Cultural Responsiveness Services (CRS) Consultant

WHO WE ARE

Academy for Professional Excellence, a project of San Diego State University School of Social Work, was established in 1996 with the goal of revolutionizing the way people work to ensure the world is a healthier place. Our services integrate culturally responsive and recovery-oriented practices into our daily work to promote healing and healthy relationships. Providing around 70,000 learning experiences to health and human service professionals annually, the Academy creates experiences with the mission to provide exceptional learning and development experiences for the transformation of individuals, organizations, and communities. The Academy continues to grow with new programs and provide a variety of workforce development solutions in Southern California and beyond.

The Academy is committed to the recruitment of individuals who represent the full diversity of our community. We recognize that experience and skills related to the position may have been acquired via life experiences, work, and/or education and training. We are interested in learning more about your unique experiences and how they might contribute to our mission. We invest in people to create an innovative work environment that promotes well-being and a culture that builds on and fosters the strengths of its staff and their intersectional identities.

WHAT OUR TEAM DOES WITHIN THE ACADEMY

Child Welfare Development Services (CWDS) provides workforce development, organizational support, technical assistance and capacity building for the public child welfare staff of Southern California counties. These services include coaching, simulation, classroom training, eLearning and evaluation services. Workforce development services consist of development opportunities for new social workers, the existing workforce, supervisors, managers and executive level leadership as well as community partners and multi-disciplinary partners working closely with child welfare agencies.

Responsibilities

YOUR ROLE IN REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY PEOPLE WORK

• The CRS Consultant is responsible for overseeing workforce development services including culturally responsive practice, needs assessments, service planning and delivery, and capacity building.

THE WORK YOU WILL DO

You will be responsible for:

• Modeling culturally responsive practice to provide exceptional services to learners, service providers, and stakeholders; by understanding your role, what others need to be successful, and the impact you have in creating learning experiences.

• Project management of CRS deliverables including modeling culturally responsive practice to engage partner organizations and ensure smooth delivery of services.

• Using Implementation Science to assess organizational readiness, and support implementation of culturally responsive practice at all levels of our partner organizations, thereby positively impacting the communities they serve.

• Maintaining a current understanding of regional and state initiatives related to health and human services, and representing the culturally responsive practice perspective in the development of best practices for our partner organizations.

• Collaborating with CRS team members and Academy partners to develop learning experiences that are innovative, impactful, and have measurable transfer of learning.

THE SKILLS NEEDED

• Ability to demonstrate a high level of cultural responsiveness
• Knowledgeable of current learning and development and adult learning theories
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• Ability to effectively manage, monitor and assess multiple projects and priorities
• Proven skill maintaining harmonious relations with colleagues, organizing project leaders, troubleshooting knowledge of program/project specific policies
• Ability to independently interpret a wide variety of complex policies and procedures integral to the program/project to which the position is assigned
• Ability to work individually and engage within a teaming environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills such as political acumen and active listening
• Ability to travel within California - primarily Southern region counties and Sacramento

Minimum Qualifications

• Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in appropriate field related to the program/project
  -OR-
Additional experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.

• Six (6) years of experience related to the program/project.
• Three (3) years of experience providing coaching or training.
  
  (A masters' degree may be substituted for years of experience, up to two years)

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU HAVE

• Master's degree in Health and Human Services field
• Three years of previous experience relating to program/project management
• One year of experience leading or coordinating a program within the Health & Human Services or Behavioral Health fields and/or supervising employees
• Knowledge of adult learning theory and current workforce development trends
• Strong project management skills

• You must apply through the SDSURF Career Page.
• Read the job application carefully. For more info see the full job description.
• Make sure your application is complete, including a resume and cover letter describing your fit to the position.

• The salary range for this position is $6,500-$7,000 depending upon qualifications and is non-negotiable.
• This position is open until filled.
• To receive full consideration, a cover letter describing your fit to the position and resume must be included with your application.
• Candidate must reside in California or live in a commutable distance from SDSU/the designated work site at time of hire.
• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on Background Check results (including a criminal record check).
• San Diego State University Research Foundation is an EEO/AA/Disability/Vets/Title IX Employer.