Part Time - Federal Programs Coordinator

Federal Programs Coordinator

The Federal Programs position coordinates assigned federal education programs and ensures effective implementation, compliance, fiscal stewardship, monitoring, and reporting. The position collaborates with District leaders, staff, families, and required partners; provides technical assistance on federal program requirements; and serves as a District liaison to the Colorado Department of Education and other agencies. The position works closely with the Superintendent.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, minimum of three years of successful experience in public education, federal programs administration, compliance, or a related field, demonstrated ability to plan, organize, solve problems, meet deadlines, and manage complex projects, excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills, fingerprint and background clearance. Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree in education, public administration, or a related field, experience administering federal education programs and knowledge of applicable federal and state requirements, experience managing federally funded education programs, including planning, budgeting, compliance, monitoring, and reporting, knowledge of Colorado Department of Education federal program systems, monitoring, and reporting requirements, bilingual English/Spanish communication skills.

Essential job functions include organizing and submitting required applications, plans, amendments, assurances, and reports for assigned federal programs, coordinating assigned federal programs, which may include Title I-A, Title I-C (Migrant), Title III, Title IV, McKinney-Vento, and other programs as assigned, coordinating needs assessments, program planning, stakeholder consultation, and required documentation for assigned federal funds, collaborating with District staff and required stakeholders to develop program goals, implementation plans, evaluation measures, and budgets, preparing and submitting program applications, amendments, budget revisions, reimbursement documentation, and performance reports by established deadlines, monitoring budgets and expenditures, reviewing grant-funded purchases, coordinating reimbursements, and maintaining required equipment and inventory records, monitoring federally funded programs and services for compliance with program requirements, law, Board policy, approved budgets, and objectives, maintaining accurate federal program documentation for reporting, audits, monitoring, program reviews, and records retention, coordinating program reporting and evaluation, analyzing outcomes, and recommending improvements as appropriate, collaborating with District leaders to support coordinated academic programs for students performing below state and federal standards, providing technical assistance to principals, teachers, and staff regarding implementation, allowable expenditures, documentation, and compliance, coordinating professional development related to assigned federal programs and federally funded initiatives, consulting with families, staff, non-public schools, community organizations, and other stakeholders as required, serving as District liaison to the Colorado Department of Education and appropriate federal agencies for assigned programs, coordinating District responsibilities under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and assigned student-support programs, coordinating required services and consultation for eligible non-public schools and institutions serving neglected or delinquent children, maintaining an annual federal programs calendar and updating District leadership on applications, allocations, deadlines, compliance,…