor II, Special Initiatives Lead

The Technical Expert II (TE II) is a child welfare subject matter expert working collaboratively with TEs and project leadership and is responsible for ensuring the design and delivery of training and technical assistance (T/TA) and deliverables for/with JBS projects and initiatives. The TE II provides coaching and guidance for and with staff and consultants/collaborators in supporting and implementing effective, high-quality T/TA and communicate with the JBS client(s) per established project guidelines.

The TE II may also be called upon to supervise project-affiliated JBS staff.

The Technical Expert II (TE II) is a Child Welfare subject matter expert working collaboratively with other TEs and project leadership, responsible for ensuring the design and delivery of technical assistance (TA) and deliverables. As a technical specialist, - subject matter expert, and team leader, the TE III, in addition to design and delivering TA, may hold responsibility for supervision, coaching, and guiding staff and team members in the support and implementation of effective, high‑quality TA and communication with the JBS client per established project guidelines.

This TE II Center Preparation & Special Initiatives Lead (CP & SI Lead) is focused on four primary areas:
1) playing a lead role in coordinating project special initiatives and priority area activities,
2) coordinating a consultant pool of project and general subject matter experts,
3) guiding planning and implementation of staff and consultant preparation, and
4) facilitating key meetings and forums through a human centered design approach. The TE II must have extensive professional experience in child welfare. They must also possess a passionate commitment to using data and analytics to generate innovative, consumer-centric design, decision‑making, peer and family engagement, and delivery of effective and efficient technical assistance. The TE II, must demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the project's model of technical assistance as a data‑driven and continuous improvement process that supports tailoring services to jurisdictions, ensuring projects are impactful, and adaptive as needed to achieve successful outcomes.

Play a lead role in coordinating child welfare special initiatives and priority areas engaging with teams of technical and subject matter experts to plan and deliver products, resources, tools, technical assistance and peer services. This includes developing subject matter expertise as needed and interacting with child welfare and other human services leaders and staff at all jurisdictional levels; local, county, state, regional and federal.

Coordinate cross‑center efforts to prepare and support staff, consultants and teams delivering data‑driven, human‑centered, high quality, and effective technical assistance to include developing and adapting key tools for delivering and continuously improving services

Guide and oversee recruitment, coordination, and support of a consultant pool of subject matter experts including development and maintenance of management plan and facilitation of cross center team responsible for leveraging consultant expertise and knowledge to support service delivery to include supporting budget/fiscal resources tracking.

Play a lead role in building and maintaining a positive and effective team culture aimed at high-performance of a team comprised of staff matrixed from across multiple organizations. Including facilitation of center‑wide forums, teams, and special initiatives related meetings through a human‑centered design approach

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