Accounting, Analysis Skills, Budget Management, Budgeting, Budgeting Software, Business Operations, Calendar Management, Charter Schools, Computer Software, Conferences, Data Analysis, Detail Oriented, Documentation, Federal Grants, Finance, Financial Audit, Financial Compliance, Funding, Government, Grant Writing, Interpersonal Skills, Inventory Management, Inventory Reports, Lesson Plans, Maintain Compliance, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Operations Management, Organizational Skills, Performance Management, Physical Demands, Project Tracking, Record Keeping, Registrar, Regulations, Regulatory Requirements, Reimbursement, Reporting Skills, Time Management, Training/Teaching, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
As a pioneer in the Charter school movement, CSUSA is one of the fastest-growing education management organizations in the United States, providing a wide variety of educational choices to over 82,000 students in more than 150 schools across Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Louisiana. Charter Schools USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer."> Grant Coordinator-Charter Schools USA (CSUSA)-LA-Baton Rouge-
Grant Coordinator
As a pioneer in the Charter school movement, CSUSA is one of the fastest-growing education management organizations in the United States, providing a wide variety of educational choices to over 82,000 students in more than 150 schools across Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Louisiana.
Charter Schools USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
LA-Baton Rouge-
Charter Schools USA (CSUSA)
As a pioneer in the Charter school movement, CSUSA is one of the fastest-growing education management organizations in the United States, providing a wide variety of educational choices to over 82,000 students in more than 150 schools across Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Louisiana.
Charter Schools USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. https://www.charterschoolsusa.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=394111&type=d
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Full-Time
Overview:
Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) is one of the largest and highest performing education management companies in the United States, proudly serving over 82,000 students in over 150 schools in four states. Founded by Jonathan Hage in 1997, CSUSA's mission is a Relentless Commitment to Student Greatness in School and in Life. CSUSA provides an academically rigorous education to students equipping them with real world readiness, prepared for college or career after graduation. With an unwavering dedication to the success of students from every background, CSUSA is closing the gaps in achievement and opportunity, keeping our promise of Strong Minds, Good Hearts.
Job Purpose
To join a team of people with the mission: Relentless Commitment to Student Greatness in School and in Life . If you love inspiring and motivating young learners and want to put students first in education, CSUSA is the right place for you. We deliver on our promise of Strong Minds, Good Hearts through an education model that gives every student the opportunity for success. As a Grants Coordinator, you will ensure the successful development, implementation, and closeout of grants to meet school and funder goals and objectives. The Grant Coordinator will oversee and be the main point of contact for program implementation, program compliance and audits, financial compliance, renewals, and any other related items requested by the funder(s). This position will be grant funded and may be allocated to one or more grant sources, including, but not limited to: Title I, SIG, IDEA, and Perkins.
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Responsibilities:
- Administers and monitors all aspects of the grant according to funder specifications.
- Works with school staff to ensure grant programs are implemented with fidelity.
- Maintains calendar with all pertinent grant related deadlines to ensure grant progress and work with school staff to implement grant funding strategies.
- Works closely with Regional Business Operations Manager, Principal, Business Operations Manager, Registrar, Enrollment, Accounting, Finance, Grants Specialist, and other support staff to ensure program and financial compliance.
- Monitors and manages rollover budgets and approvals.
- Tracks, monitors, and helps facilitate all grant purchases and staffing, to ensure grant compliance and utilization.
- Assists with the preparation and submission of grant planning reports (example: school-wide plan), budgets and annual applications/proposals.
- Gathers and completes grant quarterly reports and annual reports, to include: Maintenance of Effort, Comparability Reporting, Time & Effort Logs, Semi-Annual Certifications, etc.
- Monitors schools for adherence to the grant guidelines and regulations.
- Works with parent liaison to ensure parent involvement plan and that all related activities comply with grant guidance.
- Ensures deliverables in grant program application are implemented and satisfactorily achieved while maintaining accurate supporting documentation.
- Remains current on regulations and requirements regarding each program and meets with related staff routinely to ensure delivery of grant objectives.
- Ensures current property inventory records are maintained for each program.
- Assists with the creation and maintenance activity records (applicable student rosters and teacher class schedule/lesson plans).
- Oversees independent evaluator activities and contracted services.
- Keeps complete compliance binder to include all grant related records; i.e. award notice, reimbursement documentation, compliance checklist, inventory logs, contracts, PAFs, offer letters, etc.
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Requirements:
- Ability to analyze data and assess progress toward meeting application indicators. Ability to work with large amounts of data, to analyze and interpret data, to detect errors, and prepare reports.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
- Ability to use computer software programs for budgeting, i.e., Excel.
- Ability to write succinct reports.
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills between all constituents: being courteous, professional, and helpful; demonstrates high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations. Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy.
- Communicates with key stakeholders (teachers, principal and community) effectively on grant activities.
- Knowledge of K-12 educational systems particularly schools with disadvantaged students.
- Maintain and examine regulations and guidelines from government agencies.
- Process reimbursement forms.
- Works independently under pressure, give high attention to detail and meet deadlines.
- Strong contributor in team environment.
- Ability to consistently be at work, to arrive on time, to follow instructions, to respond to management direction and solicit feedback to improve performance.
- Proactive and takes initiative. Thinks creatively. Drives projects to completion. Insists on highest level of quality.
- Knowledge of federal and state grant guidelines, i.e., EDGAR, A-87, Single Audit, A-133, etc.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited university, preferably Education and Business-related field.
- 2-4 years of budgeting, grant or K-12 experience.
- Highly proficient in Excel, Word, and other Office tools.
- Commitment to company values.
- Such alternatives to the above requirements as CSUSA may find appropriate and acceptable.
- Light travel to training, conferences and meetings as required.
- May perform other duties assigned.
Work Environment
While performing the responsibilities of this position, the work environment characteristics listed below are representative of the environment the employee will encounter:
- Usual office working conditions.
Physical Demands
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.
- No physical exertion required.
- Travel within or outside of state.
- Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.
FLSA Overtime Category
Job is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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