Program Manager, Fatherhood
Summary
Leads planning, coordination, and administration of the Alameda County Fatherhood initiative — organizing trainings and partner workgroups, managing contracts and budgets for compliance, and collecting data to report the program's impact. This is a program-administration role, not a software engineering position.
Under general direction, the Fatherhood Program Manager leads the planning, coordination, and administration of the Alameda County Fatherhood, a collaborative initiative that promotes and advocates for father-friendly services and supports fathers and father figures in being meaningfully engaged with their children and families. Working collaboratively with internal and external partners, the position supports program implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement to advance the goals and impact of the Fatherhood program. The position also provides guidance and coordination to program consultants and the Fatherhood program members but does not exercise direct supervision of staff.
- Plans, coordinates, and leads trainings and learning communities in collaboration with the agency's training team
- Coordinates activities which further the integration and alignment of the Father-Friendly Principles ad programming with other agency initiatives
- Collects and provides data for presentations, annual reports, and to demonstrate the impact of the Fatherhood program, and develops written communications and/or online content in collaboration with the Planning, Policy, and Evaluation & Technology teams as requested
- Provides programmatic support, which includes but is not limited to, planning, coordinating, facilitating, and convening, the Interagency Fatherhood Workgroup, the Fatherhood Partnership, the Father-Friendly Provider Network, the Fatherhood Leadership Academy, and all efforts related to Fatherhood's program activities
- Ensures compliance with contract provisions and funding source regulations and sees that appropriate approvals are received
- Recommends and facilitates implementation of procedural and operational changes
- Develops and manages contracts as assigned, including development and compliance to budget and results based accountability (RBA) plans, as well as other agency process and procedures
- Performs special projects such as conducting surveys, researching best practices and alternative funding streams; summarizes and analyzes data and prepares narrative or statistical reports and recommendations