CMHI Project Director

San Felipe Pueblo; New Mexico; On-site; USD 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

San Felipe Pueblo is seeking a Project Director to plan, implement, coordinate, and evaluate CMHI grant activities under SAMHSA, ensuring compliance and alignment with family-driven, youth-guided, trauma-informed service delivery.

You will lead strategy, stakeholder engagement, workforce development, and fiscal management across multiple partners, report to SAMHSA officers, and drive continuous quality improvement to expand accessible behavioral health services for children, youth, families, and

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of experience managing complex grants, programs, or large-scale initiatives.
• Experience supervising multidisciplinary teams and collaborating with community agencies.
• Knowledge of federal grant management requirements and reporting processes.

Responsibilities

• Direct CMHI grant implementation, including annual work plans, objectives, timelines, and deliverables.
• Provide leadership and supervision for project staff, consultants, and contracted partners.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture focused on continuous improvement.
• Lead development and expansion of a comprehensive service-delivery framework across organizations.
• Coordinate grant reporting requirements and ensure timely submission of reports.
• Oversee contract management, budgets, and subcontractor performance.

Skills

Grant management

Leadership

Budget oversight

Stakeholder engagement

Team supervision

Compliance

Communication

Strategic planning

Data reporting

Program evaluation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, Education, Behavioral Health, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating all grant activities and ensuring compliance for the federally funded Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) under SAMHSA.

Department:

Pay Grade:

$31.69/hr.

FLSA:

Exempt

Job Description:

The Project Director is responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating all grant activities and ensuring compliance for the federally funded Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) under SAMHSA. This position will lead efforts to develop and sustain a comprehensive, family-driven, youth-guided, culturally responsive, trauma-informed service delivery infrastructure for, youth, young adults, and families experiencing behavioral health challenges.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Program Leadership and Management

• Direct all aspects of the CMHI grant implementation, including annual work plans, objectives, timelines, and deliverables.
• Provide leadership and supervision for project staff, consultants, and contracted partners.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture focused on continuous improvement.

Strategic Planning and Systems Development

• Lead the development and expansion of a comprehensive service-delivery framework across participating organizations and service systems.
• Facilitate strategic planning processes with stakeholders and community partners.
• Identify service gaps and implement strategies to improve access, coordination, and quality of care.
• Co-develop and promote policies and practices that support family-driven and youth-guided services.
• Guide sustainability planning efforts to ensure long-term continuation of successful initiatives.

Fiscal and Grant Management

• Manage grant budgets and expenditures in collaboration with fiscal staff.
• Monitor spending to ensure compliance with approved budgets and federal regulations.
• Review and authorize project-related expenditures.
• Coordinate grant reporting requirements and ensure timely submission of all reports.
• Oversee contract management and subcontractor performance.
• Ensure adherence to applicable federal, state, institutional, and organizational policies.

Partnership Development and Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain relationships with behavioral health providers, schools, healthcare organizations, child welfare agencies, juvenile justice systems, family organizations, and community stakeholders.
• Convene and facilitate advisory councils, governance committees, and stakeholder meetings.
• Promote meaningful participation of youth and family representatives in decision-making processes.
• Represent the organization and grant initiative at local, state, and national meetings and conferences.
• Serve as the primary contact with SAMHSA project officers and technical assistance providers.

Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement

• Collaborate with evaluators to implement required national and local evaluation activities.
• Monitor program performance indicators and outcomes.
• Utilize data to guide decision-making, identify trends, and improve program effectiveness.
• Ensure implementation of continuous quality improvement processes.
• Review and disseminate evaluation findings to stakeholders and funding agencies.

Community Outreach and Public Awareness

• Promote awareness of System of Care services and accomplishments.
• Support community engagement activities, public education efforts, and outreach initiatives.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with community organizations and advocacy groups.
• Present information about the grant and its impact to diverse audiences.

Workforce Development and Training

• Support training initiatives that strengthen workforce capacity in System of Care principles and evidence-informed practices.
• Promote professional development opportunities for project staff and system partners.
• Ensure implementation of trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and equity-focused practices across participating systems.

Additional Responsibilities:

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions or to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Qualifications, Education and/or Experience:

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, Education, Behavioral Health, or a closely related field.

EXPERIENCE/ BASIC KNOWLEDGE

• Minimum of five years of experience managing complex grants, programs, or large-scale initiatives.
• Experience supervising multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with community agencies and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience managing budgets and contracts.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Thorough understanding of children’s behavioral health systems.
• Knowledge of federal grant management requirements and reporting processes.
• Strong leadership, strategic planning, and organizational development skills.
• Excellent project management abilities, including budget, timeline and personnel management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Self-motivated, adaptable and solution-oriented.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and data reporting systems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work requires driving and involves standing, bending, and walking within the community, schools, clinics, and homes and driving a car in all types of road conditions. Lifting and carrying is necessary to set up equipment for special events and teaching programs.