Coordinator of West Central Ohio Regional Education Partnership Program

Edison State Community College; Piqua (OH); On-site; USD 43,074 - 52,646; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Life Insurance

Retirement Benefits

Vacation

Sick Leave

Holiday Pay

Tuition Waiver

Tuition Reimbursement

Health Club Contribution

Job summary

Edison State Community College in Piqua, OH invites applicants for the full-time Coordinator of West Central Ohio Regional Education Partnership Program. This role coordinates grant-funded activities and aligns partners to advance shared outcomes within the prenatal-to-workforce continuum.

Ideal candidates bring project management experience, strong communication, and the ability to work across multiple sectors to meet SB208 reporting requirements and deliverables.

Qualifications

• Promote programs online and in-person with confidence across organizations.
• Ability to work independently, solve problems, and ensure grant objectives.
• Familiarity with social media platforms and office software; Ellucian preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and operate all functions of the WCOREPP to impact the West Central Ohio region.
• Plan, schedule, organize, and facilitate partner meetings and trainings.
• Manage program budget and grant obligations; track and report performance metrics.
• Maintain documentation for service delivery and project evaluation.
• Build professional relationships with stakeholders across K-12, postsecondary, workforce and community systems.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Associate degree or higher

Job description

Coordinator of West Central Ohio Regional Education Partnership Program

Department: Advancement

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Piqua

Compensation: $47,860 / year

Description

Edison State Community College invites qualified candidates to apply for the full-time position of Coordinator of West Central Ohio Regional Education Partnership Program. This position coordinates and operates the West Central Ohio Regional Education Partnership Program.

To be considered, candidates should include cover letter, resume, and list of education/work experience, including job titles in chronological order when completing their online application.

Edison State Community College is an EOE/AA Employer.

This position is 100% grant funded.

Functional Responsibilities:

• Coordinates and operates all functions of the West Central Ohio Regional Education Partnership Program to make a collective impact for citizens in the West Central Ohio region
• Engage in theories of action including: StriveTogether, C2C (Cradle to Career), Strive, CoP (Community of Practice), and other best practices and strategies focused on enhancing WCOREPP goal obtainment.
• Schedule, plan, organize, and facilitate WCOREPP partner meetings.
• Provides information to potential program participants and their families and supports intake processing as needed
• Requests, receives, gathers, and maintains documentation for all facets of service delivery and project evaluation
• Coordinates and conducts training opportunities to ensure an inclusive and supportive experience for program participants
• Manages the program budget
• Advocates for, plans, and helps identify resources to ensure program longevity beyond the scope of the grant
• Selects (and provides contextual training, if necessary) and supports individuals to fulfill project goals
• Provides communication for all aspects of the grant project
• Provide instruction for program participants as needed to support program outcomes
• Ensures grant expectations are met including goals and financial obligations
• Build and maintain professional relationships with multiple stakeholders, participants, and partner groups
• Drives accountability for the REP's progress under SB208 and serves as the designated contact for L2ED Dayton, ODEW, and state agencies on all program, reporting, and fiscal matters
• Holds authority to make day-to-day operational and coordination decisions on behalf of the backbone organization without requiring steering committee approval for each action
• Stewards the REP's agreements and is accountable for keeping partners aimed, aligned, and collaborating to implement the common agenda
• Engages consistently and reliably with Learn to Earn Dayton coaching, Communities of Practice, ODEW quarterly convenings, and other mandatory Technical Assistance (TA) activities
• Maintains presence in the region by attending partner convenings, community events, and cross-sector meetings as a visible representative of the partnership's shared work
• Keeps partners motivated by the goal that brought them together, holds partners accountable for performance metrics, and continually works across workgroups to learn and improve the partnership's collective ability to reach the shared result
• Sustains the work through leadership transitions; documents processes, maintains institutional memory, and supports governance structures that outlast any individual in the role

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Personal Qualifications:

• Must be able to promote programs online and in-person with confidence and clarity in a variety of community and business organizations.
• The ideal candidate will have the ability to work independently, solve problems, and attend to the detail that will ensure grant objectives and make a collaborative impact.
• Must follow a drug free workplace policy.
• Familiarity with social media platforms, Microsoft Office Suite Apps (Excel, SharePoint, TEAMS, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, OneDrive) and other office management and financial systems. Experience with Ellucian is preferred.
• Project management: aligns and manages partners toward shared performance metrics, tracks progress against benchmarks, and coordinates workgroups and partner deliverables across the prenatal-to-workforce continuum
• Political savvy: navigates complex multi-sector relationships, competing interests, and power dynamics across K-12, postsecondary, workforce, health, and community systems without losing credibility or momentum
• Bridge building: facilitates trusting, participatory engagement across sectors and community constituencies; holds space for resident and family voice alongside institutional leadership

Required Experience

Three or more years of project/program development experience demonstrating successful completion of goals.

Required Educational Background

Associate degree or higher with two or more years of successful related work experience. Education and experience in the following fields are preferred: social work, education, vocational, public relations, business, accounting, communications, organization management or closely related discipline.

Other

Some evenings may be required based on grant meetings and activities.

Funding

This position is 100% grant funded. Continued employment is contingent upon annual grant funding and performance in meeting established deliverables.

Benefits

The following benefits are available to full-time Professional/Technical employees. Employees working less than thirty hours a week are ineligible.

Health & Life Insurance:

• Edison State Community College provides excellent medical and dental plans with cost-shared premiums.
• The college offers a reimbursement program to share a portion of the employee's out-of-pocket expenses.
• Each employee receives an accidental death and dismemberment insurance policy.

Retirement Benefits:

• Edison State Community College participates in the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System (OPERS).
• Based upon the Ohio Revised Code, 10% of an Edison State employee's gross salary is deposited into their individual OPERS account. The college contributes an additional 14% which is not figured into the employee's base salary.
• An option for an alternate retirement plan is also available. Employee and employer contributions would be the same as above.

Benefits that are not cost-shared by the college (available for payroll deduction):

• Vision
• Supplementary Life Insurance
• 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuities

Vacation: Professional/Technical employees receive 3 weeks of vacation each year which begins accruing on the employee's first pay period. After five years of employment with Edison State the Professional/Technical employee will receive 3.5 weeks each year, after ten years this increases to 4 weeks, after fifteen years the employee will receive 4.5 weeks of vacation and this once again increases to 5 weeks after twenty years of employment with the college.

Sick Leave: Edison State employees receive 3 weeks of sick leave each year which begins accruing on the employees first pay period.

Holiday Pay: At the start of their employment employees are eligible to receive pay for the 11 holidays for which the campus is closed.

Tuition Waiver: Edison State employees receive 100% of their instructional fees waived for any Edison State courses they take. Dependents (spouse or children) of full time Edison State employees receive the same 100% waiver for Edison State course instructional fees and dependents of part time employees receive a partial waiver.

Tuition Reimbursement: Edison State offers partial tuition reimbursement for continued education.

Health Club Contribution: Edison State will pay a portion of an employee's yearly premiums for a health club membership. Memberships to some local YMCA organizations can be payroll deducted.

The college also provides an on-site fitness center to employees, students and the community at no charge.