The County of Yuba is currently recruiting for the position of First 5 Program Coordinator. Under general supervision, perform program-specific coordination, planning, development, implementation, and/or evaluation of programs that target children 0-5 their families and community partners and providers that serve them; provide technical support and training to families, community partners, providers and key stakeholders related to program implementation; maintenance and filing of required documents; develop program policies and procedures necessary to coordinate and accomplish program objectives; build and foster community collaborations; provide direct educational services; perform related work as assigned.
*Bilingual candidates strongly encouraged to apply*
To qualify for a bilingual position, must be State certified or pass a County qualifying language test in the relevant language at the option of the County.
About the First 5 Commission:
A seven-member commission oversees the work of First 5 in Yuba County, which supports the health, development and well-being of our youngest children through their first five years. First 5 Yuba’s strategic goals and results are organized around three broad areas: Health, Early Education and Family Support. First 5 Yuba’s overarching goal is for all children in Yuba County to enter kindergarten ready to learn, in that they are healthy, participate in quality early care and education, and their families have the resources to help them be fully prepared for school.
Example of Duties:
- Plan and coordinate needs assessment to determine local needs of various target groups; research and evaluate available resources; and develop programs accordingly to meet identified needs.
- Provide long term, short term project management, such as during initial program development as well as during program implementation stages.
- Research and analyze programs, policies, procedures, organizational structures, existing and proposed legislation and related issues; and formulate recommendations.
- Oversee the development of data collection instruments, data collector training, sampling plans, data collection methodology, data analysis, report writing, and preparation of dissemination tools used to present results to the community.
- Design and conduct formal evaluation studies to assess program effectiveness; analyzes, interprets and presents results and recommendations to funded partners
