Training and Capacity Building Coordinator

Full Time Washington, DC, US

Salary: $75,000.00 Annually

Progressive Life Center, Inc. (PLC) provides culturally-sensitivity human services to children, youth and families in the District of Columbia and surrounding Maryland, throughout Greater Philadelphia, and in most of Delaware. PLC’s array of community-based services includes foster care and adoption, independent living for youth aging out of foster care, family preservation, juvenile diversion, and parenting skills training. For more than two decades, PLC has earned accreditation from the prestigious Council on Accreditation (COA) for its demonstration of excellence in the delivery of services and achievement of outcomes.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Progressive Life Center (PLC) proudly serves as the Administrative Partner for the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) Community Programming Initiative, connecting court-involved youth and their families to a dynamic network of community-based programs, services, and resources that inspire growth, strengthen families, and create pathways to success.

Through its comprehensive Care Coordination Pathway, PLC brings together youth, caregivers, trusted community supports, and service providers to deliver coordinated, individualized support. By building meaningful relationships and fostering collaboration, PLC empowers youth and families to achieve personal goals, reach important milestones, and build brighter futures. Our approach emphasizes individual strengths, personal accountability, skill development, family engagement, community connections, and public safety.

Together, we are creating opportunities, strengthening communities, and empowering young people to thrive!

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in the assessment, coordination, and implementation of services and programs with a focus on program administrative requirements and operational management of the service delivery model.
• Participate in meetings regarding the development and delivery of trainings to PLC subgrantees.
• Collaborate with the Quality Assurance and Compliance Coordinator to identify needs and challenges of the subgrantees.
• Manage, design, develop, coordinate and conduct large- or small-scaletrainingprograms.
• Map out training plans, design and develop training programs (outsourced or in-house).
• Choose appropriate training methods per case (i.e., simulations, mentoring, on the job training, professional development classes etc.).
• Facilitate subgrantee technical assistance sessions.
• Market available training opportunities to subgrantees and provide necessary information.
• Conduct subgrantee needs assessment and identify skills or knowledge gaps that need to be addressed.
• Assess instructional effectiveness and summarize evaluation reports determining the impact of training on Service Coalition providers.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and liaise with matter experts regarding instructional design.
• Maintain updated curriculum database and training records.
• Provide ongoing Technical Assistant with sub grantees as identified.
• Consult with the program directors, managers and supervisors to assess training needs and develop programs to match these needs.
• Continually evaluate procedures to monitor and analyze course effectiveness and update trainings as needed.
• Provide updates to subgrantees with regards to trainings and upcoming trainings held in the community to benefit their organization.
• Attend all required virtual and in-person meetings.
• Strategic planning, resource allocation, evaluation and logic modeling for training program.
• Enter and maintain accurate data into the FAMCaresystem.
• Develop and monitor the success of a training curriculum that assists…