• Supporting the development of happy, healthy, and successful American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and families through a coordinated home visiting strategy that addresses critical maternal and child health, development, early learning, family support, and child abuse and neglect prevention needs
• Implementing high-quality, culturally-relevant, evidence-based home visiting programs in AIAN communities;
• Expanding the evidence base around home visiting interventions with Native populations
• Supporting and strengthening cooperation and coordination and promoting linkages among various early childhood programs, resulting in coordinated, comprehensive early childhood systems

• Supporting tribes to coordinate tribal early learning and development programs
• Creating and supporting comprehensive, seamless, quality early childhood systems
• Raising the quality of services to children and families across the prenatal to age 5 continuum

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist Project Director, other TA staff, ACF staff, and consultants to plan and deliver all levels of technical assistance activities to grantees
• Maintain an ongoing and responsive relationship with a portfolio of 7-9 assigned grantees, including development of individualized TA plans as needs arise
• Implement grantee communication strategies as directed by ACF
• Actively participate in the development and implementation of regional grantee meetings, including leading the planning work group, agenda development, securing speakers and managing logistics
• Lead the development and implementation of at least one Community of Learning for grantees
• Contribute content to written products including dissemination products (i.e. implementation synthesis), and TA Tools and Resources (i.e. newsletter articles, TA tip sheets and toolkits);
• Utilize electronic media, virtual communication technology and other technology resources to plan, deliver and track all technical assistance activities within time frame defined
• Contribute to the evaluation of Tribal Home Visiting Programmatic TA, including tracking TA performance data, sharing observations of lessons learned in the planning and delivery of TA, and participating in quality improvement efforts
• Coordinate with the MIECHV Tribal Evaluation TA provider, the MIECHV Technical Assistance Coordinating Center (TACC), and other TA providers, as appropriate
• Make in-person TA visits to grantees as assigned
• Other duties, as assigned.

• At least eight years of experience in home visiting, early childhood, mental health, public health or related field
• Expertise in effectively communicating with, training, and providing technical assistance in the above domains to professionals and paraprofessionals in American Indian-Native Alaskan communities
• Strong knowledge of home visiting, child development, early learning, family support, and the prevention of child abuse and neglect
• Experience planning, coordinating and providing individualized technical assistance to states, communities and/or programs
• Ability to work collaboratively with individuals representing a range of backgrounds, diversities and skill levels
• Experience in facilitating groups, including decision-making and managing conflict
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to dynamic changes in the work environment
• Excellent writing and verbal skills with a proven ability to publish articles, develop materials, and communicate issues around home visiting, child development, early learning, family support, and the prevention of child abuse and neglect
• Ability to work with a team as well as independently
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret complex documents
• Ability to manage multiple tasks
• Travel, including overnight stays, required

• Encourages and practices critical thinking
• Is self-reflective and empathic
• Recognizes the influence of workplace relationships on outcomes and results
• Maintains a respectful and accepting approach to others
• Awareness of the influence of the larger context on individual behavior
• Collaboratively and creatively supports the work efforts of colleagues at all levels and in all areas of the organization