Project Director for Education Equity and Extension

Job Location:

Winnebago, NE 68071, Opening Date:
October 29th, 2026 Closing Date:
Until Filled

Project Director for Education Equity Extension

FLSA Status:
Salary, Exempt

Grants

Job Status:
Full-time

8:30 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m.

Salary: $60,000 - $65,000

Director of Grants

This position is located at Village Market Building, 509 Buffalo Trail, Winnebago, Nebraska 68071

Under the general direction of the Director of Grants, the Project Director-Extension & Education Equity provides leadership, oversight, coordination, fiscal stewardship, compliance, evaluation, and reporting for Little Priest Tribal College's USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Tribal Colleges Extension Program-Capacity (TCEP-CA) and Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG). The position serves as the day-to-day program lead for the Extension grant and provides administrative and grant oversight for the Education Equity grant, including monitoring progress, reporting, compliance, and ensuring approved goals and objectives are met.

The Project Director coordinates staff, faculty, partners, and community stakeholders as appropriate and ensures both awards are administered in accordance with approved project narratives, budgets, timelines, institutional policies, award terms and conditions, and applicable federal requirements. This is a full-time, exempt position.

• Provide overall leadership and day-to-day management for the USDA NIFA Tribal Colleges Extension Program-Capacity (TCEP-CA) and administrative/grant oversight for the USDA NIFA Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants (TCEG).
• Ensure both grants are administered in accordance with approved project narratives, goals, objectives, activities, timelines, budgets, performance measures, award terms and conditions, institutional policies, and applicable federal requirements.
• Lead implementation of the TCEP-CA Extension project, including community-based, informal education and outreach activities that respond to identified Tribal and local community needs.
• Supervise and coordinate Extension personnel, including the Community Education Coordinator, Youth Education Coordinator, and Extension Assistant, and other grant-funded staff, as assigned, provide guidance to ensure Extension activities are completed on schedule and within approved scope.
• Guide and coordinate culturally relevant, science-based Extension programming in approved areas such as agriculture, food systems, natural resources, healthy lifestyles, youth development, workforce/economic development, and related community priorities.
• Expand opportunities for community members and youth to participate in workshops, demonstrations, experiential learning, outreach events, and other nonformal educational activities supported by the Extension grant.
• Provide oversight of the TCEG award by monitoring implementation of the approved project and ensuring responsible faculty, staff, and project personnel are making appropriate progress toward grant goals, objectives, activities, milestones, and required outcomes.
• Review TCEG progress with appropriate academic and project personnel, identify concerns or delays, and coordinate corrective actions or follow-up needed to keep the grant on track and within the approved scope.
• Collect and maintain documentation needed to demonstrate completion of TCEG goals and objectives, including activity records, supporting materials, performance information, and other evidence required for USDA NIFA reporting.
• Prepare and coordinate required annual, progress, performance, continuation, and final reports for both grants in collaboration with the Director of Grants, Business Office, faculty, project personnel, evaluators, and other appropriate staff.
• Track progress toward grant objectives, performance indicators, participant targets, outputs, and outcomes; maintain accurate data and supporting documentation for evaluation, reporting, monitoring, and audit purposes.
• Monitor grant expenditures and budget-to-actual activity; coordinate purchasing, travel, contracts, drawdown documentation, budget revisions, and other fiscal matters with the Director of Grants and appropriate College offices.
• Maintain organized grant records, including award documents, budgets, procurement documentation, program records, participant…