Project AWARE Project Director

Communities In Schools of the South Plains; Lubbock (TX); Sur place; USD 75 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Communities In Schools of the South Plains is seeking a Project Director to provide leadership for the federally funded Project AWARE initiative across Lubbock-Cooper ISD campuses. The role emphasizes strong project management, partnership development, and grant oversight to strengthen behavioral health supports for students and families.

The position involves supervising staff, coordinating with school districts and community partners, and ensuring SAMHSA grant expectations are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, social work, counseling, psychology, public health, human services, nonprofit management, public administration, or a related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of four years of progressively responsible leadership experience in education, behavioral health, youth-serving organizations, nonprofit management, or related fields.
• Experience leading complex programs, initiatives, or projects involving multiple stakeholders, partners, and implementation sites.
• Experience supervising professional staff and leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing and maintaining collaborative partnerships with schools, community organizations, behavioral health providers, and public agencies.
• Experience using data, evaluation findings, and performance measures to monitor outcomes and support continuous quality improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and lead strategic planning and implementation efforts.
• Interest in mission-driven, community-based work.

Responsabilités

• Provide leadership and day-to-day management of Project AWARE implementation, including efforts among CIS-SP staff, LCISD personnel, and community partners.
• Oversee project activities, timelines, deliverables, and budget expenditures.
• Ensure project goals, objectives, and grant requirements are achieved in accordance with SAMHSA expectations.
• Support implementation of a three-tiered framework focused on mental health awareness, prevention, early intervention, and referral services.
• Serve as the primary project contact with SAMHSA and other grant stakeholders.
• Supervise the LEA Project Manager and Evaluator and support coordination of project staff and activities.
• Promote effective communication and collaboration across participating campuses and organizations.
• Monitor project performance and progress toward outcomes.
• Review project data and evaluation findings and support continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure timely completion of required reports and grant deliverables.
• Maintain compliance with federal grant requirements, organizational policies, and applicable regulations.

Connaissances

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Communication

Strategic planning

Formation

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree preferred

Description du poste

SUMMARY:

The Project AWARE Project Director provides overall leadership and management of Communities In Schools of the South Plains’ federally funded Project AWARE initiative. This position is responsible for ensuring successful implementation of a comprehensive school-based behavioral health framework across all Lubbock-Cooper ISD campuses through effective project management, staff supervision, strategic planning, partnership development, and grant oversight.

The Project Director supervises the LEA Project Manager and oversees evaluation activities to ensure project goals, performance measures, reporting requirements, and SAMHSA grant expectations are achieved. Working closely with CIS-SP staff, LCISD personnel, behavioral health providers, families, and community partners, the Project Director leads systems-level planning, continuous improvement, and sustainability efforts designed to strengthen behavioral health supports for students and families.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership and Program Management

• Provide leadership and day-to-day management of Project AWARE implementation, including efforts among CIS-SP staff, LCISD personnel, and community partners.
• Oversee project activities, timelines, deliverables, and budget expenditures.
• Ensure project goals, objectives, and grant requirements are achieved in accordance with SAMHSA expectations.
• Support implementation of a three-tiered framework focused on mental health awareness, prevention, early intervention, and referral services.
• Serve as the primary project contact with SAMHSA and other grant stakeholders.
• Supervise the LEA Project Manager and Evaluator and support coordination of project staff and activities.
• Promote effective communication and collaboration across participating campuses and organizations.

Planning and Partnerships

• Establish and facilitate the Project AWARE Advisory Board.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with schools, behavioral health providers, families, and community organizations.
• Lead strategic planning and sustainability efforts for Project AWARE.
• Support needs assessment, resource mapping, and development of referral pathways and partnership agreements.
• Assist with identifying opportunities to strengthen and sustain mental health supports within participating schools and communities.

Performance and Compliance

• Monitor project performance and progress toward outcomes.
• Review project data and evaluation findings and support continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure timely completion of required reports and grant deliverables.
• Maintain compliance with federal grant requirements, organizational policies, and applicable regulations.

QUALIFICATIONS

To successfully perform this job, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree education, social work, counseling, psychology, public health, human services, nonprofit management, public administration, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.

• Minimum of four years of progressively responsible leadership experience in education, behavioral health, youth-serving organizations, nonprofit management, or related fields.
• Experience leading complex programs, initiatives, or projects involving multiple stakeholders, partners, and implementation sites.
• Experience supervising professional staff and leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing and maintaining collaborative partnerships with schools, community organizations, behavioral health providers, and public agencies.
• Experience using data, evaluation findings, and performance measures to monitor outcomes and support continuous quality improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and lead strategic planning and implementation efforts.
• Interest in mission-driven, community-based work.

TRAVEL

Regular local travel is required to schools, partner organizations, meetings, trainings, and other project-related activities. Statewide travel may occasionally be required.

CIS South Plains is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to cultivating an environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, marital status, familial status, disability, or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.