Fatherhood Initiative Implementation Specialist

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The Fatherhood Initiative Implementation Specialist is responsible for the implementation, quality, and continuous improvement of fatherhood and co-parenting initiatives across Massachusetts. Reporting to the Fatherhood Initiative Coordinator, the Specialist provides technical assistance, implementation coaching, continuous quality improvement, and practical tools and resources that build organizational capacity and promote high-quality, father-inclusive programming. The Specialist partners with community-based organizations, state agencies, and family support professionals to support evidence-based and promising fatherhood and co-parenting programming, including fatherhood groups, father-child engagement activities, co-parenting education, parenting education, and other family strengthening initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Participates on RFR evaluation teams and assists in the review and evaluation of vendor proposals, as assigned.

Delivers technical assistance, coaching, implementation support and approved resources to organizations based on identified needs and priorities.

Coordinate onboarding and orientation for newly funded organizations and supports providers in developing implementation workplans consistent with established expectations, and contractual deliverables.

Monitor and document program implementation and TA supports conducted to strengthen future TA and program support.

Support budget tracking, vendor coordination, invoices, and contracts.

Monitors and supports the implementation planning, scheduling, attendance and activity tracking and logistics for initiative meetings/events, .in accordance with established priorities and work plans.

Foster partnerships, facilitate communication and collaboration, promote peer learning and resource sharing to strengthen father engagement, expand community connections, increase access to fatherhood programming, and support consistent implementation of father-inclusive practices. 

Prepare annual reports that include attendance and activities data, individualized and group summaries, strengths, challenges, and recommendations to strengthen the model/program/ initiative.

Provides continuous quality improvement (CQI) support to funded organizations by monitoring implementation, administering approved assessment and data collection tools, and helping providers interpret implementation data and identify opportunities to strengthen program quality.

Develops and administers surveys, assessment tools, and data collection processes to measure program quality, participant satisfaction, implementation, and related program outcomes.

Collects, analyzes, interprets, and summarizes funded partner implementation and performance data to identify trends, promising practices, implementation barriers, and technical assistance needs, and reports findings to the Fatherhood Initiative Coordinator to inform program improvement and technical assistance.

Develop, maintain, update and share fatherhood and co-parenting resources, toolkits, templates, guidance documents, and trainings that support the planning, implementation, reporting, and continuous quality improvement of fatherhood and co-parenting programming and initiatives.

Build and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders to strengthen fatherhood and co-parenting initiatives across Massachusetts.

As needed, represent the Children's Trust on statewide committees, conferences, workgroups, and collaborative initiatives related to father engagement, prevention, and family support.

Facilitate trainings as needed.

Other duties as assigned.

Questions regarding this position or the application process please contact martine.laine@mass.gov

First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

 

 

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have at least (A) three years of full time, or equivalent part-time, professional, administrative or managerial experience in business administration, business management or public administration the major duties of which involved program management, program administration, program coordination, program planning and/or program analysis, or (B) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.

Substitutions:

I. A Bachelor's degree with a major in business administration, business management or public administration may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the-required experience.*

II. A Graduate degree with a major in business administration, business management or public administration may be substituted for the required experience.*

III. A Bachelor's or higher degree with a major other than in business administration, business management or public administration may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required experience.*

*Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the basis of the proportion of the requirements actually completed.

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An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.  Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

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