Program Coordinator - Medical Center

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Requirements

Job Overview

The National Center on Health, Behavioral Health and Safety (NCHBHS) is a collaborative effort between the Office of Head Start, the Office of Child Care, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, which accomplishes the goal of providing information and resources to professionals working with Head Start and childcare programs across the country.  Georgetown University is home to two major components of this National Center – Behavioral Health and Oral Health.  Project team members provide training and technical assistance and develop products that facilitate learning and best practice specifically around these two topic areas, as well as participate in overarching Center activities, training and resource development.  The Center serves a national audience.

The Program Coordinator will help manage Georgetown’s product deliverables (i.e., to include development of webinars, training materials, PowerPoints, instructional video segments and/or use of existing resources through the ECLKC and MyPeers).   In addition, the Program Coordinator will be responsible for monitoring, coordinating and contributing to social media platforms including Head Start sites such MyPeers and Facebook.  The Program Coordinator will assist the co- PIs with management of project faculty, consultants or vendors as appropriate to ensure deliverables such as technical assistance, training, product development, coordination of training calendars/schedules and travel logistics.   In addition, the Program Coordinator will be responsible for collection of data related to the project activities, deliverables, individual accomplishments of project personnel and partners for the purpose of compiling needed weekly, monthly annual reports.  The Program Coordinator will interface with the Project Personnel of the Prime Award at the EDC and other technical assistance partners – participating in meetings and conference calls as appropriate. The Program Coordinator will oversee and supervise the work of the administrative assistant who will support the NCHBHS with activities such as notetaking, scheduling, mtg coordination, and compiling information for reports.

Work Interactions

The Program Coordinator is a member of the Division of Early Childhood participating with faculty and other staff on research and technical assistance initiatives in the Center for Child and Human Development. The Program Coordinator will provide leadership in Center initiatives and reports directly to the Senior Faculty Member/PI who heads this federally funded contract. The Program Coordinator represents the work of this National Center through their interactions with faculty, staff, consultants, grantees and constituents (i.e., agency representatives, Federal staff, Training/Technical Assistance faculty on the project through the Prime Awardee -the Education Development Center, Inc., and recipients of the training).

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in the Human Services, Public Policy or Social Sciences fields or related field

• Two to three years’ experience in coordinating/managing within a service-oriented organization or child health or mental health field preferable

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, problem-solving and the ability to work well both collaboratively and independently

• Strong organizational, management, conceptual and analytical skills

• Computer skills using data communication and webinar technology.

• Knowledge of state and community service delivery systems and current federal directions preferred.

• Knowledge of early childhood mental health and early care and education and Head Start preferred.

Work Mode Designation

This position has been designated as Remote. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University.  Such review may necessitate a change to a position’s mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University’s mode of work designations for staff and AAP positions can be found on the D