Reports to: Program Director
Job Location: Hybrid, with expectations to work at the Cleveland office or other locations, as

requested

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision and Retirement, Paid Time Off, Holidays

Date Posted: April 2024

Apply to: To apply for this position, please contact Kaylee Chavez at Scion Staffing by email,
kaylee@scionstaffing.com

Overview of Kinnect:

Kinnect is an Ohio-based non-profit organization dedicated to developing KinFirst strategies

and delivering programs that build and strengthen kinship connections and inclusive support

networks for families, young people, and children. With a vision to ensure young people and

families have a sense of belonging, the essential resources, and relationships to thrive, Kinnect

has been partnering with families, public agencies, and private providers for the last 18 years.

Through collaborative efforts, Kinnect aims to improve permanency outcomes, build networks

of support, and create innovative strategies that align with a KinFirst culture mindset and

approach. Building a KinFirst culture requires equitable investments, training, coaching, policy,

practices, and partnerships that prioritize family and kin and support stability, culture, and

community. Kinnect is proud to be a nationally recognized leader and pioneer in the field.

Overview of the Kinnect to Family Program (KTF) & Youth Centered Permanency Roundtable

(YCPRT):

Kinnect to Family is a specialized, intense, family search and engagement program. Diligent

search strategies are used to identify a vast array of connections for children and families

encountering child welfare. We empower kinship caregivers and wrap them in stabilizing

supports using relentless effort, focus and determination. As with all Kinnect programs, we

embrace family to be defined as biological, adoptive, foster and all other kin and persons who

have meaningful relationships with the family of origin; such as neighbors, coaches, and lifelong

friends. We believe all children have caring and capable extended families that are willing to

help raise their kin when needed. With the right tools and engagement, families can be united

together to support one another through kinship care.

Youth Centered Permanency Roundtables is a structured professional case consultation that

partnerships with professionals and youth supports to promote youth voice and focus

during their journey to permanency. YCPRTs generally serve youth 12 years and old who

have been in the custody of a Public Children Services Agency (PCSA) for more than 12

months. This reoccurring service strives to increase connections for youth and increase the

timeliness to their permanency while promoting team effort, creativity, and accountability.

Position Summary:

The Statewide Coordinator is a full-time position dedicated to providing primary support to

the Kinnect to Family and YCPRT Programs, as well as special project teams. The Statewide

Coordinator reports to the Program Director. The Statewide Coordinator will collaborate

frequently with Kinnect to Family and YCPRT staff from across regions and the statewide team.

The primary functions of this role includes administrative support, coordinating statewide,

regional, and programmatic communications and events, and managing records.

Essential Functions:

Administrative Support

• Supports the Director, Managers, and Regional Directors in achieving

programmatic goals

• Provide consistent administrative support on an individual, team, and

programmatic basis.

• Creates correspondence, presentations, and other materials to support program

teams

• Takes clear comprehensive notes of assigned meetings and trainings

• Coordinates communications and meetings with internal and external stakeholders

at the statewide, regional, and site levels

• Ensures staff have adequate supplies and equipment

• Maintain orderly and complete files and records.

• Keep materials up-to-date and produced in a professional manner.

• Responsible for the timely creation of the monthly report for The Department of

Children and Youth

• Participation and support of Special Projects as needed and as assigned

Statewide Communications and Event Coordination

• Coordinates training and meeting scheduling support, including creation and

maintenance of in person and virtual training and learning community schedules.

• Schedules, organizes/arranges, and staffs statewide meetings and other events

including invitations, food orders, facility amenity coordination, and other logistics.

• Provide training and meeting scheduling support, including creation and maintenance

of in person and virtual trainings

• Prepare, distribute and maintain all meeting and training supplies and materials in a

timely manner.

• Coordinate training registration and evaluation process.

• Troubleshoot issues and respond to questions from meeting participants,

training attendees, site partners, and team.

• Performs other responsibilities assigned by the Program Director.

Guiding Principles and Competencies:

Partnership: Bringing our collective experience and skillsets to relationships that support our

connectedness and achievement of our mission.

• I build constructive and effective relationships to find common ground and solve

problems

• When I participate in teamwork, I will ensure that I am giving everyone accurate and

timely information as needed to move forward on our common goals

• I reprioritize when needed and create focus to strengthen partnerships throughout

times of change

• I strive to help people feed included, respected, and valuable about being a member of

the team

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA): As a learning organization, we pledge to ongoing

and sustained work in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility through collaboration with

families, communities, Kinnect team members and our partners.

• I pause for self-reflection and to analyze my own assumptions, behaviors, and

previous/current experiences

• I take responsibility for my own growth and development in this space (i.e. self-

education through TED Talks, books, articles, and how new information can be applied

in practice)

• I am willing to speak up if I witness exclusionary behaviors, bias, and discrimination

• I give other’s grace in our learning journeys, we give each other time to process, and we

give each other the space to circle back

• I strive to be a catalyst for change, thought partner and leader in bridging the work of

systems innovation and disruption, anti-racism, and transformation

• I foster belonging by committing to centering the voices of those who have been

historically and are presently marginalized

• As a learning organization I pledge to ongoing and sustained work in diversity, equity,

inclusion and accessibility through collaboration with families, youth, communities,

Kinnect team members and partners

Innovation: Continuous and dynamic process where creative ideas are valued, discussed, and

implemented to significantly disrupt routing and prevailing structures.

