Director of Federal Programs

Job Description

Qualifications:

\n

• Masters degree with a major in educational leadership, educational supervision, or a related field

\n

• Minimally five (5) years of successful experience in public education, including central office, elementary or secondary education

\n

• Experience with ongoing fiscal monitoring of budgets and spending and programmatic compliance of grant guidelines

\n

• Five (5) years of experience in successful grant proposal writing and grants management preferred

\n

• Demonstrated knowledge of grant award life cycle including proposal submission, post award management and administration

\n

• Prior experience with Title Programs to include compliance and reporting

\n

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

\n

• Experience with managing time, documentation and competing priorities

\n

\n

Note: 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.

\n

\n

Summary

\n

The Director of Federal Programs will work under the guidance of the Chief of Performance Management, Equity and Accountability to ensure fiscally responsible implementation, monitoring and compliance of all Federal Programs including, but not limited to, all Title Programs, community collaborations such as Nita M. Lowey 21st Century programs and other post-secondary partnerships such as Gear Up.