In a previous blog post, we drew attention to the very compelling pro-fatherhood message delivered to the Washington State Fatherhood Summit by Cheryl Strange, a Governor Inslee appointee who heads the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS).
Washington Initiative for Boys and Men is delighted that DSHS is now hiring an ‘Innovation Coordinator’ who will support the state’s fatherhood programs, according to a current job posting at GovernmentJobs.com that closes on July 26, 2021.
This is an exciting opportunity to support the fatherhood system, program, policy work, and anti-poverty work in a cross-cutting environment that is ready for change!
Washington State job posting at GovernmentJobs.com
The full-time permanent position pays between $5,630.00 and $7,387.00 monthly and is formally listed as a Management Analyst Level 5 role.
Related WIBM post: Single-parent households are 30% of Washington’s households with children, and single moms outnumber single dads two to one
Strengthening the voices of fathers
Here are some excerpts from the job description.
- Some of what you’ll do:
- Look at the systems around the evidence-based Fatherhood programs and figure out ways to reduce family stress and increase fathers’ voices
- Plan and implement a series of live Community Cafés across the state to build community capacity to support fathers in a culturally specific network of supports
- Maintain wafatherhoodcouncil.org and www.dismantlepovertyinwa.com website updates
- We’re looking for someone who:
- Has a passion for equity-driven, two-generation poverty reduction strategies
- Appreciates and understands the role fathers play in the lives of their children and families, and supports strategies to advance fatherhood as a critical part of our state poverty reduction efforts as a priority in health and human service public policy
- Has great people skills with all kinds of partners including consumers, state agency leadership, community leaders, elected officials, and peers
- Join us in transforming lives!
Below is the complete job description. We encourage interested people to apply!
DSHS ESA Management Analyst
Management Analyst 5 (Innovation Coordinator)
We need your leadership, organizational, and technical skills as an Innovation Coordinator at the Economic Services Administration (ESA).
This is an exciting opportunity to support the fatherhood system, program, policy work, and anti-poverty work in a cross-cutting environment that is ready for change!
Within the first six months you will:
- Learn ways to create measurable system change efforts that can be taken into new environments beyond this role
- Learn that innovation in government systems and programs are a critical part of helping to reduce stress on children, adults, and families served by our programs. (We’ve spent a lot of time in the field building evidence-based programs)
- You’ll look at the systems around the evidence-based Fatherhood programs and figure out ways to reduce family stress and increase father’s voices
- You’ll learn new tools and techniques to support community and state partnerships
Your skills in research, communication, and stakeholder management will make you a critical member of a lean team that will depend on your initiative and care. Join us in Transforming Lives!
Some of what you’ll do
- Provide critical and timely support, expert advice, and consultation to executive-level staff and partners
- Manage statewide events and gatherings, including learning, implementing, managing registration software, and stakeholder management around the day of the attendee experience
- Develop and implement an effective communication plan to a broad array of stakeholders
- Develop and lead a monthly online and in-person training series to build a stronger father-friendly provider network
- Plan and implement a series of live Community Cafés across the state to build community capacity to support fathers in a culturally specific network of supports
- Collaborate with the statewide director partnerships across divisions to evaluate, research, and compile information and create documents for ongoing innovation processes
- Maintain wafatherhoodcouncil.org and www.dismantlepovertyinwa.com website updates
We’re looking for someone who:
- Is proactive and organized in an environment with a lot of virtual communication
- Has a passion for equity-driven, two-generation poverty reduction strategies
- Appreciates and understands the role fathers play in the lives of their children and families, and supports strategies to advance fatherhood as a critical part of our state poverty reduction efforts as a priority in health and human service public policy
- Experience with, or ability to learn the following computer applications/websites: Survey Monkey, SharePoint, the Microsoft Office Suite, Eventbrite, and Prezi presentation software. Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite or other data visualization tools is a plus
- Has great people skills with all kinds of partners including consumers, state agency leadership, community leaders, elected officials, and peers
- Has strong written and verbal communication skills to move a highly visible portfolio of work forward
Who should apply
Professionals with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, law, public health, health administration, child and family studies, or a related field and five years of demonstrated experience in two or more of the following areas:
- Leading complex projects
- Conducting quantitative and qualitative research
- Engaging community stakeholders
- Analyzing policies, laws, rules, or regulations
- Conducting business analysis and developing requirements
- Managing business operations
- Business policy development
- Conducting training
(Professional experience in one of the areas above may be substituted year-for-year for the education requirement.)