• I am willing to share my ideas, even the new and unique ones, when brainstorming,

problem solving and in my daily work

• I explore issues through a lens of equity and inclusion by co-creating solutions with

people, not for people. I am committed to centering and elevating the voice of those we

serve, whether it be families, youth, caregivers, team members or our partners. I am

willing to design programs and solutions for the future we want to have.

• When faced with challenges, I remain curious, look beyond the obvious and my own

lens and perspective to push myself to look for multiple solutions even though I might

not have all the answers. I am open to iterating and continuous learning

• I choose to view failure as an opportunity to learn

Integrity: Having the courage to live the Kinnect values of dignity, respect and honesty.

• I strive to be self-aware and open to feedback that allows for development and growth

• I stay aligned with Kinnect’s values while maintaining flexibility to incorporate new ideas

and perspectives

• During difficult times, I strive to maintain composure, self-regulate, maintain my sense

of self-awareness and stay in empathy when working through issues

• I take responsibility for contributing to high quality and inclusive end results, for the

good of the greater team

• I take responsibility for my own boundaries, self-care, and rest so that I am able to

engage meaningfully in my work at Kinnect

Outcome Focused: We strive to measure our work, to pivot, iterate, and improve to accomplish

desired results.

• I make time and space to assess process, progress, and results

• I work with my team to make sure we all have up-to-date information so we can make

accurate and informed decisions

• I ask for what I need to be able to contribute and perform to the best of my ability

• I keep families, youth, community partners and Kinnect team members in mind when

creating goals and throughout the course of the project

Communicate Effectively: Develop and deliver communications using various methods that

conveys a clear understanding of the unique needs of the different audiences we communicate

with.

• Attentively listens to others

• Provides timely and helpful information to others across the organization

• Encourages the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions

• Ability to utilize multiples communication methods such as telephone, email, letters,

reports, to name a few to share information and to keep people informed of progress or

what is needed

Critical Thinking for Managing Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity and

sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

• Ask questions that will help accurately analyze situations

• Acquire data from multiple and diverse sources to help solve problems and to innovate

Education/Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

• 3-5 years experience in a similar role including the support of multiple team

members

• Experience in the child welfare field with knowledge of foster care and

adoption, strongly preferred.

• Experience maintaining an internal Share Point site and a high level of proficiency

in Microsoft Office, required.

• Related experience using databases preferred.

Inclusion Diversity, Equity, and Access:

Kinnect is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of inclusion diversity,
equity, and access. These commitments are not just part of our value system but are at the core
of our intentional actions to eliminate systemic barriers that have produced inequities based on
differences.
We commit to a sustained investment of time, resources, and people to advance equitable
realities for our employees, and for the children, families, and communities that we serve. We
do this by intentional advocacy for social justice and the continuous scrutiny of the systems that
we create and those in which we operate.
Our employees are the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual
differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and
talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our
culture, but our reputation and success, as well.
We embrace our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital
status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and intellectual or
emotional ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation or identity, socio-
economic status, parental or family status, medical or genetic status, veteran or disabled
veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.
Kinnect’s inclusion, diversity, equity, and access initiatives involve, but are not limited to, our
practices and policies on recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; professional
development and training; promotions; transfers; staffing decisions; terminations; and the
ongoing development of an inclusive work environment.

Equal Opportunity Employment:

Kinnect maintains a policy of nondiscrimination toward all employees and applicants for

employment. All aspects of employment with us will be governed on the basis of competence

and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, or

gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, sexual expression or identity, national

origin, physical, intellectual or emotional ability, marital or partnership status, parental or

family status, medical or genetic status, veteran’s or disabled veteran status, in accordance with

applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

Employment Posters stating current regulatory and legal requirements are posted in Kinnect’s

main office and on the intranet.

Working Conditions:

• Travel required, as needed. Must have access to own transportation.

• This job requires occasional overnight travel

• Kinnect as an organization has a Hybrid Work Model that combines remote and on-site

work at Kinnect, as well as routine on-site or in-person work with team members,

partner sites, community events, and direct service in the field.

• This role will utilize standard office equipment that will be provided by Kinnect

Hiring Process:

• Background Check Information: The final candidate selected for the position will be

required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not

necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual

assessment of an applicant's prior criminal conviction(s) will be made before excluding

an applicant from consideration.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of
work to be performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all
responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position.

Kinnect maintains a policy of nondiscrimination toward all employees and applicants for
employment. All employment decisions at Kinnect are based on organizational needs, job
requirements and individual qualifications, and will be governed on the basis of competence
and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, or
gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, sexual expression or identity, national
origin, physical, intellectual or emotional ability, marital or partnership status, parental or
family status, medical or genetic status, veteran’s or disabled veteran status, in accordance with
applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
Employment Posters stating current regulatory and legal requirements are posted in Kinnect’s
main office and on the intranet.
American’s with Disabilities Act: This position involves sitting in a stationary position for at
least 50% of the time and the ability to ambulate without assistance to attend on-site meetings,
as needed. The job requires movement in a typical office environment with file cabinets, office
machinery, office furniture and typical hallway and access doorways. The position must operate

typical office equipment, such as copiers, telephones, computers and peripherals. This job
requires that the person must have the ability to access transportation to attend meetings and
special events. The organization provides reasonable accommodations for this position.