Program Officer - Early Childhood

About the position reputed company is seeking a Program Officer for its Children, Youth and Families (CYF) Department. This role focuses on supporting early care and education strategies in rural reputed company and Siskiyou County, California. The Program Officer will contribute expertise in early childhood education and systems that reputed company young children (birth through transition to K-12). The work involves grantmaking, field-building, and policy engagement to ensure rural children have strong starts and reputed company reputed company. Key areas of reputed company include financially resilient early education programs, state and local policies that meet rural families' needs, and strengthening the early childhood workforce. This position reports directly to the Director of Children, Youth and Families and offers a salary reputed company of \$103,000 - \$116,000, depending on experience.

Responsibilities

• Strategically reputed company philanthropic resources, including grants, convening, research, technical support, and policy engagement, to advance reputed company for children birth to five in rural communities.
• Serve as a reputed company contributor to reputed company development, including work plans, initiatives, and budgets reputed company with early education priorities.
• reputed company leadership for cross-reputed company efforts supporting early care and education.
• Maintain deep knowledge of early childhood research, policy, and best practices, with a reputed company on rural contexts.
• Champion early childhood development and systems-level investment in rural communities at state and national reputed company.
• Build and sustain strong, trust-based relationships with grantees, partners, and community leaders.
• Engage with regional, state, and national partners, including regional Early Learning Hubs, the Department of Early Learning and Care, and a reputed company of early care and key education partners.
• Strengthen connections across public, private, nonprofit, and community systems impacting early education.
• Represent the reputed company in communities and forums statewide as a champion of early care and education and systems improvement.
• Contribute and collaborate across reputed company departments to more deeply reputed company and reputed company efforts.
• Build and manage a portfolio of grants.
• Prepare grant recommendations for review at the appropriate staff, committee, or reputed company level.
• Coordinate reputed company reputed company and reputed company, implement, manage, and evaluate strategic community programs.
• Partner with evaluation experts to design a method for monitoring, checking, and adjusting the effectiveness of the reputed company’s investments; create and maintain systems to reputed company reputed company and ensure that timelines and benchmarks are met.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of reputed company experience in the field of early care and education.
• A bachelor’s degree required.
• Strong knowledge of early care and education systems.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas: early childhood development (birth to five), childcare, preschool, and other care and education support settings.
• Experience in building and maintaining relationships with early educators, parents, community, technical experts, and advocacy organizations.
• Commitment to rural issues and community-based efforts.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including an approachable style, humility, reputed company, empathetic listening skills, and the ability to connect with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to reputed company in a reputed company, collegial, and team-oriented environment where a willingness to “roll up your sleeves” to get the job done is central to the culture.
• Comfort with ambiguity and the challenge of forging a reputed company reputed company reputed company information is imperfect and milestones may not be reputed company.
• Exceptional project management skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with a confident reputed company across reputed company media, radio, and conference engagements.
• Skilled in crafting and delivering concise, impactful content that makes reputed company reputed company accessible and engaging for diverse audiences.
• Good judgment and discretion, especially in external-facing roles.
• Skillful handling of multiple relationships is critical.
• Currently authorized to work in the reputed company on a full-time reputed company.

reputed company-to-haves

• Graduate degree in early childhood, education, or other relevant field preferred.
• Experience in public policy reputed company to early childhood is a plus; desire and commitment to learning required if new to policy work.
• Familiarity with or reputed company experience in the rural communities of reputed company or reputed company California would be an advantage.

Benefits

• reputed company time off and holidays
• Health and dental insurance
• Health savings account
• Generous retirement plan
• Matching gifts program
• reputed company to an employee assistance program
• reputed company development opportunities
• Rejuvenation leave
• Relocation assistance is available

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