Child and Youth Program School Liaison Officer (MdLg)

Summary

CYP SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICER - Medium or Large

The incumbent serves as the School Liaison Officer (SLO) on medium or large Navy installations in designated Navy Child and Youth Programs (CYP). The SLO serves as the installation subject matter expert for issues and processes involving Local Education Agencies (LEA) on all K-12 educational matters relating to public private home schooling and where applicable Department of Defense Education Activity Schools (DoDEA).

Duties

Serve as installation (region as applicable) School Liaison Officer (SLO) as subject matter expert and representative for issues involving schools (K-12) and their relationships to the community. Responsible for leading the integration of military children into local school systems. Receives and processes complaints from installation personnel and their family members regarding area schools and refer into appropriate agency. Develop actions plans for accomplishment of community/school support goals. Plan develop and coordinate joint installation/community/school activities. Primary installation advisor to commanders installation leaders parents and educators on all education matters impacting military associated children in grades K-12.

Subject matter expert to Installation Commander and key installation staff on all matters relating to schools (K-12). Coordinate the integration of all installation activities relating to matters of concern to commanders parents students and local school officials. Establish an interchange of ideas and issues among installation personnel local community leaders civic groups etc. concerning problems in local schools that may negatively impact the installation activities. Represent the Installation Commander on school boards councils and advisory groups. Meet regularly with school principals teachers guidance counselors superintendents and other school staff. Serve as the installation point of contact for home school issues and initiatives. Evaluate local media to identify potential problems and works with installation public affairs on methods to resolve them.

Function as an intermediary and advocate between parents school administrators and installation child and youth programs. Attend installation meetings (Town Hall) and presents concerns solutions and suggestions to school officials. Assist parents with locating points of contact in the schools and makes referrals as appropriate. Maintain resource materials to assist parents in understanding the policies and procedures of local schools. Provide assistance as needed in school enrollment and in/out processing. Educate parents on how to be the best advocate for their childs education. Inform installation leadership and parents about the importance of Impact Aid to schools. Participate in all installation relocation assistance efforts (Newcomer Orientation Youth Sponsorship). Create and maintain collaborative partnerships with relevant installation and community organizations (e.g. Fleet & Family Support Child & Youth Programs chaplains medical EFMP military/civilian personnel offices military units).

Inform local school officials on base programs policies and activities. Write news releases fact sheets base newspaper articles flyers and feature articles to help educate the base population regarding school programs and policies. Plan coordinate and conduct installation tours and orientations for school administrators. Prepare and present briefings to installation personnel about school issues. Maintain records and statistics such as number of volunteer hours devoted to school activities and other data necessary to support program evaluation.

Performs administrative duties related to school liaison officer program. Maintains program information and prepares a variety of reports or feeder information as required. Establish and maintain suspense dates in order to submit required documentation for programs and follow-up as appropriate. Prepares distributes and tabulates needs assessments to determine the educational needs of the military community. Complete required documentation and ensures information such as public private and home school information are available for review by installation leadership or for briefings to installation populations. Develops an annual budget projects and monitors program expenditures.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical provide evidence of immunization be free of all communicable diseases and obtain appropriate immunization against communicable diseases.
• Must successfully obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as needed.
• Ability to complete required training certificates and maintain certifications or credentials required by Federal State and/or national accreditation institutions used as part of DoDs Child and Youth Programs.
• Must satisfactorily complete all background checks for childcare positions including fingerprint checks a Tier 1 with Child Care check and a State Criminal History Repository (SCHR) check.
• Selectee may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Social Security Card is required.
• Selectee is required to participate in the direct deposit pay program.

Qualifications

Resumes must include information which demonstrates experience and knowledge skills and ability (KSAs) as they relate to this position. Applicants are encouraged to be clear and specific when describing their experience level and KSAs.

A qualified candidate possesses the following:

• A minimum of three years specialized experience AND related degree OR a combination of education and experience.
• Professional knowledge and background of early childhood elementary education and including principles practices and techniques of education theory.
• Knowledge of CYP School Transition Program policies regulations and procedures.
• Knowledge of the Navy operational organizational structure chain of command and particularly as it relates to the CYP.
• Knowledge and understanding of Navy philosophy goals vision policy and programs relating to CYP issues of military members. Oral and written briefing skills with knowledge of techniques and formats for effective communication to installation level leadership.
• Knowledge of research methodology information retrieval and data organization for analysis decision making and formulation of recommendations. Research methods include interviews focus groups working groups surveys and data search.

Education

A minimum of three years experience working with school personnel students and parents i.e. School Liaison Officer CYP Manager education or academic leader/counselor.

AND

Successful completion of a 4 year college or university degree with a major course of study or substantial course work which directly relates to a CYP field: early childhood elementary education secondary education special education child development youth development psychology youth program administration or a closely related field.

OR

A combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in a field (24 hours) appropriate to the position (see above) plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above.

Note: A copy of your H.S. diploma GED or college transcripts (showing degree awarded/conferred) MUST be submitted when applying.

Additional information

*CYP EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS: Each eligible installation Navy CYP employee will receive a 100 percent discount for the first child enrolled and a 25 percent discount for each additional child enrolled. The 100 percent discount will apply to the child with the highest fee. If a household has two CYP employees each employee is eligible for a 100 percent discount for one child with a 25 percent discount for each additional child. The discount will apply to children enrolled full-time or part-time in a Child Development Center 24/7 Center School Age Care program or Family Child Care program. The discount is for any installation full-time part-time and flexible staff member working a minimum average of 15 hours per week.

Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. According to the Executive Order all Federal employees are required to remain drug free throughout their employment. Commander Navy Installations Command is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated and use of or intoxication by illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service.

Marijuana is a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act and therefore use of marijuana is illegal under Federal law regardless of State laws. A positive drug test result for marijuana (or any other drug tested for) will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and ineligibility to apply for a position within the Department of Defense for 6 months from the date of the drug test.

All individuals involved in the provision of child care services on a Department of Navy (DON) installation or in a DON-sanctioned program must complete the Installation Records Check (IRC). The IRC includes a check of the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program (SARP) records in the Alcohol and Drug Management Information Tracking System (ADMITS) database a check of the Family Advocacy Program (FAP) records in the Fleet and Family Support Management Information System (FFSMIS) and an installation security/base check via the Navy Justice Information System (NJIS) database and/or other law enforcement systems. This information will be used to determine suitability for the applicant in accordance with criteria for automatic and presumptive disqualifiers per DoDI 1402.05.

Per Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1402.05 Background Checks on Individuals in DoD Child Care Services Programs incumbents will be automatically disqualified for a conviction in either civilian or military court (to include any general special or summary court-martial conviction or if they received non-judicial punishment under Article 15 or chapter 47 of Title 10 U.S.C) for any of the following: a sexual offense any criminal offense involving a child victim or a felony drug offense. Additionally the incumbent will be automatically disqualified if he/she has been held to be negligent in a civil adjudication or administrative proceeding concerning the death of or serious injury to a child or dependent person entrusted to the individuals care.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority