Federal Program Administrator

About the role

• Agency
• Dept of Public Instruction
• Division
• Academic Svcs, Instructional Support
• Job Classification Title
• Education Program Administrator I (NS)
• Position Number
• 60094665
• Grade
• NC18

Description of Work

The Federal Program Administrator position is responsible for leading statewide work supported by federal funds designed to supplement and improve data and reporting systems related to compliance. Work involves conferring with federal program directors and/or organizational leadership staff to determine overall programming activities of local education agencies and/or non-government agencies to achieve maximum effectiveness with program success and compliance through monitoring and budget support.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide support for federal program reporting requirements for all applicable programs under ESEA.
• Provide data driven focus of the office to ensure the work demonstrates progress toward office goals and compliance.
• Monitor federal programs to ensure sub-grantee compliance and program quality: Serve as grants manager for 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC).
• Monitor data accuracy and federal reporting requirements and identifies improvements to operational workflows and the user experience for Public School Units, NCDPI and other stakeholders.
• Administer federal programs to ensure sub-grantee compliance and program quality: Serve as grants manager to include review of narratives, budgets, amendments, and expenditure reports.
• Coordinate data reporting, application systems, project management, and digital infrastructure supporting the Office of Federal Programs.

Develop policies and procedures for administering and evaluating federal programming in accordance with state and federal directives including the development of periodic reports to the State Board of Education, the General assembly, and the U. S. Department of Education reflecting status of programs for reporting purposes.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Recruitment Range: $63,927.00 - $100,815.00

Manager Preferences

• Experience working with federal and state provisions, regulations, and/or objectives pertaining to education programs.
• Experience in planning and/or managing multiple projects.
• Experience preparing and/or presenting formal proposals/recommendations.

• Important: This posting closes at 11:59:59 PM the night BEFORE the End Date above.
• If you have student loans, becoming a state employee includes eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Primary Purpose of the Office of Federal Programs

• The Office of Federal Programs is responsible for This division supports approximately $600,000,000 in federal funds provided to districts and schools each year and an additional $6,000,000 in state funds.
• The primary role of this division is to provide grants administration, program monitoring, data collection and reporting, and to facilitate the necessary technical assistance to ensure not only compliance, but quality programs for students.

Grant-funding programs include Title I-A, Title I-C - Migrant Education, Title II, Title III, Neglected and Delinquent, Rural Education Achievement Programs, Title IV-A, Title IV-B 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC), School Improvement Grants, and Homeless Education.

The division is responsible for other federal initiatives including the ESSA State Plan, Targeted and Comprehensive Support and Improvement, the National Title I Distinguished Schools Program, the Federal Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program, Federal Comparability Reporting, Federal Prayer Certification, Ed-Flex Authority, Consolidated State Performance Report System (CFDC), Migrant Student Interstate Exchange Initiative (MSIX), 21st CCLC Data Collection, the Committee of Practitioners (COP), Section 504, NCSTAR, and the state funded Extended Learning and Integrated Student Support Grant Program.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Some state job postings say you can qualify by an "equivalent combination of education and experience."
• If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both.
• See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

Master's degree in education, school administration, business administration, or public administration from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of responsible administrative experience in an education environment at the local, state, or federal level; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.