Program Specialist Community Education (21st CCLC)

• Work Calendar: **201
• FTE: **1.0 (40 Hours per Week)
• Contract Status: **Contract
• FLSA Status:** Non-Exempt
• Reports To: **Supervisor of Community Education
• Starting Wage: **$46,228 annually
• Salary Schedule/Lane: **38/Q/01
• Benefits: **Eligible
• Anticipated Start Date:** 01/20/2026
• Priority Screen Date:** 01/06/2026
  
  

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Positions Available: 1

**Position Open Until Filled**

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**JOB SUMMARY**

*The Program Specialist Community Education position would oversee the four (4) 21^st^ Century Community Learning Center (21^st^ CCLC) grant elementary schools: Glendale, Liberty, Mountain View, and Rose Park, and two (2) School Age Quality 22 (SAQ 22) grant elementary schools: Backman and Escalante. This position will focus on delivering high-level program support in the four (4) areas of engagement: Academic, Organizational, Student, and Community. This position will develop trainings and help create lesson plans to be shared throughout the Community Education After-School Program (CEASP). This is a time-limited, grant-funded position, and continued employment is dependent upon continued grant funding.*

**MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**

• All positions require selected candidates to be fingerprinted and successfully pass a criminal background check.* Additional minimum required qualifications for this position are:
• College-level coursework
• Experience in and knowledgeable of age-appropriate activities, stages of child development, Individual Education Plans, and concepts of learning
• Experience working with community programs and partnerships, volunteers, families, and stakeholders in programs and services that support after-school programs
• Experience and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Speak, read, write, and present professionally, analyze, and interpret English written and verbal communications
• CPR/First Aid Certificate: must complete and earn certification within 30 days of starting work
• Valid Driver's License and evidence of insurability with dependable/reliable access to transportation
• Ability to operate standard office equipment, including phone, scanner, and copy machine
  
  

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**

*These are examples of skills and experience that the best-qualified candidates may have. Not having one or all of them does not disqualify any candidate from consideration.*

• Bachelor's degree in education, social work, or another related field
• Experience in a K-12 education or public employment environment
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Spanish or other language proficiency, including the ability to read, write, speak, and understand
  
  

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES**

• Provides oversight and programmatic support of the 21^st^ Century Community Learning Center (21^st^ CCLC) grant schools and School Age Quality 22 (SAQ-22) schools.
• Provides Academic Engagement: to grant schools by providing support to staff and students using the academic engagement online platform used by the Commun
  
  

ity Education After-School Program (CEASP).

• Provides Organization Engagement: to meet the social and emotional learning (SEL) needs of the participating students by utilizing an evidence-based curriculum to train staff. This position will train coordinators in leadership, management, mentoring, coaching, youth well-being, and quality programming with the objective aimed at increasing program quality.
• Provides Student Engagement: to ensure that students are measured a minimum of four times per year using the Community Education Social and Emotional Competency Assessment (CE-SECA).
• Assists with lesson plan creation and preparation to be shared throughout the CEAP to be utilized and for continuity of high-quality programming.
• The position will provide direction and training to group leaders on how to create SEL lesson plans that include learning objectives and active student engagement using the Utah After-School Network (UAN) lesson plan template. Oversee SEL lessons twice per week by CEASP staff, ensuring to incorporate Kagan structures.
• Provides Community Engagement: during the duration of this grant period, help facilitate and build relationships with community-based organizations (CBOs) throughout Salt Lake County. By establishing and maintaining these partnerships within the community, it will strengthen our high-quality programming in all our CEASPs.
• This position supports family engagement events at the CEASPs a minimum of four times per year. The position will coordinate and help develop SEL lessons that utilize evidence-based curriculum at the family engagement events. The position will create and distribute family surveys to receive feedback to help improve future programming.
• Collaborates with internal and external parties (e.g., District personnel, other districts, community Organizations, state agencies, etc.) to implement and/or maintain services and programs.
• Communicates with department employees (e.g., by phone, in person, via email, etc.) to provide information, program support, and ensure effective and efficient operations of After School programs.
• Prepares focused trainings based on the quality concentration needed most assistance in the department to provide high-quality programming for all our CEASPs using the program quality assessment tool.
• Performs department personnel functions (e.g., facilitates training to ASP staff, reviews with new site personnel training previously deployed at the beginning of the school year, monitors and maintains required training hours needed for state requirements, offers additional training to employees who require extra support to improve their performance, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring adequate staffing to deliver quality programs.
• Participate in meetings, workshops, and seminars, as assigned, to convey and gather information required to perform functions.
• Evaluate situations (e.g., involving other staff, students, parents, the public, etc.) to take appropriate action and direct to appropriate personnel for resolution.
• Support a team environment by collaborating with own and other work units to effectively perform the duties of the position.
• Work under limited supervision, utilizing time-management and prioritization strategies, accurately processing detailed information, and meeting deadlines.
• Adapt to changing work priorities and work with frequent interruptions, as required.
• Speak, read, write, analyze, understand, and follow written and verbal communication in English, including grammar and punctuation; listen to, and understand information and ideas presented verbally or in writing.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance to fulfill job requirements efficiently and effectively.
• As needed, roll, push, pull, bend, reach, stoop, and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Other duties as assigned.
• EMPLOYEE SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:** Yes
  
  

**WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS**

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: lifting to 50lbs, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling, frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling, and significant fine finger dexterity. The job requires 10% sitting, 70% walking, and 20% standing. The job is performed under minimal temperature variations and in a hazard-free environment.

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