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Head Start Program Specialist Jobs in Denver, USA at BCT Partners
Position: BCT Partners – Head Start Program Specialist
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About the Role:
This role is onsite Monday through Friday, and candidates must reside within commuting distance of Denver, Colorado
Program Specialists perform functions related to the award, oversight and programmatic administration of discretionary grants funded through the Office of Head Start (OHS). These functions provide necessary support to the client’s staff in managing Head Start and Early Head Start grant programs. They include the review and analysis of applications, reports and other documents; providing accurate and timely guidance to recipients;
and conducting site visits. Program Specialists also support Head Start recipients in improving their performance, which includes performing activities related to identifying and mitigating recipient risk factors, compliance issue corrections, and school readiness & program goal analyses. Program Specialists must be able to effectively communicate in writing and speaking with client staff, external partners and contracts, Head Start program governing bodies and executive management.
How You Contribute to the Team:
These functions provide necessary support to the client’s staff in managing Head Start and Early Head Start grant programs.
* The accurate and timely analysis and review of funding applications according to established Regional Office time frames and procedures.
* Review and analysis of recipient program performance reports, Incident reports and complaints, information, and indicators.
* Provision of accurate and timely regulatory and policy guidance to Head Start recipients, in consultation with federal staff. Coordinate and incorporate Regional Management (RPM & SPS), TTA (Training & Technical Assistance), and Grants Specialist staff on all recipient case work.
* Review and analysis of recipient waiver requests.
* Review and analysis of applications for facility construction, purchase and major renovation.
* Participate in all required Regional meetings and conferences. Complete all required HHS and BCT Trainings.
* Conduct monthly calls with recipients and Regional Grants Specialists covering the topics:
Checkpoint Data, Self-Assessment, Enrollment, Staff Salaries and Retention, Community Assessments, Continuous Improvements, Transitions and other recipient specific topics. Participate in FA2/RAN review phone calls & initiate Discipline Incident Reports
* Assist recipients with knowledge and understanding of HSES (Head Start Enterprise System)
* Process the following requests:
Annual Continuations, Key Hires, Waivers (Disability, Non-Federal Share & Teacher), Change of Scopes, COLA/Quality, Deviations, Carry-Overs, Incremental Funding, Slot Reductions & Budget Revisions
* Conduct annual site visits to recipients as part of the five-year monitoring cycle for grant oversight according to Regional Office protocols.
* Activities related to the identification and mitigation of recipient risk factors, correction of regulatory compliance issues, review and analysis of school readiness and programmatic goals; and improvement of Head Start recipient performance.
Program Specialists may be assigned specific recipient workloads of individual Head Start, Early Head Start, or Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grants and perform the following:
* Grant Applications and Awards: complete review, analysis, and administrative activities related to the OHS grant funding application and award process, including but not limited to comprehensive programmatic and cost review of funding applications, completion…
Title: Head Start Program Specialist
Company: BCT Partners
Location: Denver, USA
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