Program Director, 21st Century Learning Grant

Location: River Valley School District

Position Type: Full-Time, Grant Funded

Position Summary:

This position will plan, develop, write, administer, coordinate, and maintain the 21st CCLC grant-funded program that will serve district/community students.

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications for this job description are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Essential Duties

• Provide progressive and dynamic leadership to the program, staff, students, parents, and community people.


• Track measurable goals and objectives for programs as outlined in grant proposals.


• Provide leadership in developing sustainability needs for future years; research and develop relationships for sustainability


• Recruit and hire appropriate employees and volunteers to participate in programs.


• Research, identify, analyze, and implement needs of the programs through appropriate assessments.


• Project, track, and balance budgets to ensure that they comply with program and district/agency financial policies, procedures, and requirements.


• Manage allocated budget by tracking expenditures, requesting budget revisions, ensuring contracts for purchased services are complete before work begins, submitting contractor invoices in a timely manner, determining needs for materials and supplies, inputting electronic/manual purchase requisitions, maintaining purchase order log, and submitting receipts and other paperwork to the appropriate persons or departments.


• Report verbally and in writing to the appropriate administrator(s)/board of directors on progress and future direction in connection with the programs


• Manage and support the staff involved with the project, providing supervision and guidance in support of their efforts.


• Represent the school, the district, and/or agency as a liaison, advocate, and coordinator of the programs as described in the program requirements.


• Interact with students as a group as well as individually.