County Learning Coordinator

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Pediatrics, Kempe Center

Job Title: County Learning Coordinator

Position #: 00793105 – Requisition #:35067

Job Summary:

The State of Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), contracts with the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, to serve as the Central Management Organization (CMO) for Colorado’s Child Welfare Training System (CWTS).

The mission of the CWTS is to provide competency-based learning opportunities for Colorado’s children, youth, and family-serving personnel – by designing, developing, and delivering educational opportunities, through a county (small, medium, and large) structure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assumes ownership for county success, including establishing, building, and maintaining customer relationships across levels and professional disciplines.
• Ensures project representation and responsiveness in a manner that anticipates customer needs and cultivates county relationships.
• Facilitates on-site learning delivery, coaching, and technical assistance for the region.
• Recruits contracted facilitators within the region.
• Collaborates with the other county learning coordinators.
• Facilitates County Connection Meetings (CCM) and ensures the needs of the counties are known and communicated with project leadership.
• Coordinates all training to meet county (small, medium, and large) needs including ensuring comprehensive and timely communication and support with training partners, providers, and participants.
• Markets courses and maintains CWTS communications within the assigned counties.
• Facilitates training evaluation tools and ensures data are effectively and accurately delivered and used as a resource to measure performance and enhance results.
• Collaborates with the course design and development teams to ensure the most up-to-date and relevant content is delivered, in the most accessible and usable ways.
• Conducts annual appreciative listening tours and appreciative visits with each assigned county.
• Conducts CQI review on all project and course materials as needed and communicates recommended changes with project leadership.
• Generates and communicates ideas and innovations, and suggests topics for future design, delivery, and development.
• Provides coaching support with county customers to ensure the transfer of learning from the classroom to on-the-job skills and field practices.
• Fundamentals facilitation ownership and coordination processes, including training coordination, registration and wait-list management, materials preparation, and learner relationship establishment.
• Responsible for authoring and overseeing ongoing development and CQI adaptations for Fundamentals courses, to ensure alignment with current best practices, and most innovative liberating learning methods.
• Autonomously manages other project products and deliverables as assigned.

Work Location:

Remote – this role is eligible to work remotely, but the employee must be in the United States.

Why Join Us:

The Kempe Center was the first academic center in the U.S. to focus on the prevention and treatment of child maltreatment. For the past 50 years, Kempe has promoted understanding, knowledge, and best practices to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect globally. Today we honor our legacy while looking ahead for ways to transform our field.

It is our mission to improve the well-being of children and families.

We ensure the integration of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in all areas of our work by way of discovery, leadership, action, accountability, evaluation, and transformation. In this way and through our work, we strengthen families, communities, and the systems that serve them. We believe that abuse and neglect are preventable, and people are resilient. We are curious. We take a stand. We test assumptions. Our leadership in advocacy, research, education, and clinical work drives innovative strategies that transform the field. We are a catalyst, connecting people, information, and best practices to translate knowledge into action.

Why Work for the University?

We have AMAZING benefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation, and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Medical: Multiple plan options
• Dental: Multiple plan options
• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision
• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 10/year
• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses
• ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service

There are many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage.

Diversity and Equity:

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse student body, faculty, and administrative staff. The university strives to promote a culture of inclusiveness, respect, communication, and understanding. We encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, persons within the LGBTQ+ community, and all veterans. In addition, the Anschutz Campus has also been recognized as an Age-Friendly University. The University of Colorado is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Education, Behavioral Science, Social Science, or another related field.
• 2 years’ experience in direct child welfare practice. *
• 2 years’ experience as a training facilitator. *
• Experience may be obtained simultaneously.

Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Education, Behavioral Science, Social Science, or another related field.
• 2-4 experience providing coaching services.
• Professional Coaches Training Certification.

