[Hiring] Specialist, Workforce Development, Grants Administration @Foundation for California Community Colleges

Role Description

We are seeking a Specialist, Workforce Development to join FoundationCCC in its mission of benefiting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Together, we are building stronger communities by getting students and colleges the resources they need to succeed and expanding pathways to economic and social mobility across California.

The FoundationCCC’s Workforce Development Department (WDD) aims to ensure that all learners in California obtain the knowledge, skills, experiences, and networks needed to connect with meaningful work, expand career options, and increase economic and social mobility. WDD works in four primary areas:

• Building capacity within K-12, college, apprenticeship, and workforce development systems to effectively serve learners and businesses.
• Serving as employer-of-record for paid work experience.
• Providing wraparound services resource development support.
• Developing work-based learning models, tools, and technologies.

This work is grounded in a commitment to strengthening systems connectivity, promoting career-relevant, learner-centric education and workforce solutions, and eliminating equity gaps in California.

The Specialist will focus on our WDD grants administration projects, which bring funding to awardees on behalf of state and local partner agencies. Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the execution of contracts with awardees.
• Ensuring appropriate use of funds.
• Providing guidance to awardees.
• Reviewing and approving awardee invoices.
• Performing report analysis.
• Capturing lessons and successes that can be shared internally and externally within the California workforce development and education systems.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Providing oversight of assigned awardees and projects, including negotiating contract scopes and budgets, reviewing invoices, monitoring fiscal and program compliance and performance, and providing one-on-one support for awardees.
• Leading program reporting and award management activities for assigned awardees and projects, including providing guidance to awardees, reviewing reports, summarizing data, and ensuring alignment with related guidance and regulations.
• Tracking project/award specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), business development relationships, and may develop and coordinate funding application processes in collaboration with Senior Specialist.

Qualifications

• Strong project management skills with an ability to prioritize tasks and deliver quality products within agreed upon timeframes, with limited supervision.
• Experience with the California Community College system and/or Workforce Development preferred.
• Ability to research, analyze, synthesize, and communicate complex topics to a variety of internal and external audiences, in a variety of formats (e.g. toolkits, reports, graphic displays, presentations).
• Experience with project and client management software (e.g., Asana, Salesforce) preferred.
• Experience with Excel required.
• Experience with grants administration from a funder's perspective.
• Familiarity with state and federal funding.
• Willingness to engage in constructive discussion (including disagreement) and keep a good sense of humor.
• A customer service mindset.
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License, good driving record, automobile insurance, and a reliable personal vehicle is required.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, generous PTO, and paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Wellness offerings.
• CalPERS retirement program and optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans.
• Carrot reproductive health and fertility support.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer.

Company Description

FoundationCCC is fully committed to a “remote-first” philosophy, and recruits and hires talent across the state in fully remote positions, where virtual work is possible. Our headquarters are located in Downtown Sacramento, just blocks from California’s State Capitol.

Budgeted Annual Salary Pay Range: $65,000.00 - $70,000.00. Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.