Project Aware: LEA Project Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Temporary position (10/30/2026 - 9/30/

Temporary position (10/30/2026 - 9/30/

Job summary

Grandview School District seeks a program coordinator to direct behavioral health initiatives across six schools, oversee staff, and align screening and referral processes with district objectives.

The role includes leading prevention efforts, managing urgent cases per crisis procedures, and promoting wellness projects district-wide in multiple languages where needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of experience delivering or coordinating behavioral health, prevention, or student support services for school-aged youth.
• Working knowledge of school-based screening, referral, and crisis-response practices.
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, or closely related field; Washington driver license required.

Responsibilities

• Directs daily implementation across six schools to meet program objectives.
• Supervises, supports, and evaluates staff; sets priorities and coordinates with building admins.
• Coordinates multidisciplinary teams to align screening, referral, and student support activities.
• Schedules and oversees universal screening using validated behavioral health instruments.
• Manages referral workflows to connect students with services within 10-school-day target.
• Monitors referral status and follows up; escalates delays per crisis procedures.
• Supports crisis response and prevention through Tier 3 coordination with district partners.
• Leads Tier 1 mental health awareness across seven schools; languages as needed.
• Implements Sources of Strength and student-led wellness projects.

Skills

Behavioral health coordination

Project coordination

Time management

Staff supervision

Education

Bachelor's degree

Washington driver license

Job description

Frontline Applicant Tracking - Grandview School District

• 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
• Working days: 5 days per week / 260 days per year
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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:

We are cultivating a culture of success by:

• 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]