EDUCATION CONSULTANT 3 - 06262024- 59402

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ESSA AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tn.gov/education/career-opportunities.html

This position is designed as hybrid.

Working Title: Perkins Grant & ESEA Grant Manager

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Possession of a bachelor¿s degree from an accredited college or university and experience equivalent to substantial (five or more years of) full-time professional educational or instructional work, including at least two years of supervisory/administrative or advisory work.

Substitution of Education for Experience: Graduate coursework from an accredited college or university may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years, there being no substitution for the required two years of specialized experience.

OR

One year of experience as an Education Consultant 2 with the State of Tennessee.

Necessary Special Qualifications: Applicants for this class may be required to:

• Possess a valid driver¿s license.

Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions. For Executive Service positions, Minimum Qualifications, Necessary Special Qualifications, and Examination Method are determined by the appointing authority.

Summary

Summary: Under direction, is responsible for administrative and consultative work of considerable difficulty and supervisory work of average difficulty in supervising the activities of subordinate professional staff engaged in developing, interpreting, and providing technical assistance in implementing policies, procedures, and guidelines for the administration of large and complex statewide educational programs or for directing a major education initiative under the direction of the commissioner of the appointing agency or the State Board of Education; performs related work as required.

Distinguishing Features: An employee in this class is responsible for developing and administering complex statewide education programs and may supervise subordinate professional consultants. This class differs from that of Educ Consultant 2 in that incumbents of the latter plan and develop policies, procedures, and guidelines for directing a major education initiative under the direction of the commissioner of the appointing agency or the state board of education; performs related work as required.

Responsibilities

Monitoring and Controlling Resources:

• Reviews and approves budgets.
• Monitors program budgets and cost allocation plans and monitors individual program expenditures.

Developing Objectives and Strategies:

• Supervises, participates in, and makes recommendations in the development, interpretation, implementation, and enforcement of policies, procedures, and guidelines affecting the administration and operation of educational programs, activities, services and/or initiatives.
• Supervises and participates in analyzing and assessing educational needs and developing immediate and long-range plans to meet these needs.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards:

• Ensures that the original intent and purpose of specific educational programs are fulfilled.
• Evaluates the implementation of vendor or sub-recipient's contractual obligations.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others:

• Evaluates and provides feedback on education assistance grant proposals submitted by local education agencies and makes recommendations and decisions on approval or denial.
• Supervises technical assistance to local education agencies and other educational institutions in complying with educational policies and procedures and planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating educational projects, programs, activities and services.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates:

• Supervises subordinate consultative staff in developing state plans for the administration of specific educational programs and the development of guidelines for the distribution of educational funds.
• Assigns, trains, supervises, and evaluates subordinate professional consultants and clerical employees.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:

• Attends, participates in and/or conducts conferences, meetings, and seminars at the local, state, and national level in order to promote and disseminate information concerning educational programs, activities and services and remains informed of new and changing policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Communicates with representatives with the US Department of Education.

Coaching and Developing Others:

• Encourages innovation in meeting program goals and seeks feedback on program improvement.
• Coaches and mentors district level supervisors, teachers and fiscal directors.

Scheduling Work and Activities:

• Develops timelines for programs.
• Schedules staff development training, meetings and conferences.

Training and Teaching Others:

• Develops and implements training programs for stakeholders.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems:

• Analyzes a section's organization, operations, policies and procedures, and makes recommendations and decisions on improvements in economy, efficiency and quality in these areas.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others:

• Provides technical assistance to local education agencies and other educational institution personnel and/or appropriate staff in implementing specific educational program policies and procedures at the local level.

Documenting/Recording Information:

• Supervises and participates in the development, preparation, and maintenance of records and reports, including policy directives, instructional and training manuals, administrative procedural manuals, contracts, survey and statistical data, and financial and administrative records and reports.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others:

• Addresses conflict among local districts and stakeholders.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work:

• Creates project plans and manages appropriate timelines.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships:

• Establishes and maintains a variety of important personal contacts including inter/intra departmental associates and higher-level officials. Contacts may include directors of schools, local supervisors, principals, teachers, board of education members, and other individuals in order to promote, discuss, explain, and resolve problems concerning the administration and enforcement of educational policies, procedures, and regulations.

Staffing Organizational Units:

• Makes recommendations on staff employment, retention, promotion, demotion, performance evaluations, and other human resources actions.

Interacting With Computers:

• Enters and maintains data into web-based applications and applicable software packages.

Handling and Moving Objects:

• Packs, handles, and moves training materials for set-up of conferences, meetings and training sessions.

Competencies

Competencies:

• Integrity and Trust
• Ethics and Values
• Written Communication
• Problem Solving
• Perseverance
• Building Effective Teams
• Decision Quality
• Drive for Results
• Time Management
• Perspective

Knowledge:

• Administration and management
• Education and teaching
• English language

Skills:

• Active listening
• Critical thinking
• Learning strategies
• Reading comprehension
• Speaking
• Writing
• Instructing
• Negotiation
• Persuasion
• Social perceptiveness
• Complex problem solving
• Judgment and decision making
• Systems analysis
• Systems evaluation
• Management of financial resources
• Management of material resources
• Management of personnel resources

Abilities:

• Category flexibility
• Information ordering
• Oral comprehension
• Oral expression
• Problem sensitivity
• Selective attention
• Written comprehension
• Written expression
• Speech clarity
• Speech recognition

Tools & Equipment

• Computer
• Copier/Scanner
• Media Equipment