RESTART Grant Coordinator

290 EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

290 Employment Security Commission seeks a program manager to oversee the justice-impacted grant portfolio, ensuring deliverables and compliance with federal requirements. You will collaborate with subrecipients, workforce boards, and American Job Centers to align services and expand employer partnerships.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3–5 years in grant management, with strong budgeting and communication skills. On-site presence in Oklahoma City is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; Master’s preferred.
• 3–5 years of progressive grant management experience in criminal justice reform, workforce development, or social services.
• 1 year of technical administrative experience may count for one year of required experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee grant portfolio operations and day-to-day workflows.
• Coordinate with subrecipients, partner organizations, and state leadership.
• Ensure compliance with federal requirements and performance outcomes.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social work, public administration, criminal justice, nonprofit management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Grant management software

Job description

Job Type & Compensation

Full/Part-Time: Full time. Job Type: Regular. Annual Salary: $65,000.00. Hourly: $31.25.

Working Hours & FLSA Status

Primary Working Hours: M-F; 8:00am - 5:00pm. FLSA Status: Exempt. Location: Oklahoma City, OK.

Job Description

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer at the time of application. The agency is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

Benefits

• The State of Oklahoma offers a comprehensive Benefits Packet, including a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

Position Essential Functions

Responsible for overall project implementation, performance management, coordination with subawardees, partner organizations, and OESC/state agency leadership. Oversee day-to-day operations and workflow for the justice-impacted grant portfolio, ensuring deliverables are met. Ensures alignment and compliance with federal requirements and performance outcomes. Establish and maintain data tracking systems in compliance with Department of Labor requirements for this grant. Track program participant milestones, outputs, and long-term outcomes while maintaining participant confidentiality. Assist with the preparation of timely financial and programmatic progress reports to funding agencies. Conduct regular analysis and evaluation of fiscal and programmatic grant progress, needs, and objective attainment. Collaborate with subrecipients to formalize referral pipelines and expand employer partnerships. Coordinate services with local workforce development boards in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, as well as American Job Centers, to support WIOA co-enrollment, access to Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) programs, and alignment with existing workforce services and funding streams. Align program models and standardized assessment tools and Individual Development Plan (IDP) process across grant subrecipients. Coordinate services with community partners, correctional facilities, local employers and education and training providers. Align grant services with the state’s broader workforce system modernization efforts to institutionalize them through ongoing WIOA-funded services, ensuring that training pathways, employer partnerships, and coordinated service delivery models are sustained beyond the grant period. On-site attendance is an essential function of the position, as the role requires direct interaction with staff, clients, and on-site office resources. These job functions, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Valued Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

• Knowledge of: Familiarity with the unique needs of justice-impacted individuals and barriers to reentry (e.g., housing, employment, record expungement).
• Familiarity with justice system processes (prison reentry, jail reentry, court-ordered diversion programs, etc.).
• Familiarity with the Oklahoma workforce ecosystem.
• Methods of organization and management.
• Public administration Agency policies and procedures.
• Grant management and/or procurement & contract requirements.

Skill and Competencies: Excellent verbal and written communication skills expressing ideas clearly and concisely. Proficiency in grant management software and strong financial budgeting capabilities. Possessing the ability to convene partners in an impactful way.

Ability to: Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. Exercise good judgment in analyzing situations and making decisions.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

Work is typically performed in an office setting with climate-controlled settings and exposure to moderate noise levels determined by the office environment. While performing the duties of the job, employee is required to talk, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms requiring periods of sitting or standing and daily use of computer and phone. It also requires the occasional use of the office machinery in accordance with safety and security protocols.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience requirements for this position consist of: A bachelor’s degree in social work, public administration, criminal justice, nonprofit management, or a related field; preference may be given to individuals with a master’s degree; Plus three to five years of progressive experience in grant management, specifically within the criminal justice reform, workforce development, or social services; an understanding of how serving system-impacted people differs from serving people without that particular barrier. NOTE: One year of technical administrative* experience may be applied for one year only of the required experience. No substitution will be allowed for the required professional level experience in a supervisory or administrative capacity.

Special Skills/Requirements

Computer Skills – Employee must be capable of proficiently using the OESC’s standard software (Microsoft Office - Word, Outlook, Excel, Access, and Teams), and the Internet, as well as proficiency to learn other software as needed.

Employee must be capable of lifting, carrying, and moving objects of up to 25 pounds.

Ability to travel without restrictions to locations with the local workforce areas, and other relevant and necessary state, regional, and national meetings.

Accommodation Statement

OESC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities may be provided upon request.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.

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