What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Administrator 2 position at Ohio Department of Education and Workforce?
Responsibilities
Serves as a Program Administrator 2 in the Office of Federal Programs. This position will report directly to the Office Director and support the office with various policy, programmatic and operational responsibilities:
Organization
Education and Workforce
Agency Contact Name and Information
Morgan Webb (morgan.webb@education.ohio.gov)
Unposting Date
Jan 18, 2026, 10:59:00 PM
Work Location
Ohio Department of Education
Primary Location
United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus
Compensation
TBD
Schedule
Full-time
Work Hours
40 hours a week
Classified Indicator
Classified
Union
Exempt from Union
Primary Job Skill
Program Management
Technical Skills
Program Management
Professional Skills
Collaboration
Agency Overview
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education for each of Ohio’s 1.7 million students. The Department provides the resources and supports essential to raising student achievement and accelerating learning opportunities, advancing the connectivity between K-12 and postsecondary learning, creating programs to support and expand workforce experiences, and ensuring students have the necessary supports to be ready each day to learn.
As the governing body responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education within the State of Ohio, the Department of Education and Workforce is dedicated to promoting educational excellence and ensuring equal access to learning opportunities for all students. The Department is committed to collaborating with schools, districts, educators, students, families, businesses, nonprofits and all stakeholders to achieve our educational goals.
Serves as a Program Administrator 2 in the Office of Federal Programs. This position will report directly to the Office Director and support the office with various policy, programmatic and operational responsibilities:
- Serves on the Office leadership team assisting with office policy, data and programming determinations
- Assists the office director or director’s designee with coordinating the Committee of Practitioners, a key stakeholder as prescribed by federal ESEA. Duties include, but not limited to, the following:
- Supporting the committee chair and committee member relations
- Determining agenda topics and working cross-agency for materials and information
- Directing and oversee the committee work assigned to the administrative professional such as membership, meeting logistics, applications, meeting minutes, record keeping, correspondences to and from committee
- Co-manages and supports the Title I distinguished schools programming including determining eligible schools, application development and scoring
- Serves as point of contact for office data collection, facilitation, reporting and validation. This includes reviewing and submitting data to federal agencies according to timelines
- Performs necessary research and analysis of applicable laws and regulations
- Assists office director and/or assigned office personnel on the implementation to completion of federal and state auditor reviews
- Supports federal title grant allocations and loads
- Services on ED STEPS leadership assisting with coordinating the project and supporting system functionality including systems specific to office business including CCIP migration, comparability, maintenance of effort and maintenance of equity, nonpublic data
- Supports, helps provides assignments to and serves as backup to the office’s administrative professional on duties, including but not limited to, the following:
- Managing all office-based email boxes and triaging messages to appropriate staff for attention
- Coordinates records, audits, and documents according to federally mandated requirements
- Managing the office inventory and action steps repository
- Supports and coordinates internal and external trainings, arranging webinars and in-person platforms, locations and participation
- Or completion of undergraduate core program in business administration, management science or public administration; 2 yrs. trg. or 2 yrs. exp. in supervisory, administrative &/or managerial position.
- Or completion of undergraduate core program in academic field commensurate with program area to be assigned per approved Position Description on file; 2 yrs. trg. or 2 yrs. exp. in supervisory, administrative &/or managerial position or staff position involving planning, research &/or policy/procedure development.
- Or 1 yr. exp. as Program Administrator 1, 63122.
- Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above
Organization
Education and Workforce
Agency Contact Name and Information
Morgan Webb (morgan.webb@education.ohio.gov)
Unposting Date
Jan 18, 2026, 10:59:00 PM
Work Location
Ohio Department of Education
Primary Location
United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus
Compensation
TBD
Schedule
Full-time
Work Hours
40 hours a week
Classified Indicator
Classified
Union
Exempt from Union
Primary Job Skill
Program Management
Technical Skills
Program Management
Professional Skills
Collaboration
Agency Overview
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education for each of Ohio’s 1.7 million students. The Department provides the resources and supports essential to raising student achievement and accelerating learning opportunities, advancing the connectivity between K-12 and postsecondary learning, creating programs to support and expand workforce experiences, and ensuring students have the necessary supports to be ready each day to learn.
As the governing body responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education within the State of Ohio, the Department of Education and Workforce is dedicated to promoting educational excellence and ensuring equal access to learning opportunities for all students. The Department is committed to collaborating with schools, districts, educators, students, families, businesses, nonprofits and all stakeholders to achieve our educational goals.