Skills for the Future Grant Project Coordinator

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is seeking applicants for an Education Testing and Accountability Consultant II (Working Title: CGSA – Skills for the Future Grant Project Coordinator) for our Office of Accountability and Testing. 

Application: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/northcarolina/jobs/4867810/cgsa-skills-for-the-future-grant-project-coordinator

This position is responsible for overseeing all operations related to implementing the grant across a network of three districts (Mooresville Graded School District, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, and Iredell-Statesville Schools) in North Carolina while supporting the management of the grant in the following ways:

• collaborating with project partners to coordinate activities, share best practices, and ensure successful project implementation.
• engaging with stakeholders at the state and local levels, including educators, administrators, families, and community partners, to gather input, build buy-in, and ensure project success.
• managing all aspects of the grant, including budgeting, annual reporting to the U.S. Department of Education, and compliance with grant requirements.
• overseeing the development and delivery of professional development sessions for educators and school counselors on durable skills instruction and use of the skills suite.
• working closely with technical teams to oversee the development and refinement of the skills suite, including evidence collection tools, scoring rubrics, and student transcripts.
• collaborating with evaluators and the assistant director (psychometrics) to assess the effectiveness of the skills suite in improving student outcomes and workforce readiness.
• coordinating the dissemination of project outcomes, best practices, and research findings to a wide audience, including educators, policymakers, and the public.

Qualified candidates must document on the application that they possess all of the following: 

• Demonstrated experience utilizing instructional methods and/or techniques using a variety of modalities for adult learning.
• Demonstrated experience in grant management.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with various stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office, Google Docs/Slides/Sheets, and/or other digital workspaces
• Demonstrated experience with project management and/or tasks, timelines, etc.

Management Preferences:

• Thorough knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and regulations that govern public education in North Carolina.
• Preferred experience with high school.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• Master’s degree in Education, Tests and Measurement, Education Research, Education/Quantitative Psychology and Statistics, or Statistics, from an appropriately accredited institution and three years of directly related experience in an education environment needed to perform the work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.