Department of Education Director
Department of Education DirectorJob Code:04-23-1-003
Location: Anchorage
Salary:$61.54
Summary:
This professional-level, exempt, full-time position reports to the Deputy Director. The Department of Education Director, in conjunction with executive management, plans, coordinates, and manages Chugachmiut educational programs, including day-to-day operations, as well as actively participates in strategic planning, grant development, and administration. This position manages educational and cultural programs including Head Start, and portions of Chugachmiut’s P.L. 102-477 Programs. The position is also responsible for department contracts, MOAs, grant management, and policy & budget development, including research, review, and advisement.
Major Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating all Department of Education staff.
- Coordination and supervision of programs offered by Chugachmiut’s education department, including workshops, presentations, and special educational events.
- Identification of trends and needs in education and design of programmatic responses, including preparation of program descriptions and narratives for grant applications.
- Development and nurturing relationships with other organizations to strengthen connections with Chugachmiut communities.
- Development of budgets for education programs and tracking to ensure that programs operate within financial parameters set for in the board-approved budget.
- Oversite of scheduling of education programs.
- Interpretation and compliance with relevant regulations, guidelines, and standards in cooperation with administrative staff.
- Participation in grant proposal planning, preparation, tracking, and compliance with reporting requirements.
- Performs other duties as assigned or required.
- Grants management
Education Requirements:
- Master’s degree in education or a related field is required.
- Five to Ten years of experience as a full-time faculty in an institution of higher education: school systems or university level.
- Superintendent or Principal experience a plus
- Experience writing and administering grants or other external funding.
- Experience with Indigenous populations of students.
- Familiarity with working with non-traditional students.
- Experience with budget development and management.
Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills:
- Important personal qualities that will aid in meeting the position’s challenges include a high degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently, tempered by a cooperative spirit and the ability to take direction from the Executive Management team; flexibility; tact; patience; and organizational ability.
- Demonstrated leadership, supervisory, and organizational abilities.
- Ability to develop and present educational programs and workshops.
- Experience with Non-profit management.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel, MS Office Suite, and collaboration software user.
Hours of Work:
Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with one hour for lunch. Chugachmiut maintains a drug and alcohol and non-smoking work environment.