Condition of Employment:

Due to travel between locations being both frequent and not easily accessible by public transportation, a valid driver’s license, automobile insurance, and a reliable automobile are required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must have demonstrated ability to captivate individual and group audiences and ensure learning is occurring.
• Demonstrated communication excellence, verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the following areas required: critical thinking, problem-solving, and customer service, facilitation skills in alignment with adult learning methods.
• Proficient in MS Word, PPT, Excel, Outlook email and calendaring, and TRAILS.
• Demonstrated ability to model culturally inclusive interactions and communication skills in cross-cultural situations.
• Demonstrated character that is strengths-based and solution-focused.
• Ability to generate and communicate ideas and innovations, and suggest topics for future design, delivery, and development.
• Capacity to autonomously manage products, products, and deliverables as assigned.
• Ability to design, develop, and conduct county training needs assessments.
• Ability to assess, understand, and respond to the learning needs of county customers, across professional levels.
• Ability to strengthen the skills in others, required for a competent child welfare workforce.
• Ability to design, develop, and deliver training materials.
• Ability to develop a county course calendar that details learning opportunities available within the region.
• Ability to develop and distribute marketing materials.
• Ability to design, develop, and deliver surveys (Survey Monkey); and facilitate focus groups.
• Ability to design and develop data reports.
• Ability to facilitate learning with multi-level audiences.
• Ability to embed training evaluations into course development/revisions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and stay focused in a remote setting.
• Outstanding professional service skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks promptly.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels.
• Outstanding service skills and ability to maintain a professional demeanor.
• Ability to take initiative to establish work priorities and follow through to ensure timely completion of projects.
• Ability to run Zoom and other virtual platforms to perform meetings and training.
• Ability to use Excel, PPT, Microsoft Office, and project management tools.
• Demonstrated commitment and leadership ability to advance justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

How to Apply:

For full consideration, please submit the following document(s):

• A letter of interest describing relevant job experiences as they relate to listed job qualifications and interest in the position.
• Curriculum vitae / Resume
• Three to five professional references, including name, address, phone number (mobile number if appropriate), and email address

Questions should be directed to: Michele Bugos at michele.bugos@cuanschutz.edu

Screening of Applications Begins:

Two weeks from the posting date and continues until the position is filled. For best consideration, apply within two weeks of the posting date.

Anticipated Pay Range:

The starting salary range (or hiring range) for this position has been established as $57,052 to $72,570.

The above salary range (or hiring range) represents the University’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. This position may be eligible for overtime compensation, depending on the level.

Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. The University of Colorado provides generous leave, health plans, and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line.

Total Compensation Calculator: http://www.cu.edu/node/153125

ADA Statement:

The University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the employment application process. To request an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Human Resources ADA Coordinator at hr.adacoordinator@cuanschutz.edu .

Background Check Statement:

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our faculty, staff, students and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct background investigations for all prospective employees.

Vaccination Statement:

CU Anschutz strongly encourages vaccination against the COVID-19 virus and other vaccine preventable diseases. If you work, visit, or volunteer in healthcare facilities or clinics operated by our affiliated hospital or clinical partners or by CU Anschutz, you will be required to comply with the vaccination and medical surveillance policies of the facilities or clinics where you work, visit, or volunteer, respectively. In addition, if you work in certain research areas or perform certain safety sensitive job duties, you must enroll in the occupational health medical surveillance program.

University Staff

Job Category

Business Services

Primary Location

Remote

Department

U0001 — Anschutz Med Campus or Denver

Schedule

Full-time

Posting Date

Oct 3, 2024

Unposting Date

Ongoing

Posting Contact Name

Michele Bugos

Posting Contact Email

michele.bugos@cuanschutz.edu

Position Number

00793105

About Organization

The University of Colorado plays a profound role in the lives of individuals, businesses and communities throughout Colorado, across the country and around the world. Nearly half a million alumni are leaders in business, science, the arts, health care and their communities, and they’re joined by some 15,000 more each year. In Aurora, Boulder, Colorado Springs and Denver, all four campuses are all for Colorado.

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UCCS, among the fastest growing universities in the state and nation, is a residential academic and research mainstay in southern Colorado, partnering with major corporations and federal agencies to provide leading-edge education ranging from cybersecurity, business to theater to nursing outreach programs for rural areas.

CU Denver awards the most master’s degrees of any public institution in the state, has strengths in business, engineering, public affairs, computer science, art and digital media, and is a leader in sustainability. Located in downtown Denver, CU Denver is a commuter campus with nearby housing options and a wide range of online course and degree offerings.

A state-of-the-art medical center, the CU Anschutz Medical Campus is globally recognized for its research, teaching and clinical programs in public health, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy and nursing. The CU Anschutz Medical Campus is also home to University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado. The CU School of Medicine’s roots reach back more than 100 years, when it opened in Boulder.

Although not a campus, CU South Denver in Parker hosts a variety of courses from all four campuses.