Lead Trainer, District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund

Posted by on February 20, 2011

Lead Trainer, District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund

Posted on: February 8, 2011

This full time, grant-funded position requires an experienced administrator who has the interest, ability, and knowledge to assist six Centers for Independent Living throughout Pennsylvania in establishing and implementing a consumer/homecare worker training program. The demonstration project will implement a standardized 85-hour curriculum for Personal Care Attendants linked to wage increases for successful completers. Capacity building work with the Centers for Independent Living (CIL) will involve engaging with partnering organizations to develop and successfully implement the training program, build systems and processes for sustaining the training program beyond the grant period, and develop community linkages to support attendants who are interested in continuing their education. The Lead Trainer will support the CILs in identifying a qualified instructional team, organize train the trainer sessions for the instructors, organize the instructional design and required tracking and reporting systems, organize the logistics for offering the training, organize a standardized student assessment process, and connect to local agencies that can serve as external partners (Workforce Investment Board, literacy agencies, community colleges, quality healthcare training providers).

Qualifications

1. Experienced administrator with a minimum of three (3) years administrative or management experience. This may be a registered nurse who is a graduate of an approved program for professional nursing with current license as a registered nurse in Pennsylvania. Human resource professionals and other experienced Education and Healthcare Administrators are also eligible.
2. Minimum of bachelor’s degree.
3. Familiarity with adult learning theory.
4. Experience in home care preferred.
5. Understanding and respect for the consumer directed care model in which the consumer is the employer.
6. Ability to work in Philadelphia and able to travel extensively in Pennsylvania and work flexible hours.
7. Proficiency in using Microsoft WORD, Excel, Powerpoint.
8. Experience in writing reports.
9. Experience in fiscal reporting.
10. Experience in program evaluation.
11. Experience in working with grants preferred.

Personal Qualities

1. Strong leadership skills.
2. Excellent communication and team work skills.
3. Excellent project management and organizational skills.
4. Excellent writing and reporting skills, with the ability to write comprehensive narrative reports concisely.
5. Excellent fiscal skills and ability to work within the framework of a grant budget.
6. Able to work collaboratively with supervisors, internal and external partners, students, and various state entities.
7. High level of integrity.
8. Good problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
9. Able to apply critical thinking skills to resolve administrative and instructional situations.
10. Ability to apply policies consistently and fairly.
11. A desire to help students become all they can be.
12. Open minded and willing to consider the opinions of others.
13. Willing to make positive contributions to the project.
14. Able to communicate information clearly and effectively.
15. Able to complete assignments and tasks on time.
16. Ability to work independently and keep supervisors informed of activities and outcomes.

To apply, please email your resume to:

Lorraine Wise Kirven, Director of Education
District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund
Lkirven@1199ctraining.org