Lhsc Program Coordinator

At the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, our mission is to administer the State’s highway safety grant program. Louisiana’s highway safety program is designed to reduce traffic crashes and the resulting deaths, injuries, and property damage.

The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission (LHSC) is seeking an LHSC Program Coordinator to join our team – a proactive, forward-thinking team that moves our mission forward using focus and collaboration. This position will serve the LHSC as a Police Traffic Services (PTS) Coordinator and be responsible for developing, implementing, managing, and monitoring the traffic safety enforcement program designed to reduce motor vehicle deaths and injuries in assigned area(s) of the state.

This position will play a key role in managing the full project lifecycle for all assigned traffic safety enforcement sub-grants and contracts and will assist and support these sub-grants in implementing evidence-based and best practice countermeasures to reduce motor vehicle traffic deaths and injuries.

• Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.
• Managing Projects: The ability to initiate, plan, execute, manage, and close‑out all project goals within the established timeline.
• Using Data: The ability to use relevant and valid data to inform a recommendation for action.

• Acting with Ethics and Integrity: The ability to be consistent, honest, and a trustworthy steward of State resources.
• Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
• Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to accept ownership for your actions, behaviors, performance, and decisions.
• Demonstrating Initiative: The ability to assess information and take action independently to help the organization achieve its goals.
• Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws.
• Managing Time: The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.
• Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.

• Four years of experience in highway safety‑related programs, administrative services, law enforcement, or engineering.
• Six years of full‑time work experience in any field plus one year of experience in highway safety‑related programs, administrative services, law enforcement, or engineering.
• A bachelor's degree plus one year of experience in highway safety‑related programs, administrative services, law enforcement, or engineering.
• An advanced degree in business administration, public administration, public relations, criminal justice, law, engineering, or statistics.

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full‑time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours, which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

• Prepare and manage sub‑grant agreements, contracts, amendments, and related documentation.
• Monitor sub‑grantees and contractors through on‑site and desk reviews to ensure program and fiscal compliance.
• Provide guidance and corrective actions to sub‑recipients not meeting performance or fiscal requirements.
• Review reimbursement claims for accuracy, completeness, and proper budget authorization.
• Research traffic safety programs, trends, and effective countermeasures for statewide implementation.
• Coordinate with state and national highway safety partners to identify emerging issues and best practices.
• Review sub‑grant applications and recommend funding for assigned program areas.
• Interpret federal and state regulations and provide technical guidance to…