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This role focuses on building community capacity by forming and supporting local action teams, fostering partnerships, and facilitating inclusive, collaborative participation among stakeholders. Responsibilities include developing engagement strategies, leading trainings and discussions, leveraging technology for communication, and guiding communities in identifying needs and implementing solutions. The consultant will also track progress, maintain records, and provide regular reports to ensure continuous improvement and sustainability of PEP initiatives.

This position will work out of the Center for Child Welfare and Education (CCWE) DeKalb office at the NIU campus, Health Services building. The specialist will support the Permanency Enhancement Project (PEP) by strengthening community engagement efforts to improve permanency outcomes for youth in foster care and reduce disparities affecting children of color.

PEP Consultation\

Provide strategies, planning, facilitation, and development services

to create and implement local community PEP action teams

Develop and implement approaches to engage community members and

organizations as partners in collaborating to impact community issues

Identify potential community partners and build relationships

Develop mechanisms to assist community members understand PEP issues

Facilitate and support opportunities for community engagement in

identifying concerns and executing plans and activities for solutions

Provide opportunities for early involvement and a meaningful voice

in identifying community needs and shaping solutions in partnership and in support of other organizations

Use training, one-on-one interviews, and small group meetings and

other techniques to facilitate engagement in taking initiative to solve community problems

Provide consultation, training and assistance to staff and

volunteers on implementing engagement tools

Leverage the use of technology to gain efficiencies and enhance

two-way communication between, and among stakeholders

Maintain records, produce reports and evaluate progress

Review and evaluate engagement goals, mechanisms and activities and

make recommendations to improve effectiveness

Maintain accurate records and prepare reports related to program

activities

Provide updates on the status of PEP action team, goals, activities

and accomplishments

Northern Illinois University

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