Hybrid Head Start Delegate Liaison Team Leader en Los Angeles County Office of Education, CA

About the Department

Insurance: Your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans To learn more, visit: https://www.lacoe.edu

Online applications must be submitted by: 8/29/2025 5:00 P.M. (Pacific)

Retirement: PERS Defined Benefit Plan Paid Time Off: 24 vacation, 15 holidays, and 12 illness days.

The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) and the Head Start and Early Learning Division invites qualified applicants to apply for Head Start Delegate Liaison Team Leader.

The Head Start and Early Learning Division at LACOE is one of the largest in the nation and contracts with various early childhood education agencies that employ a staff of more than 3,000 people to provide direct services to children from birth to five years old and their families within diverse communities throughout Los Angeles County.

This position provides program review and support services for delegate agencies in an assigned region; coordinates the work of a team of interdisciplinary specialists and consultants who assist in planning, identifying resources, assessing training needs, building organizational capacity, and monitoring program progress; and serves as the primary liaison between grantee administration and delegate agencies, agency boards of directors, agency boards of education, and policy committees.

The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following

Knowledge:

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• Principles of organizational design and development, human resources management, organizational assessment, and needs analysis
• Principles of training and development 
• Fiscal analysis and management
• Early childhood education, Head Start Performance Standards, and federal and state grant requirements
  
  

Competencies:

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• Analyzing & Interpreting Data – Drawing meaning and conclusions from quantitative and/or qualitative data
• Critical Thinking – Analytically and logically evaluating information, propositions, and claims
• Fact Finding – Obtaining facts and data pertaining to an issue or question
• Legal & Regulatory Navigation – Understanding, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
• Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
• Using Technology – Working with electronic hardware and software applications
• Oral Communication – Engaging effectively in dialogue
• Writing – Communicating effectively in writing
• Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
• Relationship Building – Establishing rapport and maintaining mutually productive relationships
• Leadership – Guiding and encouraging others to accomplish a common goal
• Organizational Design & Structure – Establishing organizational structure and clarifying roles and responsibilities
• Project Management – Planning and tracking projects to ensure they are on-time, on-budget, and achieve their objectives
• Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communication and interaction that respects and includes all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions, and cultures
  
  

Required Education and Experience

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Education:  A bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, early childhood education, child development, social services or a field closely related to the job requirements of this classification from an institution of higher learning accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. 

Experience: Five years of experience directing and managing programs and/or special projects (e.g.., creating program policies and procedures, overseeing program services, ensuring adherence to program requirements, and identifying external resources and partnership opportunities) in a social services or early childhood education organization, including one year experience working with governing bodies, fiscal/budgetary requirements, strategic planning, human resources management, quality assurance systems and the development and implementation of communication and reporting systems. 

Additional Requirements: A valid California driver’s license, proof of insurability, and the availability of private transportation or the ability to provide transportation between job sites is required.  

Hybrid remote schedules may be available. To ensure the health and safety of its staff, LACOE may require employees to provide evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19. 

Selection Process

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Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of a technical project and structured interview.

Contact

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Additional Information

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Minimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For more information, please go to https://lacoe.edu/jobs/hr/classified.  For additional information on our testing procedures, please visit Applicant Resources on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans' Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application, testing, and employment are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.

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