The Program Specialist will: - Oversee and administer all facets of the day-to-day operations of the SNAP project and related activities;
- Responsible for the appropriate use of programmatic funds within the parameters of the contract/grant;
- Represent the project to both internal and external constituencies;
- Provide support in the development and management of training program curriculum and virtual training platform, including the management of virtual training videos;
- Ensure the quality and prompt availability of training course content and materials (hard copy and virtual) to participants;
- Develop and manage systems to provide continuing education units for professional development for licensed professionals, including reports to the university and external partners;
- Responsible for management and maintenance of the record system of the project including internal/external correspondence, and reporting to partners and funders;
- Collaborate with accounting and purchasing departments to complete purchases for the research team (including participant incentives, travel purchases, supplies, and other expenditures);
- Designated p-card holder to manage and reconcile P-card transactions while adhering to the funding agency, university, and college policies, protocols, and processes;
- Set up and process reimbursement, honoraria, and stipends for non-employees;
- Coordinate travel for employees and non-employees;
- Coordinate project-related events, including maintaining budgets, event space set-up, working with multiple vendors (i.e. catering);
- Advise on operating goals and objectives for the program and identify opportunities to enhance program operations in order to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness within the project;
- Oversee and/or coordinate the collection, compilation, and analysis of program activity data; develops, writes, edits, and presents comprehensive statistical and narrative program reports and evaluations;
- May supervise and/or lead staff and/or student employees, as assigned.
- Program planning development and implementation;
- Project management experience;
- Experience managing virtual training platforms;
- Experience working with New Mexico communities, state agencies, school staff, youth, tribal partners, and rural community members;
- Experience managing P-card purchasing, including participant incentives/merchant cards, travel purchases for employees and non-employees, supplies, and other research expenditures;
- Coordinating events (planning space, site set-up, catering, working with multiple vendors).