Position: Director of Training
Supervisor: Executive Director
Status: Non-exempt – 40 hours per week
Benefit Level: Management
Telework Eligibility: Yes, after a 6-month period, with Executive Director’s approval. Friday and 1 other day assigned by the Executive Director.
Job Summary:
The Director of Training is responsible for developing and presenting training courses on topics related to special education and home and community-based services. Trainings will be in-person, webinar, and recorded.
Specific Training Duties:
- Survey stakeholders annually to determine training topics and needs.
- Develop new trainings as identified by surveys and needs assessments.
- Develop PowerPoint slides and training manual (scripted notes) for each new training.
- Plan and provide a minimum of 100 educational training opportunities per Federal fiscal year, or the number designated by the PTI grant.
- Train 2,000 individuals on educational topics per Federal fiscal year. Individuals should represent the diversity of individuals living in Louisiana.
- Plan and provide a minimum of 6 home and community training opportunities per calendar year, or the number designated by the JPHSA grant.
- Identify training webinars to be uploaded to the FHF Website and YouTube page.
- Secure guest presenters on topics requiring greater or more specific knowledge.
- Secure co-presenters and community partner sponsors for 50% of trainings.
- Provide 10 Capacity Building training webinars annually (or the number designated by the PTI grant) for professional development of FHF centers’ staff statewide.
- Evaluate all trainings and identify areas of weakness that need improvement.
- Enter all training event data into Salesforce Database.
Specific Stakeholder Group Duties:
- Recruit parent stakeholders that represent a broad diversity of parents across Louisiana, including all races, ethnic backgrounds, and geographical location. Their children should also be diversified regarding race, ethnicity, geographical location, and disability, plus represent all ages from birth to 26 years old. Underserved parents should be prioritized by low income, military, foster parents, parents of children in the juvenile justice system, and homeless.
- Maintain a minimum of 25 active parents.
- Facilitate the reviewing of all new products and updates to existing products.
- Coordinate staff involved in creating products.
- Submit final product to Executive Director for approval to use.
Other Duties:
- Correspond with LEA Special Education Directors statewide ten times annually to provide resources and information to be disseminated to special education staff in all local education agencies.
- Reconcile deposits to FHF of GNO checking account monthly, as per Financial Policy.
- Participate in Leadership Team meetings with the Executive Director, Director of Peer Support, and Director of Public Relations.
Requirements:
- Possess a minimum of a high school diploma or GED; some college coursework is preferred.
- Hold a valid driver’s license, have access to reliable personal transportation, and maintain vehicle insurance meeting state requirements.
- Have personal experience as a parent or primary caregiver of an individual with a disability or as an individual with a disability.
- Exhibit cultural competence and openness to the diverse values and backgrounds of families.
- Capable of building and maintaining strong partnerships with various stakeholders.
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Maintain organized records and effectively collect data for evaluation purposes.
- Exhibit strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Possess experience in public speaking.
- Successfully complete a drug screening.
- Comply with the policies and procedures outlined in FHF of GNO’s Employee Handbook.
Minimum Knowledge Requirement:
- Possess knowledge of laws and regulations related to the education of infants, toddlers, and school-aged children with disabilities.
- Understand service systems that provide support to parents of children with disabilities or individuals with disabilities.
- Have at least one year of experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrate familiarity with the Canva platform.
- Exhibit proficiency in using the Zoom platform.
Submit your resume to dliuzza@fhfofgno.org.
