Program Coordinator I - 61150988

About the role

The SC Department of Children's Advocacy is seeking a hardworking and dependable candidate for the Program Coordinator I position. This role offers great state benefits, including 15 days of annual and sick leave per year (or more depending on applicable state service).

Responsibilities

• Supports statewide efforts to promote adoption of legally free children in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
• Coordinates photo shoots, recruits volunteers, supervises interns, and organizes promotional events to ensure all eligible children are featured in the Heart Gallery.
• Maintains web and social media content, captures and prints promotional photos, and tracks statewide exhibit locations and active child profiles in a centralized spreadsheet.
• Works under minimal supervision, exercising independent decision‑making and problem‑solving skills under the general guidance of the South Carolina Heart Gallery Program Manager.
• Demonstrates knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures relevant to the South Carolina Heart Gallery and the broader child welfare system.
• Exercises sound judgment and discretion while building effective working relationships.
• Proficient in website administration and photo editing software.
• Collaborates with DSS and FCRD to identify legally free children across South Carolina to participate in Heart Gallery photo shoots.
• Identifies and coordinates photo shoot locations and recruits volunteers.
• Participates in monthly Foster Care Review Board (FCRB) meetings to support permanency planning discussions.
• Coordinates the printing, distribution, and public display of photographs for exhibits and social media platforms to promote adoption for legally free children across South Carolina.
• Collaborates, communicates, and interacts professionally with children, DCA staff, and external partners to fulfill the agency's mission and uphold its professional standards.
• Maintains and administers the centralized Inquiry tracking system for legally free children and exhibit locations throughout the State of South Carolina.
• Provides operational support to the South Carolina Heart Gallery by supervising assigned interns and coordinating individual porch photo shoots for children unable to attend scheduled group sessions.
• Performs all duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma and relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience approved by the Division of State Human Resources (DSHR).
• Position may require overnight travel.
• Position may require the employee to work evenings and weekends.
• Position requires routine driver duties.
• Position requires frequent stooping and/or bending.
• Position requires essential declaration.
• Job requires travel throughout the state.
• Applicant must possess a valid South Carolina driver’s license, a reliable vehicle, and the ability to drive independently throughout the state.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree is preferred.

Skills

• Proficient in website administration and photo editing software.
• Demonstrates knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Exercises sound judgment and discretion while building effective working relationships.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, long‑term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year.
• 15 days sick leave per year.
• 13 paid holidays.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available.
• Retirement benefit choices:
  • State Retirement Plan (SCRS)
  • State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP)
• Enrollment in one of the listed retirement plans is required for all FTE employees; refer to the contribution section of the linked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay.