Vice President, Training and Technical Assistance

About KIND 
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is a global leader in the protection of unaccompanied and separated children who are forcibly displaced from their countries of origin. Launched in 2008, KIND champions a world in which every child’s rights and well-being are protected throughout their journey to safety.  Building on its extensive programming and successful model in the United States, KIND is expanding in the Americas and Europe to bring its experience to bear in working with unaccompanied and separated children. Our work focuses on addressing the legal and mental health needs of this population; building strong partnerships and engaging in training and capacity strengthening with governments, NGOs, and the private sector; and advocating for systemic and pragmatic reforms to advance the rights of unaccompanied and separated children.
Position Summary  The Vice President, Training and Technical Assistance is based at KIND’s Headquarters (remote) and reports to KIND’s Senior Vice President for Global Partnerships, Capacity Strengthening, and Training. The Vice President, Training and Technical Assistance will lead a dedicated and growing team in the expansion of KIND’s training and technical assistance initiatives. The incumbent will be responsible for establishing the vision and operational plan for KIND’s training and technical assistance for legal and psychosocial services, and trauma-informed and culturally responsive best practices in the care and attention to unaccompanied and separated migrant, refugee and displaced children at various stages in their journey to safety. The incumbent will lead the effort to grow the team in response to regional and global needs for training and technical assistance. They will embrace the use of technology and other tools to maximize impact and reach of KIND’s training programs. They will also work to grow a national and international network of trained professionals providing legal and psychosocial services to unaccompanied and separated children across the globe and increase the capacity of government agencies to protect the rights of migrant children and provide child-centered attention and care.  

Essential Functions

• The Vice President, Training and Technical Assistance will provide strategic, visionary leadership and program development, overseeing the key programmatic areas below: 

Training 

• Directs and oversees the effective and innovative design, development, implementation, and delivery of curricula designed to meet a wide range of training needs and program objectives at KIND with an expert focus on trauma-informed strategies, child-centered and culturally responsive practices in legal and psychosocial service delivery, and strategies to promote staff and partner resilience and to mitigate secondary trauma. 
• Ensures the delivery of high-quality, expert content to KIND’s Global Legal programs staff, law firm and corporate partners (in collaboration with KIND’s global pro bono partnerships team and local pro bono mentoring staff), NGO partners, and other legal partners across all jurisdictions where KIND works. Training supports the provision of free, quality legal services to immigrant and refugee children in areas including humanitarian claims, procedural issues, practice skills, best practices, cutting edge legal claims, child-centered and trauma-informed lawyering, and more. 
• Supports the training of KIND’s psychosocial services staff and that of partners and other entities, oversees development and delivery of training on quality-of-care standards and culturally responsive practices, and promoting resilience of, and protective factors for, unaccompanied children.  
• Harnesses expertise of content experts across the organization and identifies and brings in external content experts or resources as needed, to develop and deliver a coherent and cohesive, quality training program to multiple audiences. 
• Train-the-Trainer: Strengthens the capacity of the training staff for internal and external sessions and oversees the process to streamline training materials. 

Technical Assistance 

• Directs and oversees development, delivery, and maintenance of: 
• Expert legal technical assistance to KIND Global Legal programs staff and external partners by responding directly to substantive, procedural, and case strategy questions, connecting staff members and partners to other sources of expertise, and facilitating contact with outside experts, as needed, 
• Practice advisories on existing and emerging topics impacting the legal representation of unaccompanied and separated children seeking protection, 
• Legal manuals and other guidance materials including such as case law updates, model filings, checklists, guidance memoranda.    
• Guides and other resources for KIND staff and partne