Children’s Home & Aid invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leading child and family service agency with more than 20 locations across Illinois, our mission is to advance the well-being of children by investing in families to disrupt the systemic and multi-generational cycle of racial, social and economic inequality.

Our full-time staff receive competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including a paid leave accrual rate that starts at two weeks annually and grows to more than five weeks of paid time off each year, as well as a paid winter break that occurs the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. We strive to hold ourselves and each other accountable for fostering an inclusive work culture where we can be our authentic selves, where we create and have equitable opportunities, and where our voices are supported and encouraged.

The Training & Technical Assistance Coordinator is a key member of the Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) Program, planning and facilitating trainings that promote high quality for child care/early learning providers, offering on-site support services for DCFS licensing and ExceleRate Illinois, and providing coaching to both new and established child care/early learning providers in seven Southern Illinois counties (Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, Washington).

What you’ll do:

• Plan, develop, and facilitate trainings for early learning professionals.
• Create a quarterly newsletter and training calendar for a seven county service area based on local needs assessment.
• Visit child care/early learning providers on a regular basis to promote high quality.
• Provide phone and on-site coaching to support best practice standards for early learning professionals and programs.
• Maintain knowledge of state requirements/regulations for child care/early learning.
• Collect and summarize data for reports.

Who you are:

• You have at least a Bachelor's Degree in early childhood education, child-development, child psychology/behavioral sciences, family consumer sciences, social work, elementary education, child welfare, family services, psychology or sociology required.
• You are knowledgeable about early education program quality and compliance standards.
• You are adept at communicating effectively – both in writing and verbally.
• You have a valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle.
• You enjoy working autonomously but also value working with a team to reach shared goals.
• You collaborate effectively and enjoy developing relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• You value data and rely on it to drive meaningful change and improved outcomes.

The details:

• Location: Hybrid (on-site/community-based/remote): Work is completed at home-based and other community-based locations in Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington Counties, with the need to work from the Granite City office 2-3 times per week for team meetings and other program needs. Some opportunities for flexible/remote work options.
• Schedule: Full-time, salaried; general business hours with some flexibility required for evening and weekend visits and special projects.
• Staff are be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to submit proof of their vaccination status before their start date unless they have an agency approved medical or religious exemption.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Salary: Range starts at $43,000/year; offers are commensurate with experience.
• Noncash benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, paid time off plus 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here)
• Winter Break: The agency is closed between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. This paid break allows staff to spend time with their families around the holidays without using their accrued time off balances.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Children's Home & Aid is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Where you work matters.

You’re considering a new position, so no one knows better than you that where you work matters. We believe that by building diverse teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and training opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your voice to disrupt the status quo, we encourage you to apply today.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)