SENIOR MANAGER, FEDERAL PROGRAMS

Socket.dev; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange County Public Schools is seeking a seasoned professional to coordinate and provide expertise to private schools and district departments, aligning federal grant priorities with district goals. The role involves overseeing grant programs, budgets, and performance data to drive student achievement.

The position requires a Master’s degree and multiple years of experience in coaching, grant management, and budget development.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required or preferred.
• One year of coaching or teacher leadership experience.
• Three years developing, implementing, and monitoring state or federal grant programs as a teacher or administrator.
• One year of budget development/implementation experience; Excel preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate instructional programs with private schools and district departments.
• Monitor third-party contracts and review student performance data to ensure academic achievement.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor a tracking system for federal programs, budgets, and grant implementation.
• Provide consultations and expertise to private schools and district departments to improve learning outcomes.

Skills

Coaching

Grant management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

Excel

Database systems

Job description

Compensation

Salary Schedule

Overview

To coordinate, provide and make available desired expertise to help private schools and district departments achieve desired priorities in response to needs and disparities identified at the school and classroom level.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree from an accredited institution, preferred.
• One (1) year of coaching or teacher leader required, to include leading professional learning and using coaching competencies to adult learners.
• Three (3) years developing, implementing, and monitoring state or federal grant programs as a teacher or administrator.
• One (1) year of experience in budget development and implementation using excel preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:Knowledge of teaching and learning processes. Knowledge of finance, budget development and implementation; knowledge of grant writing. Knowledge and use of Excel and database systems. Knowledge and commitment to decentralized decision-making and accountability for results that facilitate creative processes toward achievement of district goals. Ability to work and communicate effectively with people to focus resources (both human and financial) toward the achievement of district goals. Ability to facilitate group processes in consensus building, conflict resolution, planning and decision-making. Understands that quality teaching and learning are the essential processes and product of public schools and has the ability to focus human and financial resources toward this end.

REPORTS TO: Director, Federal Programs

SUPERVISES: Administrative support

MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT: Machines, tools, equipment, electronic devices, vehicles, etc., used in this position. Telephone, Computer, (Personal Computer and Mainframe), Automobile, Copier

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:Describes physical conditions of this position.Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated as Light Work.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:Physical activities of this position. Percent of a typical day involved in each applicable activity is noted.Percentage70 Sitting: Resting with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs.10 Standing: Assuming an upright position on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.10 Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.5 Bending: Lowering the body forward from the waist.5 Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.5 Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position through the use of the upper extremities and back muscles exerting up to 10 pounds of force.80 Finger Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.70 Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.90 Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately, loudly or quickly.90 Hearing Acuity: The ability to perceive speech and other environmental sounds at normal loudness levels.90 Visual Acuity: The power to see at a level which allows reading of numbers and text, operation of equipment, inspection of machines, etc.Note: Will total more than 100 percent as several activities may be performed at one time.

WORKING CONDITIONS:Conditions the worker will be subject to in this position.Indoors and Outdoors: The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.

• Manifest a professional code of ethics and values.
• Respond to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Model the routine, intentional and effective use of technology in daily work, including communications, organization, and management tasks.
• Work with and through third party provider to coordinate instructional programs in private schools receiving Title I funds.
• Monitor third party provider contract in excess of $6M reviewing multiple student performance data including both state and local performance metrics and assessments to ensure student academic achievement.
• Assist private schools and district departments in developing service delivery plans or grant programs in accordance with comprehensive needs assessments and state guidelines.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor a tracking system related to the federal programs, budget development and program implementation with Private Schools and district departments.
• Provide, upon request, consultations with Private Schools and district departments.
• Provide expertise and support services to Private Schools and district departments to help them increase school learning, success, and achievement of Federal Grant priorities.
• Serve as liaison with Private School and district department personnel to assure consistency of federal program requirements and those functions required for district wide consistency and standardization.
• Assist the Director, Grants, to plan and direct a system of feedback and assessment of grant programs to determine responsiveness to the needs of the private schools and district departments.
• Keep the Director, Grants informed through state required written reports regarding desktop monitoring of federal programs for both private schools and district departments.
• Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to all HRMD guidelines and the district’s instructional initiatives.
• Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to fixed assets.
• Develop leadership in subordinates.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attend training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate information and accountable for the quality of information maintained by those they supervise.
• Responsible for self-development and keeping up to date on current research, trends, and best practices relevant to the area of responsibility.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.
• Essential Performance Responsibilities

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:Non-bargaining unit compensation plan, twelve months, 8.0 hours per day.

EVALUATION:Performance in this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board’s policy on evaluation of personnel.11/27/2024