Education Subject Matter Expert

About the role

ICF is seeking an Education Subject Matter Expert to support ACF’s mission to foster health and well-being through effective, accountable, and compassionate human services. This role is part of the Prevention of Sexual Abuse project, conducting compliance audits and technical assistance for the Office of Refugee Resettlement provider community. The team ensures clinical, behavioral health, disability-related, and psychosocial risk factors are identified and addressed, promoting safe, trauma-informed, and compliant care environments to prevent sexual abuse, harassment, and other forms of child abuse and neglect.

This position is for a six-month duration with the opportunity for extension, subject to project needs, funding, and organizational requirements. The Education Subject Matter Expert will ensure educational programming, instruction, and learning environments support the safety, well-being, and developmental needs of children in care, without creating or exacerbating vulnerabilities to abuse or neglect.

This is a full-time position requiring on-call/after-hours availability and approximately 25% travel to provider sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation and oversight to care programs to ensure compliance with educational standards and alignment with child safety and protection requirements.
• Offer subject matter expertise to assess and strengthen educational services, including curricula, instruction, and access to appropriate learning supports.
• Conduct site visits and participate in inspections to evaluate education service delivery and identify risks related to safety, supervision, and program quality.
• Report serious compliance issues or conditions that may impact child safety immediately to the inspection lead.
• Support trend analysis and identify systemic issues related to educational programming that may contribute to unsafe environments or increased vulnerability.
• Develop and update education-related policies, protocols, and inspection tools to strengthen compliance and service delivery.
• Provide training and technical assistance to staff and stakeholders on best practices in education services for vulnerable populations.
• Prepare briefings, reports, and recommendations to improve educational services and inspection processes.
• Support development of compliance reports and provide recommendations for continuous quality improvement.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in education or related field with significant experience in educational programming for high-risk or vulnerable populations.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in education services, including familiarity with federal education standards (e.g., IDEA, ADA, Head Start, Special Education).
• Experience with compliance, inspections, training, and technical assistance.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze program performance and recommend improvements aligned with safety and compliance requirements.
• Strong communication, technical writing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of migrant/refugee issues, particularly related to children.
• Experience working for a refugee program.
• Prior work experience in a consulting environment.

Professional Skills

• Ability to promote and contribute to an equitable and inclusive organizational culture and environment.
• Solid team player with proven ability to manage competing priorities, perspectives, and stakeholder needs.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated outstanding level of professionalism, including ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy.

Pay

The pay range for this full-time position is $108,476.00 - $184,409.00.