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Position Summary 

The Project Leader directs the technical integration of project. This individual turns the approved policy and research agenda into coordinated analysis, pilot, TTA, and product work; guides task teams and approved experts; and ensures that findings become feasible recommendations and usable tools. The Project Leader is the senior bridge between program strategy and field execution. 

Core Responsibilities 

  • Lead technical planning and execution for the Marriage Penalty Analysis, Pilot Strategy, TTA provision, and product-development portfolio. 
  • Develop analytic questions, evidence plans, readiness criteria, pilot design methods, tool concepts, and workstream-level schedules for Project Manager approval. 
  • Coordinate TANF, tax, benefits, early-childhood, child-care, Tribal, HMRF, research, evaluation, organizational-development, communications, and implementation expertise. 
  • Guide recruitment, readiness assessment, selection, onboarding, co-design, implementation, course correction, sustainability planning, and closeout for up to five pilot sites. 
  • Design Universal, Targeted, and Intensive TTA activities, including peer learning, webinars, workshops, office hours, site-based support, and implementation coaching. 
  • Oversee development of policy options, practitioner tools, templates, training resources, promising-practice products, and interactive or visual resources for nationwide use. 
  • Lead technical reviews to ensure recommendations are supported by authority, evidence, cost and operational analysis, implementation prerequisites, and appropriate limitations. 
  • Identify emerging policy, research, demographic, and field developments and translate relevant signals into updated priorities, tools, and technical assistance. 
  • Provide concise technical briefings to OFA and recommend decisions, tradeoffs, and corrective actions when workstream risks arise. 

Required Qualifications 

  • At least eight years of progressively responsible experience leading human-services, TANF, means-tested program, TTA, research-to-practice, organizational-development, or pilot-implementation work. 
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate policy, evidence, program design, facilitation, and product development across multidisciplinary teams. 
  • Experience managing technical experts, developing decision-ready deliverables, and supporting State, Tribal, local, grantee, or community partners. 
  • Strong facilitation, analytical writing, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and implementation problem-solving skills. 
  • Working knowledge of plain writing, Section 508, data stewardship, adult learning, and quality-review expectations for federal products. 

Preferred Qualifications 

  • Graduate degree in public policy, social sciences, organizational development, public administration, economics, social work, or a related field. 
  • Direct experience with TANF or HMRF programs, marriage-penalty analysis, benefit cliffs, pilot design, or rapid-cycle learning. 
  • Experience producing national tools, templates, technical assistance resources, or multi-site implementation guidance. 

Education and Experience 

Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred. Eight or more years of directly relevant technical and project leadership experience is preferred. 

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