Project Director

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Washington, DC • $–$

We are seeking an experienced Project Director to support the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) Children’s Bureau (CB). In this key leadership role, you will help advance the mission of planning, managing, coordinating, and supporting child abuse and neglect prevention and child welfare services programs while promoting continuous improvement in child welfare service delivery.

• Oversee all project tasks and lead the development of work plans
• Lead the project team to ensure timely completion of all deliverables
• Conduct quarterly reviews and prepare final reporting
• Ensure seamless integration of technical assistance delivery to grantees with cross-site evaluations
• Manage team performance, budget, and compliance requirements

Required:

• Master's degree or higher in Social Work, Public Policy, or a closely related field
• 10+ years of experience managing and leading teams
• 10+ years of experience in child welfare policy and program evaluation
• 10+ years of experience with federal technical assistance (TA) contracts for ACF/Children's Bureau or similar agencies
• 10+ years of experience working with federal grants
• 10+ years of experience performing monitoring and evaluation activities
• 6+ years of experience working in community development in distressed communities, especially with child welfare
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience conducting site visits in community settings (e.g., tribal or urban child welfare agencies)
• Experience integrating qualitative and quantitative data into reports
• Working knowledge of the MS Office Suite (especially Word and Excel)

Preferred:

• Experience leading evaluations of child welfare discretionary grants
• Experience with analytical programs such as Tableau, NVivo, or Power BI
• Working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat, MS Access, or similar software

Director

Full-time

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If you have extensive leadership experience in child welfare and federal programs, we encourage you to apply.