Chief of Accountability

Position Type:
Administration

Date Posted:
9/25/2024

Location:
Administration
Position Title: Chief of Accountability
Department: Office of Accountibility
Reports To: Superintendent of Schools

Purpose of Position
This senior leadership position will provide leadership in the areas of Federal Programs, School Improvement, English Language Development, grant and other funding opportunities, accountability to federal, state, and local regulations and requirements, and effectively collaborate with other departments to ensure the district continual improvement in our schools and the growth of our various leaders and supervisors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership in grant development, conducting appropriate activities to identify grant opportunities for the District and to secure such grants, including submission/writing of grant proposals as needed.
• Serves as manager of grant services with expertise in grant research and development to provide strategic leadership, technical assistance, grant-related services and support, and communication to District administrators and grant partners.
• Effectively designs, implements, and evaluates District competitive grant writing activities across the organization, including but not limited to, identifying grant opportunities, writing grant applications, gathering data necessary for grants, and crafting grant reports in a regular and timely manner.
• Collaborates with administrators and staff to ensure that grant activities are tightly aligned with the goals and objectives of grant programs and in accordance with policies and regulations.
• Supervises the personnel and functions for grants program management and grant reporting.
• Stays abreast of current grant resources, grant writing best practices, and developments at the local, state, and national levels to incorporate in all aspects of work.
• Oversees the research of competitive grants from local foundations, grants.gov, and similar websites, and communicates opportunities with appropriate administrators and contracted grant writer.
• Proactively and efficiently collects and organizes data to use for grant applications and as required by the goals and objectives of specific, large grant programs; delivers to administrators in a timely manner.
• Ensures that the terms and conditions of agreements are met and properly documented by maintaining a grants database, managing grants files, directing contract/agreement review and signature processes, tracking timelines, deliverables, and budgets, tracking all grant/contract restrictions, and tracking all matching funds.
• Maintains comprehensive and accurate records (e.g. meeting minutes, activities notes, summaries, reports, travel records, and budget) for all grant-related activities.
• Proactively initiates, develops, and maintains internal and external relationships and partnerships that enhance programs and services to the District.

Minimum Training and Experience Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

• Bachelor's degree, technical degree or equivalent from an accredited university in business, finance or education administration
• Master's degree Master's Degree in Educational Management/Administration
• 5 or more years related work experience working collaboratively with district departments to inform decision-making on behalf of students, staff and community as necessary
• 5 years of grant writing experience; proven knowledge of grant/project/contract administration, management, and reporting.
• 5 years of experience working effectively with school administrators and staff personnel
• Knowledge and experience in working with budgets, financial analysis, and/or business reports and concepts required

Please see the attached the job description for the complete details regarding the duties, educational and work experience requirements of this position.

Attachment(s):

• Chief of Accountability 9.24.24.pdf