Training Host - Riverside​/San Bernardino

Position: Training Host - Riverside and/or San Bernardino County
Training Host - Riverside and/or San Bernardino County

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Category: Research/Project
Type: Part-Time Contract
Salary: $20.00/hour
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Overview
The starting salary for this position is $20.00/hour and is non-negotiable.

This position will support Riverside and/or San Bernardino area training.

The candidate is expected to perform their responsibilities within Riverside and/or San Bernardino County.

WHO WE ARE
Academy for Professional Excellence , a project of San Diego State University School of Social Work , was established in 1996 with the goal of revolutionizing the way people work to ensure the world is a healthier place. Our services integrate culturally responsive and recovery-oriented practices into our daily work to promote healing and healthy relationships. Providing around 70,000 learning experiences to health and human service professionals annually, the Academy creates experiences with the mission to provide exceptional learning and development experiences for the transformation of individuals, organizations, and communities.

The Academy continues to grow with new programs and provide a variety of workforce development solutions in Southern California and beyond.

When you join the Academy team, you can expect to contribute to an inclusive and innovative environment where the sharing of ideas, perspectives, and experiences is welcomed and encouraged. In applying for a position at the Academy, we invite you to consider our Core Values and our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion .

The Academy is committed to the recruitment of individuals who represent the full diversity of our community. We recognize that experience and skills related to the position may have been acquired via life experiences, work, and/or education and training. We are interested in learning more about your unique experiences and how they might contribute to our mission. We invest in people to create an innovative work environment that promotes well-being and a culture that builds on and fosters the strengths of its staff and their intersectional identities.
WHAT OUR TEAM DOES WITHIN THE ACADEMY

Child Welfare Development Services (CWDS) is one of the Academy's workforce development programs. CWDS provides training and workforce development services including organizational support, technical assistance and capacity building to the Child Welfare agencies that serve children, youth and families. Workforce development services consist of development opportunities for new social workers, the existing workforce, supervisors, managers and executive level leadership as well as community partners and multi-disciplinary partners working closely with child welfare agencies.

The CWDS Training Operations Team is responsible for the management of all training deliveries, both in person and virtually. The team consists of Training Coordinators, Training Operations Assistants, and Training Hosts who work collaboratively to oversee all logistics, plan, coordinate, and schedule training deliveries in Southern California.

Responsibilities
YOUR ROLE IN REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY PEOPLE WORK

• The Training Host is responsible to provide general administrative support for classroom operations, both in the training room and in a virtual setting.

THE WORK YOU WILL DO
You will be responsible for supporting trainers and trainees and managing the training room environment.

• In the virtual classroom, run training in the Zoom platform, prepare polls and breakout rooms per trainer instructions, and manage minor technical issues.
• In the physical classroom, ensure the training environment is kept clean and organized daily.
• Set up technology (laptops, projectors, speakers, tablets) and ensure they are functioning properly before and during the training.
• Administer evaluations, pre- and post-tests, and provide assistance (as needed) in maintaining the integrity and security of evaluation and pre- and post-test data.
• Communicate clearly, efficiently, accurately, and in a timely manner with Training Coordinators, Training Operations Assistants, and County Partners.

HOW WE ACCOMPLISH OUR WORK

• This is a part-time, on-call, hybrid position requiring some telework and some on-site in-person work. Hours can vary between 0-20 per week. When hosting a training, shifts are typically 8-hour commitments with work occurring M-F from 8:00 to 4:30 p.m You will only host trainings in the county that you are hired to cover. The counties this position serves are San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
  
  The candidate is expected to provide their own transportation to and from the county's work location. This position is based on contract funding subject to annual renewal. The position is subject to intermittent overnight travel and work shifts outside of normal business hours including weekends and evenings. This position is based in California with a regular on-site work location of Riverside, CA.

Note:

some duties may include working with and/or exposure to sensitive/traumatic topics or…