Delgado Community College - New Orleans, LA
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
New Orleans, LA
Educational Services
About the position
The Director of Carl Perkins & Hilton Career Pathways at Delgado Community College is responsible for the daily management and oversight of significant grants, including the Carl D. Perkins and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Grants. This role involves recruiting and training staff, developing policies, managing budgets, and fostering partnerships to achieve grant objectives. The director will also lead the Perkins V Regional Consortium, collaborating with stakeholders to support local needs assessments and application plans.
Responsibilities
- Daily management, implementation, and oversight of the Carl D. Perkins and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Grants.
- Recruiting, training, developing, and supporting nine employees.
- Developing internal operating policies and procedures necessary to achieve all goals and objectives.
- Administering multi-million dollar grant budgets.
- Arranging and facilitating meetings; developing and cultivating academic and community partnerships.
- Managing correspondence, reports, manuals, policies, and collateral materials to fulfill grant objectives.
- Liaising with other departments and institutions as appropriate.
- Organizing, prioritizing, and coordinating multiple complex tasks using qualitative, quantitative, inductive, and deductive reasoning skills.
- Providing leadership, direction, and administration of the Perkins V Regional Consortium of academic and community partners.
- Collaborating with regional stakeholders to create, strengthen, and support the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA).
- Performing other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
- Experience working with private foundation grants.
- Carl D. Perkins Grant experience.
- Supervisory experience.
- Experience in developing grant proposals, applications, and necessary reporting.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of 5 years grant management in workforce development.
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Retirement
- Multiple medical insurance options
- Supplemental insurances (dental, term life, disability, accident, vision, etc.)
- Tax Saver Flexible Benefits Plan
- Holidays (14 per year)
- Generous annual (vacation) and sick leave benefits
