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TANF Policy Subject Matter Expert & Content Manager II

Remote

Position Summary 

The Subject Matter Expert and Content Manager II is the principal steward of technical content for project. This individual integrates TANF, means-tested program, tax, benefit, marriage and family, Tribal, HMRF, implementation, and research expertise into one controlled content portfolio. The role ensures that analysis, recommendations, TTA, pilot guidance, and public products are accurate, current, actionable, accessible, and consistent across audiences. 

Core Responsibilities 

  • Lead the technical-content plan and maintain the evidence inventory, source hierarchy, research and policy scan, analytic question set, product backlog, editorial calendar, and content-reuse library. 
  • Provide or coordinate expertise on TANF, Tribal TANF, federal and State tax policy, EITC and filing rules, benefits, early-childhood programs, child-care subsidies, asset limits, household definitions, eligibility cutoffs, and benefit cliffs. 
  • Analyze how marriage-related rules affect biological two-parent families, unrelated cohabitor families, mixed-status households, and other family types served by TANF and means-tested programs. 
  • Develop policy and practitioner recommendations for using TANF and other public resources, including education, counseling, incentives, bonuses, fee coverage, tax approaches, grants, transitional benefits, and program-design changes when authorized. 
  • Support readiness, co-design, implementation, course correction, and sustainability for pilot sites and match each site with appropriate functional and technical expertise. 
  • Develop and technically review tools, templates, policy briefs, practice briefs, reports, trainings, guidance, promising-practice products, and State, Tribal, or frontline resources. 
  • Coordinate named and additional experts, prepare consultant scopes and review packages, assign content reviews, reconcile expert comments, and document unresolved interpretations for Project Manager and COR decision. 
  • Apply plain-language, Section 508, citation, source-control, version-control, and evidence standards before content enters design, dissemination, or final Government review. 
  • Monitor emerging research, policy, and field practices and recommend updates to tools, TTA priorities, and pilot support. 

Required Qualifications 

  • At least eight years of advanced experience in TANF, means-tested programs, human-services policy, family policy, applied research, TTA content development, or a closely related discipline. 
  • Deep ability to interpret statute, regulation, guidance, program rules, evidence, and implementation context and translate them into practical recommendations. 
  • Experience managing technical content, expert reviewers, editorial workflows, product portfolios, and quality-control processes. 
  • Excellent research synthesis, policy analysis, technical writing, facilitation, and communication skills for federal, State, Tribal, practitioner, and public audiences. 
  • Ability to distinguish authoritative sources from secondary research, document assumptions and limitations, and coordinate specialized expertise without overstating evidence. 

Preferred Qualifications 

  • Graduate degree in public policy, law, economics, social work, sociology, demography, public administration, or a related field. 
  • Direct experience with TANF funding flexibility, marriage penalties, benefit cliffs, HMRF collaboration, Tribal TANF, early-childhood or child-care policy, tax credits, or multi-program eligibility. 
  • Experience producing Internet-ready, Section 508-conformant federal tools, training, briefs, reports, or multimedia products. 

Education and Experience 

Master's degree preferred; bachelor's degree with substantial equivalent specialized experience will be considered. Eight or more years of advanced policy, program, research, or technical-content experience is preferred. 

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