21st CENTURY GRANTS PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Arizona Department of Education

The Arizona Department of Education is a service organization committed to raising academic outcomes and empowering parents.

21st CENTURY GRANTS PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Job Location:

21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Unit

Phoenix Location

Posting Details

Salary: $78,000 - $82,500

Grade: 22

Closing Date: 11/12/2025

Job Summary

• This position will work under the direction of the Deputy Associate Superintendent to create program structures that align to program requirements and other agency initiatives while supervising staff for the implementation and evaluation of the Title IV-B program.
• Occasional in-state and rare our-of-state travel is required for this position.
  
  

Job Duties

• Supervise staff that provide oversight to school efforts in implementing 21st CCLC programs
• Provide vision, leadership, and direction regarding a system of technical Assistance directly to staff who support grantees
• Collaborate with other ADE Divisions and Sections involved in providing support to schools
• Work with DAS and ADE Communications, Finance and Grants Management to ensure that site allocations and admin set aside are appropriate for the grant award amount
• Supervise the facilitation of maintaining and/or increasing feedback from external stakeholder groups; including but not limited to LEA/Community Partner driven "Vision Teams" community advocacy groups, state and national stakeholders as they relate to 21CCLC or similar out-of-school educational opportunities
• Coordinate and lead the development of differentiated technical assistance and effectiveness of program coaching for ongoing grantees and applicants
• Supervise the creation and maintenance of program policies and procedures, both internally and externally, for the comprehensive evaluation process, application process, and corrective action planning for the effectiveness of the 21st CCLC programs on a statewide level
• Engage in aligned and applicable outreach activities with parents, families, and communities, including public event training, attendance, and participation in agency conferences and constituent events
• Ensure the provision of effective and positive customer service and support with external and internal constituents
• Coordinate and participate in aligned and coordinated monitoring of federal programs with other agency program groups
  
  

Knowledge In

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

• Evaluation for continuous improvement, knowledge of developing outcome-based information system evaluation
• Philosophy, principles, practices, methods, and trends in after school education
• Methods and procedures used in curriculum development in after school education
• Principles, practices and trends in education especially as it relates to Best Practices in the afterschool setting
• Statutory provisions covering federal grant programs
• Progressively responsible oversight of multi-million dollar federal funding
• Grant management and budget
• Applicants must have taught or administered a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant or another after school program.
• A bachelor’s degree in education, social work, recreation, or related field or equivalent experience to substitute for the degree, is required.
• Applicants must have supervisory experience.
  
  

Skills In

• Exceptional management capabilities
• Manage multiple projects at the same time, interpret and communicate data research I mandates
• Demonstrated success leading change initiatives with skill in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Facilitating and presenting to large groups
• Analytical problem-solving
• Building effective teams
• Develop strategic plans
• Organizational
  
  

Ability To

• Stay informed of federal policy and create a platform for Arizona that secures future and continued funding for 21st CCLC
• Manage a potentially growing or shrinking multi-million dollar allocation system with sound fiscal management
• Establish and maintain effective working relations with officials, representatives and other groups
• Implement new strategies for technical assistance and professional development
• Communicate clearly issues, needs, and vision with Executive Leadership
• Demonstrate the ability to understand and extrapolate
• Direct and administer educational programs
• Analyze situations and take effective action
• Formulate policy and development
• Deal with ambiguity
• Be creative and innovative
• Motivate others
• Manage vision and purpose
• Inspire and share statewide vision for 21st CCLC
• Understand and extrapolate fiscal expenditures as they relate to a multi-year award
• Understand and extrapolate fiscal expenditures as they relate to a multi-year award
  
  

Pre-Employment Requirements

• Offers are contingent upon successful completion of all background and reference checks, required documents and, if applicable, a post-offer medical/physical evaluation.
  
  

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits

The State of Arizona provides an excellent comprehensive benefits package including:

• Affordable medical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance plans
• Top-ranked retirement and long-term disability plans
• Ten paid holidays per year
• Vacation time accrued at 4.00 hours bi-weekly for the first 3 years
• Sick time accrued at 3.70 hours bi-weekly
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• Deferred compensation plan
• Wellness plans
  
  

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Retirement

You will be required to participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) upon your 27th week of employment, subject to waiting period. On or shortly after, your first day of employment you will be provided with enrollment instructions and effective date.

Contact Us

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 542-3186 or emailing Human.Resources@azed.gov. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.