Program Coordinator, Youth Health & Education Grants

JMU Careers; Harrisonburg (VA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave

Health coverage

Retirement options

Well-being program

Tuition waiver

Job summary

James Madison University seeks a Program Coordinator to lead the implementation of the PREIS grant-funded program within IIHHS and SexEdVA. The role oversees planning, coordination, and day-to-day management of grant activities at multiple sites and ensures compliance with funding requirements.

The position is grant-funded, housed in CHBS, and aims to advance adolescent health through training, curriculum development, and community outreach. Hybrid work and benefits are noted.

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience working with youth and/or facilitating youth programming.
• Experience managing teams and supervising employees.
• Ability to write grants and research funding opportunities.
• Ability to relate to teens, parents, and families of varying abilities and backgrounds as well as with agency professionals, school staff, and community members.
• Ability to compose reports and organize presentations.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision, management, and leadership for the JMU Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies Program (JMUPREIS).
• Coordinate logistical details and ensure grant compliance.
• Oversee development and maintenance of relationships with fourteen implementation sites.
• Non-personnel budget management.
• Long-range planning for VPREIS student enrollment and site recruitment.
• Supervise JMUPREIS program staff.
• Assist the Program Manager with the monthly facilitator observations.
• Conduct support calls with fourteen partner sites and ensure all implementation procedures are followed to the standards outlined in the curriculum and grant.
• Provide grant research and grant development to sustain existing SexEdVA programs for the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services.
• Support JMU’s and IIHHS’ mission and vision to provide outreach programs to the community, provide quality experiential learning and opportunities to JMU students, and to enhance engaged learning and scholarship in the field of health and human services. Collaborate with academic programs to develop pathways for JMU faculty and student involvement in the PREIS program including supervision of JMU student interns, volunteers and work-study students.

Skills

Youth programming experience

Team supervision

Grant writing & funding research

Public health education

Reports & presentations

Job description

James Madison University seeks a Program Coordinator to lead the implementation of the PREIS grant-funded program within IIHHS and SexEdVA. The role oversees planning, coordination, and day-to-day management of grant activities at multiple sites and ensures compliance with funding requirements.

The position is grant-funded, housed in CHBS, and aims to advance adolescent health through training, curriculum development, and community outreach. Hybrid work and benefits are noted.