Job Description
Job Title: Program Director
Exemption Status: Exempt
Reports To: Director of Family Engagement Services
Salary Range: $80,000-$85,000
Created: December 2019, Revised January 2023
General Description
The Program Director will be instrumental in maintaining fidelity while continuing to enhance the Learning Community’s North Omaha family engagement program, Parent University. Within the first year, the Director will be expected to meet the following three goals:
- Increase the percentage of families the program partners with by 20% while maintaining or exceeding current outcome measures.
- Develop and sponsor group activities that will increase parents’ partnership and engagement in their children’s school and learning.
- Add obtainable child outputs and outcome measures to the program’s logic model to enhance two-generational programming.
Essential Job Duties
Leadership
- Creates and maintains a culture where individuals, staff, and participants, flourish and achieve goals collaboratively.
- Provides administrative oversight of the day-to-day operations and staff of Parent University.
- Provides leadership in working collaboratively with existing and potential new partners in school districts and community organizations.
- Secures opportunities to diversify program funding.
Program Planning, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation
- Review evidence-based and best practices to further enhance the program design and operations on a regular basis.
- Collaborate with Learning Community leadership and program staff to further develop individualized supports and services offered by Parent University and create evaluative measures around them.
- Develop community partnerships to provide access to opportunities and resources for families in Parent University.
- Ensures that formative and summative evaluation models and practices are in place to maintain high-quality standards of operation.
Major Program Deliverables:
- Measurable increase in the number of families engaged in the program each year.
- Operational plan to secure additional funding to enhance, replicate, or scale Parent University without the use of Learning Community funding.
- Development of an operational plan to increase staff and participant retention and growth toward reaching program and personal goals.
Management
- Maintain a team of community leaders to support program sustainability.
- Provide supervision and technical assistance to other program staff.
- Responsible for regular communication with referral sources and partners.
- Manage program budget.
Minimum Requirements
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience
- Experience overseeing two-generational programs, preferably in an urban setting
- Direct experience supervising and developing employees and teams
Desired Qualities
- Master’s Degree in Education, Social Work, Public Administration, or related field.
- Demonstrated experience in North Omaha or a similar setting, working directly with children, parents, families, and community providers.
- Staff development and training background.
- Resourceful in approach to planning and accountability for accomplishing goals and objectives. Well-versed in the principles of early childhood education and family engagement.
- Innovative, critical thinker, able to translate research to practice. Knowledgeable in research base supporting family partnerships.
- Is inclusive and collaborative in leadership style and involves those who will be affected by the decision-making process.
- Brings a passionate commitment and high energy level to his/her work in supporting the success of families and staff.
Physical Requirements
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to work in a stationary position for extended periods of time; operate a computer and other office equipment, move about inside the office; frequently communicate with coworkers, vendors and members of the public. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds within and outside the organization.
The essential job duties detailed above are not an exhaustive list. Additional duties may be added, as necessary, or as assigned, by Executive Director of Elementary Learning Centers.