Project Manager - Career and Technical Education (Grant Funded)

Manages the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA) and facilitates data-informed planning to identify priorities, strengthen CTE programs, support special populations, and advance continuous improvement and for College Administration consideration within continuous improvement planning and strategic planning. The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Project Manager serves as the Project Lead for South Texas College's Carl D. Perkins Basic Grant, providing leadership for the planning, implementation, coordination, and continuous improvement of grant-funded CTE initiatives.

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Job Description

Department: Office of Sponsored Initiatives

General Statement of Job

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Project Manager serves as the Project Lead for South Texas College's Carl D. Perkins Basic Grant, providing leadership for the planning, implementation, coordination, and continuous improvement of grant-funded CTE initiatives. The position leads the development of the annual Perkins Basic Grant application, facilitates the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA), oversees programmatic reporting, and serves as the College's primary liaison with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). Working collaboratively across all College divisions, the CTE Project Manager advances strategic CTE priorities, ensures compliance with federal and state grant requirements, supports special populations, and promotes student success.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Serves as the primary point of contact/Principal Investigator (Project Lead) for the Perkins Basic Grant for South Texas College with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, managing grant implementation and institutional collaboration.
• Partners with appropriate staff and support with the development, submission, management, amendment, and closeout of the annual Perkins Basic Grant application, ensuring alignment with federal and state requirements and institutional priorities.
• Manages the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA) and facilitates data-informed planning to identify priorities, strengthen CTE programs, support special populations, and advance continuous improvement and for College Administration consideration within continuous improvement planning and strategic planning.
• Oversees the programmatic implementation of Perkins-funded activities by monitoring project timelines, deliverables, performance measures, and compliance with Perkins legislation, funding agency requirements, and College policies.
• Provides fiscal stewardship by collaborating with designated financial personnel to monitor grant budgets, expenditures, amendments, procurement activities, inventory, and effort reporting for compliance with applicable grant requirements.
• Collaborates with Perkins Liaisons, CTE administrators, faculty, and cross-functional College departments to support grant implementation, strategic planning, and institutional Career and Technical Education initiatives.
• Develops, maintains, and disseminates grant guidance, procedures, training materials, and technical resources that promote consistent implementation and effective grant management across the College.
• Provides technical assistance and training to College personnel regarding Perkins requirements, allowable activities, reporting expectations, procurement, special populations, and other grant compliance responsibilities.
• Maintains complete and accurate grant records, documentation, and electronic filing systems to support compliance, monitoring, audits, and institutional record retention requirements.
• Coordinates the collection, analysis, and reporting of programmatic and performance data to support required federal and state reports, grant evaluations, audits, and institutional decision-making.
• Identifies opportunities to im