Project Aware: LEA Project Manager

Grandview School District #200; Grandview Township (OH); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Grandview School District #200 in Washington seeks a program leader to guide behavioral health initiatives across six schools, coordinating staff, screening surges, and crisis response. You will align screening, prevention, referral, and student support activities as part of a district-wide plan.

The role emphasizes universal screening, timely referrals, language-access campaigns, and collaboration with clinicians to protect student wellbeing within a 10-day target.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years delivering or coordinating behavioral health, prevention, or student support services for school-aged youth.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Education, Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, or closely related field.
• Master's degree preferred in Education, Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, or related field.
• Experience in K-12 settings, program leadership, staff supervision, or grant-funded project coordination.
• Washington ESA certification as School Counselor/Social Worker/Psychologist or Health license.
• Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor certification.
• Experience training adults; knowledge of evidence-based prevention and suicide prevention practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively with families in Spanish.
• Valid Washington driver's license and insurability for district business driving.

Responsibilities

• Direct daily implementation across six schools to carry out the approved project plan and meet objectives.
• Supervise, support, and evaluate staff; set priorities, schedules, and performance expectations with building administrators.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to align screening, prevention, intervention, referral, and student support activities.
• Schedule and oversee universal screening using validated behavioral health instruments at grade checkpoints.
• Manage referral workflows with principals, counselors, and district clinicians to connect students to MOU services within 10 school days.
• Monitor referral status, service access, barriers; coordinate follow-up and escalate delays per district crisis procedures.
• Support threat assessment teams and coordinate Tier 3 crisis response, postvention, and grief support with partners.
• Lead Tier 1 mental health, substance use, and co-occurring prevention across all schools; run campaigns in families' languages.
• Implement sources of strength, student wellness projects, healthy technology education, and evidence-based practices.

Skills

Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree (Education|Counseling|Social Work|Psychology|Public Health)

Master's degree in Education|Counseling|Social Work|Psychology|Public Health

Job description

What You'll Be Doing

• Directs daily implementation across six schools for the purpose of carrying out the approved project plan and meeting program objectives.
• Supervises, supports, and evaluates assigned staff; establishes work priorities, schedules, and performance expectations; and coordinates assignments with building administrators.
• Coordinates a multidisciplinary team at each school to align screening, prevention, intervention, referral, and student support activities.
• Schedules and oversees universal screening using validated behavioral health instruments at designated grade-level checkpoints, consistent with District procedures, applicable consent requirements, and common districtwide tier thresholds.
• Manages referral workflows with principals, counselors, School Mental Health Coordinators, and co-located partner clinicians to connect referred students and students with positive screening results to appropriate MOU services within the project's 10-school-day target.
• Monitors referral status, service access, and barriers; coordinates follow-up; and elevates delays and unmet needs to the Project Director. Ensures urgent concerns receive immediate action under District crisis procedures.
• Supports behavioral threat assessment teams and coordinates Tier 3 crisis response, postvention, and grief support with District personnel, the 988 Lifeline, and the Greater Columbia regional crisis system.
• Leads Tier 1 mental health, substance use, and co-occurring condition awareness and prevention across all seven schools, including campaigns for students, families, and staff in families' preferred languages.
• Implements Sources of Strength, student-led annual wellness projects, healthy technology education, and evidence-based

What We Offer

• Salary: $ 115,000- $130,000 per year, depending on experience
• Excellent benefits package: Medical, Dental, Vision, paid time off, paid holidays and more

Job Details

• Working days: 5 days per week / 260 days per year
• Hours per day: 8 hours
• Temporary Position
  • Tentative Dates:10/30/2026-9/30/2031

What You'll Need

• Experience Minimum three years of experience delivering or coordinating behavioral health, prevention, or student support services for school-aged youth. Experience providing services or interventions to school-aged youth is required. Working knowledge of school-based screening, referral, and crisis-response practices and demonstrated ability to organize and track time-sensitive work across multiple buildings are required.
• Education Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Education, Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, or a closely related field is required.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Master's degree in Education, Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, or a related field.
• Experience in a K12 setting, program leadership, staff supervision, or grant-funded project coordination.
• Washington ESA certification as a School Counselor, School Social Worker, or School Psychologist, or a Washington Department of Health behavioral health license.
• Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor certification.
• Demonstrated experience delivering training or instruction to adult learners; working knowledge of evidence-based prevention and suicide prevention practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively with families in Spanish.
• Certificates and Licenses Valid Washington driver's license and evidence of insurability for required District business driving. The employee maintains any certifications, licenses, or credentials required for assigned responsibilities.

About Grandview School District

We are a rural and innovative school district offering a wide variety of academic programs and services. Grandview School District is 2A and has over 3,800 students of which 92% are Hispanic. Grandview is nestled in the lower Yakima Valley, a productive agricultural region noted for fruit, wine and hop production. The community also sees over 300 days of sunshine per year.

Working at GSD 200

Grandview School District in partnership with our scholars, families and community is investing in cultivating a culture of success by empowering and challenging each scholar to reach their full potential in all aspects of academics and life. Through a collaborative systematic approach, the Grandview School District is devoted to providing quality education that will empower and challenge all scholars to acquire and apply skills in a diverse, ever changing community that values respect, tolerance, diversity and relationships.

At Grandview Schools

• Partnering with scholars, families and community
• Empowering & challenging each scholar to reach their full potential
• Educating our scholars for an ever-changing world

Work Environment

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling, some climbing and balancing, some stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling and some fine finger dexterity. Generally the job requires 50% sitting, 25% walking, and 25% standing. The job is performed under minimal temperature variations and in a generally hazard free environment.

Our mission celebrates diversity. We are committed to equal opportunity employment.

Grandview School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Executive Director of Special Programs is the assigned Title IX Coordinator/ Section 504/ADA Coordinator/ Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator. Contact information is as follows; 913 W 2nd St Grandview WA 98930, 509-882-8500, [e-mail]