Grant Specialist
Full Time • RupaKunde Team
Job Description:
Day to Day: 40% processing grants, data entry, knowledge of managing grants and collaborating with other teams. 60% education, working with literacy related efforts.
- Promote the science of reading and ensure collaboration and coordination among literacy activities in birth-5years old, K-5, 6-12.
- Manage activities required by the Arizona Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant activities
- Occasional in-state and rare out-of-state travel is required for this position
- Candidates should apply with an ability and willingness to work in-office up to five days per week as business needs necessitate.
- Job Duties:
- Coordinate, establish, and maintain meaningful collaboration between the CLSD grant projects and literacy-related efforts across the agency and community partners.
- Manage multiple grant activities, grant budget management, compliance, use data to assess and inform literacy programs, and develop technical assistance for schools, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), and early childhood programs.
- Provide for dissemination of information, resources in support of the CLSD grant
- across multiple channels (e.g., published reports, webinars, site visits, training,
- conference presentations), adhering to the U.S Department of Education’s
- guidelines.
- Provide support services, technical assistance, and tools to schools, LEAs, and
- early childhood programs participating in the Arizona’s CLSD grant.
- Maintain ongoing support to Arizona’s CLSD grantees and other stakeholders.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):
Knowledge in:
- Adult learning styles
- Science of Reading, Evidence based Literacy practices
- Fiscal management and budget preparation
- Standard accounting principles and procurement
- High-quality ECE programming, as well as implementation to provide assistance
- to programs with implementing the structural elements of high-quality
- programming
- Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood, Elementary Education, data and/or finance
- field, a related field, or equivalent working experience to substitute for the degree
- Minimum two years’ experience providing professional development, coaching
- and/or technical assistance
Skills in:
- Public speaking, effective writing, and oral communication
- Expertise in best practices for adult learners
- Organization, time management, and ability to attend to multiple tasks
- Decision making and problem-solving skills
- Moderate proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
Ability to:
- Identify a goal, create plans to achieve the goal, and ensure appropriate time and
- effort is allocated to complete the project
- Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships
- Provide grant technical assistance and/or professional development to grant
- programs
- Create presentations and present to the public
- Competence in research methods, data analysis, assessment and evaluation
- Organize others and bring together diverse groups of people
- Selective Preferences:
- Preference will be given to those applicants with:
- Arizona Teaching Certification with a Literacy and or/Reading Endorsement
- Experience working with and managing grants
- Experience working in programs that support children and families
- Pre-Employment Requirements:
- Offers are contingent upon successful completion of all background and
- reference checks, required documents and, if applicable, a post-offer
- medical/physical evaluation.
- If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of
- the job, then the following requirements apply. Driver’s License Requirements.
- All employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic
- Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).
- Required to have a bachelor's degree OR 2+ years of relevant experience. Candidates that do not meet this required will be rejected.
- Day to Day: 40% processing grants, data entry, knowledge of managing grants and collaborating with other teams. 60% education, working with literacy related efforts.
Compensation: $30.00 - $36.00 per hour
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