Overview Of Kinnect

Kinnect is an Ohio-based non-profit organization dedicated to developing KinFirst strategies and delivering programs that strengthen kinship connections and inclusive support networks for families, young people, and children. Kinnect has spent 20 years collaborating with families, public agencies, and private providers to ensure young people and families have the belonging, resources, and relationships they need to thrive.

Kinnect’s purpose, vision, and guiding principles center family and kin and promote a KinFirst culture in every aspect of our service delivery and advocacy efforts for families, young people, and children. Kin is family, family is kin, and whether relationships involve relatives or chosen family connections, a KinFirst culture is the way we work and live each day.

Kinnect is proud to be a nationally recognized leader and pioneer in the field, which led to the development of KinnectU, a training, consulting, and replication branch of Kinnect, to provide these services to all child- and family-serving organizations. Our programs include the Ohio Kinship and Adoption Navigator (OhioKAN) program, Kinnect to Family (KTF), and Youth Centered Permanency Roundtables (YCPRT). Kinnect is grateful to receive support from a variety of sources, including contracts with government entities, partnerships with nonprofits, generous grants, and invaluable donations from foundations and private donors.

Overview Of The OhioKAN Program

The Ohio Kinship and Adoption Navigator Program (OhioKAN) is a program of the Department of Children and Youth, managed by Kinnect. OhioKAN is a statewide flexible and responsive navigator program designed to support children, youth and their families across Ohio. Built on the belief that families are inherently capable of finding solutions to the challenges they face, OhioKAN strengthens family networks and community connections.

Position Summary

The Regional Coordinator is a full-time position dedicated to supporting implementation by coordinating within one of OhioKAN’s 10 service delivery regions. The Regional Coordinator reports to the Regional Director, supports Coaches within their region, and collaborates frequently with OhioKAN staff from other regions and the statewide team. The primary function of this role includes administrative support to the region, coordinating regional communications and events, and managing data and program records.

Essential Functions:

Administrative Support

• Supports the Regional Director in achieving programmatic goals
• Takes clear comprehensive notes of regional meetings and trainings
• In collaboration with the Community Track team supports communications with and scheduling of the Regional Advisory Council
• Coordinates meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure regional staff have adequate supplies and equipment
• Responds to inquiries from prospective OhioKAN program participants and provides referrals as needed
  
  
  

Regional Communications and Event Coordination

• Coordinates regional trainings and learning collaboratives in partnership with staff from other regions
• Schedules, organizes, and staffs regional meetings and other regional events (e.g. trainings and outreach events)
• In collaboration with the Community Track team creates and regularly updates a list of community events and service providers across the region
• Maintains regular communication with other regions, Regional Directors and other coordinators
  
  
  

Data and Records Management

• Maintains regional records and fiscal reports for Flex Funds
• Maintains orderly and complete regional records including training/program materials and notes from OhioKAN programmatic activities
• Maintains regional SharePoint site by organizing and archiving OhioKAN program procedures and activities
• Facilitates communications related to the evaluation and ensures data entry and CQI processes take place as scheduled by elevating need areas to the Coach and Regional Director
• Enters data and runs reports in the OhioKAN Databases and SACWIS on a weekly basis
  
  
  

Education/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Related experience using databases strongly preferred
• Experience maintaining an internal SharePoint site and a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office strongly preferred
  
  
  

Working Conditions

• Travel required, as needed. Must have access to own transportation.
• This job requires occasional overnight travel
• Kinnect as an organization has a Hybrid Work Model that combines remote and on-site work at Kinnect, as well as routine on-site or in-person work with team members, partner sites, community events, and direct service in the field.
• This role will utilize standard office equipment that will be provided by Kinnect
  
  
  

Hiring Process

The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check and drug screening. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal conviction(s) will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

Guiding Principles and Competencies

Partnership: Bringing our collective experience and skillsets to relationships that support our connectedness and achievement of our mission.

