NEBRASKA CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOUNDATION:

Nebraska Children and Families Foundation (NCFF) is a nonprofit created to support children, young adults, and families with the overall goal of giving our state's children what they need to thrive. We do this by building strong communities that support families. Our mission is to create positive change for Nebraska’s children through community engagement and we believe in a Nebraska where all children will have the resources and support to thrive.

SUMMARY: 

The Lead – Prevention Network, Community Technical Assistance is a member of the NCFF Prevention Network team and serves as the primary relationship-based technical assistance partner for Community Collaboratives implementing the Bring Up Nebraska prevention model.

This position provides proactive, coordinated, and responsive technical assistance that builds community capacity, strengthens prevention system implementation, and supports continuous learning and improvement. The Community TA Lead works alongside communities to help them identify answers, access resources, build skills, and problem-solve challenges. The role prioritizes trust, shared purpose, and partnership over transactions, creating the conditions for community leadership, learning, and long-term success.

The Community TA Lead partners closely with Prevention Network Leads, Research & Evaluation, Nebraska Children Program Leads and various internal colleagues (to ensure communities receive streamlined, aligned, and effective support.

Technical assistance within the Prevention Network is a relationship-centered, capacity-building process grounded in trust rather than transaction. Effective technical assistance:

• · Builds the capacity of partners by connecting them to answers, resources, and coaching
• · Meets communities where they are without assumptions
• · Embraces a growth mindset that supports learning, adaptation, and innovation
• · Uses language and practices that uplift communities rather than center the assisting organization
• · Builds on community strengths, cultural practices, and local leadership
• · Uses active listening, thoughtful questioning, and shared problem-solving
• · Supports local adaptation while maintaining alignment with core prevention principles
• · Reinforces prevention as a long-term, community-driven system

Guided by the belief that youth and families should thrive, technical assistance becomes a transformative partnership that adapts and evolves while maintaining alignment with core prevention principles.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Community Partnership & Relationship-Based Support

o Serve as the primary point of contact and relational partner for assigned Community Collaboratives.

o Build and sustain trusted relationships through consistent, proactive communication and follow-through.

o Develop deep understanding of each community’s context, strengths, priorities, and challenges.

o Meet communities where they are, using asset-based language and practices that honor local leadership.

· Technical Assistance

o Provide coaching, brainstorming, troubleshooting, and content-informed technical assistance to support prevention implementation and sustainability.

o Support communities in translating prevention frameworks into locally relevant strategies and practices.

o Assist communities in navigating challenges while balancing flexibility with fidelity to prevention principles.

o Encourage reflection, learning, and adaptive problem-solving.

· Coordination & Network Alignment

o Partner with other Prevention Network Leads to align community-level technical assistance with statewide strategies and learning efforts.

o Triage community questions and connect partners to appropriate tools, resources, and internal NCFF expertise.

o Streamline communication and reduce duplication of support across teams.

· Learning, Reflection & Continuous Improvement

o Support peer learning, shared problem-solving, and community-to-community learning opportunities.

o Identify themes, patterns, and insights emerging from community partnership to inform network-wide learning and improvement.

o Use community feedback and data to strengthen technical assistance approaches and prevention practice.

· Community Wellbeing & Prevention Practice

o Reinforce primary prevention and community wellbeing principles in planning, implementation, and reflection.

o Support a shared understanding of prevention as a long-term, community-driven system that enables children, youth, and families to thrive.

· Understand community funding streams and work with collaboratives, and internally, to best blend and braid funding for efficient and non-duplicative budgeting. 

COMMUNITY RESPONSIVENESS: Commit to and actively work toward ensuring all people are welcomed, respected, and fully supported in all aspects of duties related to staff, internal and external stakeholders, contractors, consultants, trainers, and external agencies.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: 

Background: 

· A Bachelor’s Degree in related field and/or minimum of 7 years combined education, lived, and professional experience in community building, primary prevention, and/or collective impact.

· Experience in community building in highly collaborative environments including public and private sector partnerships.

· Excellent organization and time management skills.

· Proven ability to consistently manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft productivity suite (Word,      Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and project management systems.
•  Collaborative leadership, consensus building, collective impact, servant leadership, community systems, Community capacity development and system change

Abilities:

• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. 
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to present information to audiences of varying sizes and interests, and lead group discussions in a professional, confident, and engaging manner.
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills. 
• Strong written and verbal skills, including the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively.
• Creative thinker who is consistently looking to be innovative, solution driven, critical thinking skills
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships 
• Strong organizational and project management skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail and follow-through
• Working knowledge of research-based best practices in primary prevention
• Ability to work collaboratively with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences.
• Demonstrated strong work ethic, outstanding collaborative approaches, and exceptional interpersonal skills that lead to building relationships

Equivalency Statement: Applicants who do not meet the qualifications stated above are encouraged to write precisely how their background and experience have prepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. 

· The employee frequently is required to use their hands.

· The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.

· Ability to drive.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

· Remote / Work from Home option available 

· Hybrid options available for individuals who are local to Lincoln or Omaha 

· Flexible scheduling including possible evenings and weekends

· Ability to travel, including overnight stays