Project AWARE Project Director

The Project AWARE Project Director provides overall leadership and management of Communities In Schools of the South Plains’ federally funded Project AWARE initiative. This position is responsible for ensuring successful implementation of a comprehensive school-based behavioral health framework across all Lubbock-Cooper ISD campuses through effective project management, staff supervision, strategic planning, partnership development, and grant oversight.

The Project Director supervises the LEA Project Manager and oversees evaluation activities to ensure project goals, performance measures, reporting requirements, and SAMHSA grant expectations are achieved. Working closely with CIS-SP staff, LCISD personnel, behavioral health providers, families, and community partners, the Project Director leads systems-level planning, continuous improvement, and sustainability efforts designed to strengthen behavioral health supports for students and families.

• Provide leadership and day-to-day management of Project AWARE implementation, including efforts among CIS-SP staff, LCISD personnel, and community partners.
• Oversee project activities, timelines, deliverables, and budget expenditures.
• Ensure project goals, objectives, and grant requirements are achieved in accordance with SAMHSA expectations.
• Support implementation of a three-tiered framework focused on mental health awareness, prevention, early intervention, and referral services.
• Serve as the primary project contact with SAMHSA and other grant stakeholders.
• Supervise the LEA Project Manager and Evaluator and support coordination of project staff and activities.
• Promote effective communication and collaboration across participating campuses and organizations.

• Establish and facilitate the Project AWARE Advisory Board.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with schools, behavioral health providers, families, and community organizations.
• Lead strategic planning and sustainability efforts for Project AWARE.
• Support needs assessment, resource mapping, and development of referral pathways and partnership agreements.
• Assist with identifying opportunities to strengthen and sustain mental health supports within participating schools and communities.

• Monitor project performance and progress toward outcomes.
• Review project data and evaluation findings and support continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure timely completion of required reports and grant deliverables.
• Maintain compliance with federal grant requirements, organizational policies, and applicable regulations.

To successfully perform this job, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor’s degree education, social work, counseling, psychology, public health, human services, nonprofit management, public administration, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.

• Minimum of four years of progressively responsible leadership experience in education, behavioral health, youth-serving organizations, nonprofit management, or related fields.
• Experience leading complex programs, initiatives, or projects involving multiple stakeholders, partners, and implementation sites.
• Experience supervising professional staff and leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing and maintaining collaborative partnerships with schools, community organizations, behavioral health providers, and public agencies.
• Experience using data, evaluation findings, and performance measures to monitor outcomes and support continuous quality improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and lead strategic planning and implementation efforts.
• Interest in mission-driven, community-based work.

Regular local travel is required to schools, partner organizations, meetings, trainings, and other project-related activities. Statewide travel may occasionally be required.

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