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ID #1572224
State Ohio
City Cleveland
Full-time
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Ohio
Showed 2019-01-14
Date 2018-12-27
Deadline 2019-02-25
Category Nonprofit
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Nonprofit Project Director (Cleveland)

Ohio, Cleveland 00000 Cleveland USA

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Scion Staffing (www.scionnonprofitstaffing.com) has been engaged to conduct an important search for a Nonprofit Project Director for our client, an organization based out of Cleveland, OH, that strives to reunite children in the foster care system with their families. If you have a strong human services background and want to work for an organization dedicated to making a positive impact in the community, apply today!

Overview

The Project Director will take ownership over a project to develop evidence informed/evidence based practices promoting positive outcomes for LGBTQI+ youth in the child welfare system. The initiative involves three primary strategies: (1) safe identification of youth in foster care who identify as LGBTQI+; (2) creation of a PRIDE Network of foster caregivers and a PRIDE Youth Board to advocate and educate professionals, caregivers and administrators on the unique needs of LGBTQI+ youth; and (3) implementation of the Chosen Affirming Family model to provide family acceptance work with biological family members, including conducting Family Finding on behalf of youth, and moving youth to emotional and legal permanency with a lifelong family.

What You'll Be Doing

-Overseeing the implementation and evaluation of the project model.

-Assisting other professionals and team members in understanding the unique needs/characteristics of diverse populations.

-Working closely with co-leads to develop plans for sustainability, ensuring outcome measures are achieved.

-Strengthening the team and the infrastructure of the initiative - creating an advisory group.

Providing supervision to Youth Board, Project Coordinator and training scheduling and delivery staff.

-Convening and coordinating Advisory Board to provide advocacy, training, and development of resources.

-Coordinating efforts and establishing relationships with local partner agencies.

-Completing reports and other required updates as well as ensuring fidelity measures are collected and reported.

-Focusing on meeting deadlines and ensuring contingency tasks are completed in a timely manner

-Attending leadership team meetings as necessary.

-Developing communication tools to provide updates regarding outcomes and program deliverables.

-Networking with national partners regarding LGBTQ permanency work ensuring that the organization is affirming and supportive of permanency work for youth with diverse Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression.

-Providing project management oversight for all initiative specific work.

-Completing administrative tasks including; answering and responding to phone calls and emails in a timely manner, keeping a calendar current and maintaining records, participating in agency meetings, functions, and activities as required, completing assigned office tasks, championing ongoing education as approved.

What You Need to Be Successful

-Experience in human services (e.g., child welfare, juvenile justice, health, or education) .

-An emphasis on working towards legal and emotional permanency for LGBTQI+ youth in foster care is a plus!

-Master's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or criminal justice.

-5+ years child welfare experience.

-Depth of knowledge base of the public child welfare system.

-Keen ability to navigate both the public and private provider networks within the child welfare system.

-Excellent verbal skills in order to communicate in a clear, concise and respectful manner to resource families.

-Strong project management skills, ability to manage several projects at the same time as well as written abilities.

-Ability to complete monthly and quarterly reports

-Comfortability with public speaking and ability to motivate a team!

-Ability to self-initiate and work independently.

-A cultural awareness resulting in a clear understanding of the worldview that directs individual interactions with people of other backgrounds.

-The ability to identify needs unique to various diverse populations including those of different gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic group, race, and physical or mental capacity and address those needs with community resource referrals

-Knowledge of and ability to locate appropriate resources to communicate with Limited-English-proficient individuals or those with hearing impairment.

Compensation

This position offers an annual salary up to $65,000 DOE as well as a robust benefit package and generous PTO.

How to Apply

For immediate consideration, please submit your resume and cover letter in PDF format as well as your responses to the below listed supplemental questions at www.scionstaffing.com/jobportal/#/jobs/5165.

Supplemental Questions

1. Do you currently require sponsorship or will you require sponsorship in the future to work in the United States?

2. What geographic location are you hoping to work in? Do you have any geographic limitations?

3. What specific salary range are you targeting in your current search?

4. Why are you looking to transition out of your current employment situation into an opportunity like this?

5. Why do you feel you would be a strong match for a Project Director role at a child welfare organization?

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

About Our Search Firm

Scion Staffing is an award-winning staffing firm located in San Francisco, CA and Portland, OR. Over the past few years, our firm has had the pleasure of successfully assisting hundreds of local employers. No matter the requisition or size, our track record and recruitment process has made us one of the top recruitment firms in California. Additional information about our firm and success can also be found online at www.scionnonprofitstaffing.com or in the 2010-2018 Business Times list of top staffing firms.

Scion Staffing is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent.

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