What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Officer position at The North Carolina Partnership for Children?
Seeking strong relationship-builder with a passion for early childhood systems who can balance compliance oversight with support of community context. An active thought partner with a broad knowledge base who applies a strengths-based approach while promoting continuous quality improvement.
The Early Childhood Systems Program Officer serves as the primary liaison with our local Smart Start partnerships to support strong early childhood community system building, and county-level coordination to fulfill the mission of Smart Start to advance a high quality, comprehensive, accountable early childhood system that benefits each child in North Carolina. The Program Officer works closely with a portfolio of 15 Local Partnerships to foster mutual understanding of community and organization strengths, challenges, barriers and goals, as well as to provide coaching, training, tools and resources on early childhood systems building, and other best practices in nonprofit management.
Core responsibilities include:
- Engage LP staff and board in conversations to foster mutual understanding of community and organization strengths, challenges, barriers and goals.
- Provide coaching, training, tools, and resources on early childhood systems building, community needs assessment and strategic planning processes, and other best practices in nonprofit management.
- Use data, including Smart Start programmatic and budget data to inform technical assistance ultimately supporting LPs in being sustainable and impactful organizations.