Director of Professional Development

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : Critical functions that the individual who holds or desires the position must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of reasonable accommodation.

• Use Adult Learning Theory and Standards for Professional Learning in the planning, implementation and monitoring of professional learning opportunities for partners.
• Develop and implement a vision for broad-based professional development and capacity building offerings that are responsive to the needs of funded partner organizations and other community organizations in Baltimore, using multiple learning platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams, funded partners, stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify and implement (as applicable) engaging, relevant content to enhance competencies and achieve other measures.
• Support the development of Requests for Proposals in alignment with Family League’s policies to procure services to meet training needs.
• Build and maintain working relationships with vendors and service providers, ensuring high quality services are delivered and challenges are addressed in a timely manner.
• Manage the Professional Development calendar, scheduling and logistics of professional development offerings; use Family League’s registration software platform to communicate with training attendees, implement attendance policies, and collect evaluations.
• Work collaboratively to develop a professional development budget and monitor throughout the year.
• Develop, collect and analyze evaluations and surveys to identify areas of improvement and expansion; assess needs for professional development activities while monitoring accuracy and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with the Funded Partners team to manage capacity building for new, small, and / or grassroots organizations with a racially equitable lens.
• Build and seek partnerships with funders, higher education institutions, agencies, vendors and other organizations that enhance and achieve professional development objectives, including supporting capacity building work for nonprofit and / or small, grassroots youth-serving organizations.
• Provide proactive, supportive, and person-centered supervision to assigned staff.
• Work in collaboration with internal teams to plan the development, implementation and evaluation of content for conferences.
• Submit reports and outcome measures periodically and as requested.
• Work closely with the Communications Team to market professional development offerings to stakeholders and develop timely and innovative tools / resources focused on identified needs.
• Monitor trends and best practices in professional development and implement them into work.

NONESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : Functions that do not fundamentally alter the position.

• Participate on behalf of Family League in local and national thought partner workgroups around quality and professional development.
• Participate in professional development opportunities that build effectiveness in areas of inclusion, intercultural communication, and advancing diversity.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Sr. Directors of Community Impact.

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