Deputy Director of Intervention Quality Initiatives Unit, Bureau of Early Intervention

Deputy Director of Intervention Quality Initiatives Unit, Bureau of Early Intervention

Early Intervention (EI) is a comprehensive interagency program that supports infants and children with developmental delays by providing timely therapeutic services to help them reach their full potential. The EI program also empowers families to meet their own needs and ensures access to services to all eligible children regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, immigration status, or income. The Intervention Quality Initiatives (IQI) Unit works in advancing health equity, improving service quality, and strengthening workforce capacity through professional development, technical assistance, and partnerships with academic institutions. Additional initiatives include innovative parent and EI provider text messaging programs designed to enhance communication, engagement, and access to services. Duties will include but not be limited to: supervise the Intervention Quality Initiatives (IQI) team, create and deliver professional development materials and trainings, review and summarize research and literature, create, edit, and review content for reports, presentations, text messages and related materials and participate in or facilitate meetings with internal and external partners, write reports, summaries, policies and procedures and review data and summarize findings, develop and write scopes for consultant and academic contracts, and manage procurement process in collaboration with EI Administration.