Statewide MoPAACT Project Director

St. Louis Community College; Bridgeton (MO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Louis Community College seeks a Project Director to lead and coordinate the statewide Missouri Partnership for Advanced Manufacturing, AI Infrastructure, and Career Training (MoPAACT).

This role ensures implementation per the approved plan, supports participating institutions, and monitors milestones and budgets while ensuring quality reporting and data collection across the consortium. The position requires strong leadership, grant management experience, and the ability to work with diverse

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible project-management experience.
• Experience administering or coordinating federally funded grants, including implementation, reporting, documentation, or compliance responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex projects, managing multiple priorities, and meeting established deadlines.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, interpersonal, organizational, and meeting-facilitation skills.
• Master’s Degree in education, public administration, business administration, workforce development, project management, or a related field is preferred.
• Experience managing a consortium or coordinating projects involving multiple institutions or organizations is preferred.
• Experience working with community colleges, workforce development programs, employer partnerships, or state agencies is preferred.
• Experience with participant data, performance reporting, program evaluation, federal workforce grants, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs, Eligible Training Provider List processes, or short-term credential programs is preferred.
• Project-management certification or formal project-management training is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day implementation of MoPAACT in accordance with the approved proposal, Notice of Award, work plan, federal requirements, and STLCC policies.
• Coordinate project activities among STLCC, MCCA, participating community colleges, state agencies, employers, workforce partners, the external evaluator, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain the project implementation schedule and monitor activities, deliverables, performance measures, participant estimates, milestones, dependencies, and deadlines.
• Convene and facilitate consortium meetings, working groups, and implementation teams; document decisions, responsibilities, action items, and follow-up.
• Provide participating institutions and partners with clear guidance, technical assistance, and training on project procedures, deliverables, timelines, reporting, and documentation requirements.
• Coordinate with the MoPAACT Data Specialist, participating colleges, state partners, and the external evaluator to support consistent data collection, data quality, performance reporting, and evaluation activities.
• Support statewide employer engagement and the development of employer-aligned programs, career pathways, credit articulation processes, Workforce Pell readiness, Eligible Training Provider List participation, and work-based learning opportunities.
• Monitor programmatic performance and progress toward spending approved budgets; identify delays, underspending, risks, or implementation barriers; recommend corrective actions; and elevate significant concerns to the appropriate STLCC personnel.
• Prepare and contribute to required reports, work-plan updates, presentations, progress summaries, meeting materials, and other grant documentation.
• Maintain complete and organized programmatic records and represent MoPAACT and STLCC in meetings with federal, state, education, workforce, industry, and community partners, as assigned.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Meeting facilitation

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

St. Louis Community College seeks a Project Director to lead and coordinate the statewide Missouri Partnership for Advanced Manufacturing, AI Infrastructure, and Career Training (MoPAACT).

This role ensures implementation per the approved plan, supports participating institutions, and monitors milestones and budgets while ensuring quality reporting and data collection across the consortium. The position requires strong leadership, grant management experience, and the ability to work with diverse