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Pay Range:

$42.71 - $52.58 Hourly

Department:

Department of County Human Services (DCHS)

Job Type:

Regular Represented

Exemption Status:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified):

July 13, 2025

The Opportunity:

Overview

Multnomah County voters chose to invest in high-quality, culturally affirming, joyous early learning opportunities for all 3 and 4 year-old children. This investment will transform educational experiences for young children and their families and we want you to help make it a success! 

As the Preschool Partnerships Coordinator with the Preschool & Early Learning Division in the Department of County Human Services (DCHS), you will play a key role in supporting implementation and success of the Preschool for All (PFA) initiative. You will design and implement processes and systems that support Multnomah County preschool programs in becoming PFA sites with a specific focus on racial equity. You will develop and coordinate projects and draft and implement policies. You will gather and utilize input from providers of color, families, and culturally specific organizations to inform system improvements. You will act as a program representative for the Preschool & Early Learning Division with school districts, community partners, families, and preschool providers. 

Your leadership, experience, and demonstrated commitment to racial justice will guide Preschool for All to build and sustain strong partnerships with preschool providers that are founded on a shared goal of high-quality, culturally affirming experiences for Black, Indigenous, and Families of Color. 

Primary responsibilities include: 

• Oversee the PFA provider application and selection process. Act as a primary point person and support for prospective PFA providers and community organizations interested in partnering with PEL. 

• Play lead role in the development, implementation and oversight of partnerships with preschool providers and policy development for a new and highly visible initiative. Utilize the framework from the Preschool for All community engagement process and continue to gather and utilize input from Black, Indigenous and all providers of color, culturally specific organizations and other system partners

• Act as primary point person within the division for key institutional partners.  

• Act as the primary driver and designated spokesperson other than the supervisor for highly complex interdivisional and interagency strategic programs.

• Lead external partners to achieve preschool system goals. Key strategies will involve partners from many organizations and volunteers to support preschool providers. As initiative grows to a universal preschool program, collaborate with additional Division staff that will be added to increase program capacity. 

• Act as subject matter expert around early childhood programs, including preschool best practices, quality measurements, and culturally relevant approaches within the preschool initiative. 

• Support peers in planning with Intermediary Organizations along with Preschool Partnerships Supervisor and Budgets & Contracting Manager to co-design programs and contractual scope of work, support the work of Intermediary Organizations, and identify needed system changes 

• Advise Preschool Partnerships Supervisor to shape decision-making and support the growth of high-quality, culturally uplifting, developmentally appropriate preschool experiences for children in Multnomah County

• Cultivate relationships with partners across multiple jurisdictions, disciplines and community groups to ensure strong communication and collaboration across the new preschool system

• Collaborate and communicate with the other members of the Preschool Division Policy & Partnerships team to create and implement effective cross-sector strategies

 

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following competencies:  

• Promoting Equity: Deconstruct barriers to a racially just system. Cultivate work environments that value truth-telling, courage and vulnerability, space to think and reflect, community-mindedness, shared power, hope, and openness to difficult conversations.