• I build constructive and effective relationships to find common ground and solve problems
• When I participate in teamwork, I will ensure that I am giving everyone accurate and timely information as needed to move forward on our common goals
• I reprioritize when needed and create focus to strengthen partnerships throughout times of change
• I strive to help people feel included, respected, and valuable about being a member of the team
  
  
  

Innovation: Continuous and dynamic process where creative ideas are valued, discussed, and implemented to significantly disrupt routing and prevailing structures.

• I am willing to share my ideas, even the new and unique ones, when brainstorming, problem solving and in my daily work
• I explore issues through a lens of equity and inclusion by co-creating solutions with people, not for people. I am committed to centering and elevating the voice of those we serve, whether it be families, youth, caregivers, team members or our partners. I am willing to design programs and solutions for the future we want to have.
• When faced with challenges, I remain curious, look beyond the obvious and my own lens and perspective to push myself to look for multiple solutions even though I might not have all the answers. I am open to iterating and continuous learning
• I choose to view failure as an opportunity to learn
  
  
  

Integrity: Having the courage to live the Kinnect values of dignity, respect and honesty.

• I strive to be self-aware and open to feedback that allows for development and growth
• I stay aligned with Kinnect’s values while maintaining flexibility to incorporate new ideas and perspectives
• During difficult times, I strive to maintain composure, self-regulate, maintain my sense of self-awareness and stay in empathy when working through issues
• I take responsibility for contributing to high quality and inclusive end results, for the good of the greater team
• I take responsibility for my own boundaries, self-care, and rest so that I am able to engage meaningfully in my work at Kinnect
  
  
  

Outcome Focused: We strive to measure our work, to pivot, iterate, and improve to accomplish desired results.

• I make time and space to assess process, progress, and results
• I work with my team to make sure we all have up-to-date information so we can make accurate and informed decisions
• I ask for what I need to be able to contribute and perform to the best of my ability
• I keep families, youth, community partners and Kinnect team members in mind when creating goals and throughout the course of the project
  
  
  

Communicate Effectively: Develop and deliver communications using various methods that conveys a clear understanding of the unique needs of the different audiences we communicate with.

• Attentively listens to others
• Provides timely and helpful information to others across the organization
• Encourages the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions
• Ability to utilize multiples communication methods such as telephone, email, letters, reports, to name a few to share information and to keep people informed of progress or what is needed
  
  
  

Critical Thinking for Managing Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

• Ask questions that will help accurately analyze situations
• Acquire data from multiple and diverse sources to help solve problems and to innovate
  
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employment

Kinnect maintains a policy of nondiscrimination toward all employees and applicants for employment. All aspects of employment with us will be governed on the basis of competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, or gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, sexual expression or identity, national origin, physical, intellectual or emotional ability, marital or partnership status, parental or family status, medical or genetic status, veteran’s or disabled veteran status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. Employment Posters stating current regulatory and legal requirements are posted in Kinnect’s main office and on the intranet.

American’s With Disabilities Act

This position involves sitting in a stationary position for at least 50% of the time and the ability to ambulate without assistance to attend on-site meetings, as needed. The job requires movement in a typical office environment with file cabinets, office machinery, office furniture and typical hallway and access doorways. The position must operate typical office equipment, such as copiers, telephones, computers and peripherals. This job requires that the person must have the ability to access transportation to attend meetings and special events. The organization provides reasonable accommodations for this position.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work to be performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position.

Kinnect maintains a policy of nondiscrimination toward all employees and applicants for employment. All employment decisions at Kinnect are based on organizational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, and will be governed on the basis of competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, or gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, sexual expression or identity, national origin, physical, intellectual or emotional ability, marital or partnership status, parental or family status, medical or genetic status, veteran’s or disabled veteran status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. Employment Posters stating current regulatory and legal requirements are posted in Kinnect’s main office and on the intranet.