Systems Implementation Specialist

Provide intensive technical assistance and consultation to state, regional, multi-agency, and systems-level implementation teams, supporting clearly defined problems of practice through readiness assessment, planning, implementation, refinement, sustainability, and scale-up.Conduct systems-level analyses and assessments of policies, programs, practices, services, infrastructure, partnerships, and implementation conditions to identify strengths, gaps, barriers, and opportunities for improvement.Support partners in developing and implementing action plans and system-level models, including defining priorities, goals, strategies, roles, timelines, indicators, implementation supports, and processes for monitoring progress.Support effective use of data for systems improvement, including identifying relevant datasets and indicators, examining quantitative and qualitative information, strengthening data collection and data-use routines, and helping partners apply findings to planning and decision-making.Support cross-agency and cross-system collaboration among education, vocational rehabilitation, workforce, postsecondary, disability, and other partners by facilitating shared priorities, leadership structures, communication, coordination, and joint implementation.Apply research, policy, evidence-based and promising practices, and implementation frameworks to help partners select appropriate strategies, understand relevant policy contexts, adapt approaches for local fit, and strengthen implementation quality.Facilitate implementation meetings, site visits, strategic planning, readiness assessments, trainings, and other structured technical assistance activities, and document progress, barriers, decisions, recommendations, and next steps.Contribute to development of NDC systems-change tools, resources, analyses, and knowledge products, including documenting lessons from intensive technical assistance and translating implementation experience into practical guidance for broader use. University of Texas at Austin