What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Services Developer 2 - ECE Professional Development Specialist position at Ohio Department of Children and Youth?
Within the Bureau of Professional Development organizes and supports the work related to early childhood professional learning:
Organization
Department of Children and Youth
Agency Contact Name and Information
Sydney.Flora@childrenandyouth.ohio.gov
Unposting Date
Mar 14, 2025, 11:59:00 PM
Work Location
Children&Youth N. High Complex
Primary Location
United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus
Compensation
31.86 - 44.56
Schedule
Full-time
Classified Indicator
Classified
Union
1199
Primary Job Skill
Human Services
Technical Skills
Human Services
Professional Skills
Collaboration, Decision Making, Interpreting Data
Agency Overview
About us:
Our mission is to promote positive, lifelong outcomes for Ohio youth through early intervention, quality education, and family support programs.
At DCY, we offer our employees a rewarding work experience in public service helping Ohioans achieve a sustainable lifestyle that includes generous benefit options and a flexible work life balance making our agency a great place to work! To learn more about DCY, please visit our website at Department of Children and Youth | Ohio.gov.
Hybrid Work Details
Subject to DCYs teleworking policy and an approved teleworking agreement, this position is eligible to work from a remote location on a hybrid basis. The selected applicant may be required to complete initial trainings prior to being eligible to telework. All requests to telework are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by DCY’s Deputy Director of Human Resources and management, subject to the conditions outlined in the agency policy and teleworking agreement.
Drug-Free Workplace
The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.
- Collaborates across child serving state agencies to coordinate the development of state sponsored courses based on theories of adult learning;
- Collaborates across child serving state agencies to coordinate requirements and development of learning management systems and registration systems;
- Serves as direct contact for day-to-day activities with vendors related to curriculum, assessment, standards, child development, early care and education administration, family engagement, and other topics related to early care and education professionals, and professional learning;
- Creates/updates guidance and resource tools for the internal development of high quality professional learning;
- Serves as the instructional design lead for course development;
- Provides technical assistance through verbal and written formats for internal and external professional learning development;
- Provides technical assistance to state trainers;
- Maintains detailed records for professional learning lifecycles;
- Demonstrates a working knowledge of early childhood education best practices, including curriculum and assessment standards and practices;
- Leads the design of new courses and oversees their development to ensure quality of content and delivery;
- Researches, compiles data, analyzes, reviews, interprets and completes reports regarding the trainings provided;
- Creates and provides training to Department staff on course creation within the Learning Management System. Within the Ohio Department of Children and Youth, works to ensure professional learning includes the implementation of adult learning theory:
- Identifies, develops and implements quality professional learning opportunities by collaborating with subject matter experts as the instructional design lead during all phases of training and development for new and redeveloped early care and education courses;
- Ensures professional learning initiatives promote the improvement of early childhood growth and development and daily practice of early learning professionals;
- Catalogs all available professional learning experiences created and/or required by the Department;
- Establishes internal policies and protocol for collaborating with stakeholders (e.g., resource and referral agencies and education service centers) in the identification, creation and implementation of identified professional learning experiences;
- Design opportunities for stakeholder input and feedback to evaluate professional learning experiences;
- Implement data systems to manage work and document stakeholder input;
- Creates/updates guidance and resource tools for the most effective use of the Department's Learning Management System as a means for engaging learners in an online learning system and a hybrid professional learning system (online and face-to-face);
- Designs and delivers internal training related to usage of the Department' Learning Management System, as needed and in various formats;
- Creates technical and instructional design development criteria based on research and ensures professional development standards are met, as measured by the professional learning Quality Matters rubric;
- Manages currently published courses, the process for updating courses and ensures that courses are aligned to evidence-based practices
- Or completion of graduate course coursework in social or behavioral science, health services public administration, public policy management or comparable field; 24 mos. exp. in researching, developing or implementing policies related to social services, health services, public policy or comparable field; 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. in use of computer hardware & software used for spreadsheets, statistical analysis, graphics presentation & word processing.
- Or 2 yrs. exp. as Human Services Developer 1, 69461, with experience commensurate with duties to be assigned per posting of job opportunity (e.g., if assignment is in area of policy development for aid to dependent children, education, training &/or experience must have been in area of aid to dependent children).
- Or equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.
Organization
Department of Children and Youth
Agency Contact Name and Information
Sydney.Flora@childrenandyouth.ohio.gov
Unposting Date
Mar 14, 2025, 11:59:00 PM
Work Location
Children&Youth N. High Complex
Primary Location
United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus
Compensation
31.86 - 44.56
Schedule
Full-time
Classified Indicator
Classified
Union
1199
Primary Job Skill
Human Services
Technical Skills
Human Services
Professional Skills
Collaboration, Decision Making, Interpreting Data
Agency Overview
About us:
Our mission is to promote positive, lifelong outcomes for Ohio youth through early intervention, quality education, and family support programs.
At DCY, we offer our employees a rewarding work experience in public service helping Ohioans achieve a sustainable lifestyle that includes generous benefit options and a flexible work life balance making our agency a great place to work! To learn more about DCY, please visit our website at Department of Children and Youth | Ohio.gov.
Hybrid Work Details
Subject to DCYs teleworking policy and an approved teleworking agreement, this position is eligible to work from a remote location on a hybrid basis. The selected applicant may be required to complete initial trainings prior to being eligible to telework. All requests to telework are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by DCY’s Deputy Director of Human Resources and management, subject to the conditions outlined in the agency policy and teleworking agreement.
Drug-Free Workplace
The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.
