Human Development Specialist

Positions Located At

• SACC Lane, 7137 Beulah Road, Alexandria, VA 22315
• SACC Lorton Station, 9298 Lewis Chapel Rd, Lorton, VA 22079

Join our team at the department to support our mission to partner with communities, families, and individuals to provide opportunities to access a continuum of resources that promote equity and create positive outcomes for people of all ages and abilities. Our vision is to see connected communities where all individuals and families are supported and empowered to thrive.

Work as part of the Culture, Recreation, and Community Connections (CRCC) Division to deliver out-of-school-time care, recreation, and culturally enriching programs and daily hands‑on activities for school‑age youth with diverse functional, inclusive, cultural, and economic needs at assigned location(s), using human-centered and human development practices in a school-based setting. Exercise human-centered design principles to support participants’ experience and create access to opportunity through the creation of positive developmental relationships based on the individualized needs of school-age youth.

Schedule:

6:45 a.m. – 6:15 p.m., Monday–Friday with a split shift. Full day work (≥6.5 consecutive hours) is required when FCPS is out of school (Teacher Workdays, Winter Break, Spring Break, Summer). 52 weeks per year.

Fairfax County encourages bilingual candidates. If you are fluent in English and another language, please apply.

• Provides access to in-person and virtual universal programs with targeted strategies that ensure an inclusive approach to service delivery.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with participants, parents, staff, school officials, and citizen groups in a variety of settings.
• Delivers, coordinates, and adapts equitable programs and activities to meet the needs of the population served.
• Increases access to programming by transporting community members and participants to programs and events.
• Supervises participants during programs and actively promotes positive behavior intervention and positive developmental relationships.
• Assists in the administration of facility operations, program planning and participant and staff oversight.
• Supports recruitment, hiring, training and evaluation of staff and volunteers.
• Adheres to revenue and expense limits.
• Ensures staff compliance with operating procedures and safety/security standards and community awareness of facility rules and regulations.
• Assists in the development and implementation of community outreach plans and targeted interventions of underserved populations to increase overall program participation and engagement.

• Knowledge of human-centered and human development practices.
• Knowledge of fiscal record keeping and inventory procedures.
• Knowledge of health, safety and first aid methods, and the ability to assume administrative responsibilities for assigned areas.
• Ability to direct and coordinate the work of subordinate staff and volunteers and supervise program activities and engagement.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain a warm and supportive relationship with participants, parents, staff, school officials, and citizen groups, in a group or individual setting.
• Ability to provide a wide variety of experiences to meet a participant’s individual intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs.

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate’s degree in human development, social work, early childhood education, recreation, or a related human services field plus one year of child-related programmatic experience or human services-related experience.

Certificates and Licenses

Required:

• First Aid/CPR certifications (within 90 days of appointment).

Necessary Special Requirements:

• Criminal background check and Child Protective Services Registry check to the satisfaction of the employer.
• Tuberculosis (TB) screening on hire.

• Bachelor’s degree in a…