Director of Family Engagement and Capacity Building

3 weeks ago


Los Angeles California, United States Families In Schools Full time
Job Title: Director of Training and Capacity Building

Families In Schools is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to lead our Training and Capacity Building team. As a key member of our organization, you will play a pivotal role in developing, implementing, and evaluating exemplary family engagement curricula, tools, coaching, consultation services, and parent power-building opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead the Training and Capacity Building team, overseeing budgets, strategic planning, program implementation, and evaluation.
  • Develop and oversee training programs, tools, coaching, consultation services, and parent power-building programs to meet the organization's goals and strategic priorities.
  • Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of curricula and educational tools.
  • Ensure curricula are culturally relevant, evidence-based, responsive to parent needs, and aligned with the latest research in family and community engagement.
  • Oversee the delivery of training programs in various formats, including in-person, virtual, and hybrid models.
  • Ensure effective evaluation methodologies to measure the impact and effectiveness of our training services.
  • Use data and feedback to inform continuous improvement and innovation in program offerings.
  • Identify emerging trends and best practices in training and development to ensure the organization remains at the forefront of industry standards.
  • Prepare regular reports on program outcomes and financial performance for internal and external partners and funders.
  • Promote training and capacity-building services to generate new clients and maintain existing ones to meet goals for earned income revenue, resource development, and program services.
  • Actively cultivate and secure contracts with schools, districts, county offices of education, child welfare agencies, medical providers, and other relevant sectors.
  • Represent the organization at events, conferences, and meetings to promote curricula and training services.
  • Engage with diverse communities to understand their learning and support needs around family and community engagement.
Requirements:
  • Demonstrated experience in adult learning and high impact family engagement.
  • Deep commitment to closing equity and opportunity gaps.
  • Bachelor's degree in education, organizational training and development, child development, social work, or a related field.
  • Advanced degree preferred.
  • Strong understanding of adult learning principles, instructional design, and training evaluation methods.
  • Experience with program fee-for-service models and generating earned income revenue.
  • Certification in training and development (e.g., CPTD, ATD Certification) preferred.
Benefits:
  • Competitive salary range: $95,000 - $110,000 commensurate with experience.
  • Company-paid health insurance for employees and dependents.
  • Vacation, sick, and personal time.
  • 401K with employer match.
  • 10 paid holidays per year and a 5-day winter break during the last week of December.

Families In Schools fosters a mission-driven, collaborative work environment where teamwork, communication, excellence, quality, integrity, inquiry, and commitment to the community are highly valued. We provide employees with ongoing professional development opportunities through structured learning, training, and project assignments that maximize a diverse and high-functioning skill set.

Location: Los Angeles, California, with some statewide travel. Our organization works a hybrid schedule: one day in the office and four days virtually.



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