Continuing Education Coordinator

Job Description

The Alliance for Professional Development, Training and Caregiver Excellence (The Alliance) is a partnership between the UW School of Social Work;
Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF);
Eastern Washington University School of Social Work; UW Tacoma School of Social Work and Criminal Justice; and Partners for Our Children.

The Alliance works to increase the capacity of Washington’s social workers, partners and foster caregivers to support community wellness. We provide education and programs in a variety of modalities so that each adult learner can retain the skills needed to continue to succeed.

The Alliance works within the University of Washington School of Social Work (SSW). At the SSW, we commit ourselves to promoting social and economic justice for poor and oppressed populations and enhancing the quality of life for all. We strive to maximize human welfare through education, research, and public service. We embrace our position of leadership in the field of social work and join in partnership with others in society committed to solving human problems in the twenty‑first century.

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem‑solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

In this role, you will coordinate the scheduling and logistics for in‑person and webinar‑based learning events, including simulation. You will schedule guest presenters or training partners, such as individuals with lived experience in the child welfare system, actors or legal professionals. You will be responsible for supporting the West Seattle and University training locations. Your primary work location will be the West Seattle Training Hub.

Managing these training locations will include acting as the Alliance contact for these locations, supporting in‑person class set‑up (most often for simulation), scheduling and booking rooms, and room monitoring. The Training Coordinator works closely with Alliance Development and Facilitation Specialists, Coaches and contracted trainers who train in the training facility as well as DCYF staff who wish to use the location for training or meetings.

The Training Coordinator will also work in partnership with the Department of Children, Youth and Families staff, Tribal Partners and others as may be identified to schedule and plan classes based on the Annual Training Plan.

Each year, the Alliance delivers approximately 2,000 trainings to foster parents, kinship providers, and WA state DCYF child welfare employees. The Statewide Foundational Training Coordinator will primarily be responsible to schedule and support Workforce Core (WFC), the training required for all new case‑carrying child welfare workers in Washington. New cohorts of this 9.5‑week training start on the 1st and 16th of every month and there are always 4‑5 cohorts running consecutively.

Over time, you may become responsible for supporting the scheduling of other foundation training courses.

• 100%, Full time
• Monday – Friday, generally 8am – 5pm
• Day shift
• Mostly in-person at the West Seattle Training Hub: 4045 SW Delridge, occasional hybrid work

• Coordinate and implement the end‑to‑end logistics for webinar and in‑person learning events for Workforce Core (WFC) training
• Collaborate and partner with the Statewide Foundational Administrator and/or Regional Development and Facilitation Supervisors to schedule training events
• Schedule Experts by Experience for Parent Ally Panels
• Schedule Actors for Interview Simulations
• Schedule Legal Professionals for Court Hearing/Trial Simulation
• Manage communication with Development and Facilitation Specialists regarding the Parents, Actors, and Legal Professionals scheduled for their training
• You will be present…