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Louisville Metro Government · 2 weeks ago

Senior Program Manager

Louisville, KY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$32/hr - $32/hr

5+ years exp

Louisville Metro Government is seeking a Senior Program Manager to evaluate, assess, and supervise federal, state, and local grants management. The role involves writing policies, setting measures and metrics, and engaging in the evaluation of the effectiveness of grant programming.

Government Administration

Responsibilities

Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals

Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed

Reviews and masters federal and state laws and regulations that govern our funding streams and programmatic efforts

Provides technical assistance and instruction to contractors, service providers and the community concerning programs and services and to solve problems

Conducts research on other workforce programs across the country to benchmark Metro efforts against the nation’s best and to help design cutting-edge, effective programs

Manages the development of relationships with contractors, evaluation and monitoring of the delivery of service, providing advice and consultation to increase performance and implementation of contract modifications

Reviews requests for services, bid specifications, scoring criteria for bid evaluations and coordinates bid selection

Designs programmatic initiatives that can be accomplished through the work of contractors

Drafts Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and reviews criteria that will articulate what is desired

Guides the Board in the selection of contractors, and drafts and negotiates contracts with chosen contractors that will maximize the chance of achieving those goals

Designs and monitors key performance metrics for contractors to maintain a 'continuous improvement' approach to their work, and initiates corrective action procedures if contractor performance consistently fails to meet pre-established benchmarks

Conceives, drafts and submits grant proposals for new funding to federal, state, city and philanthropic sources to launch new efforts or expand existing ones that are consistent with the broad goals laid out by the Board

Prepares grant funding reports and budgets, and monitors expenditures for compliance with local, legislative, and funder guidelines

Reviews, negotiates, and prepares MOUs and Resource Sharing Agreements with state partners, as well as with required partners and others who wish to partner with our system

Represents organization to state agencies and other public and private funding sources and communicates with representatives on program implementation, funding options, laws and regulations that govern specific program / other issues as appropriate

Represents the organization to the public to coordinate, explain and discuss programs and services

Performs related work as assigned

Qualification

Grant ManagementProgram DevelopmentContract NegotiationPerformance MetricsResearch SkillsPublic AdministrationHuman ServicesSupervisory SkillsCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

Master's Degree in Human Services, Public Administration, Financial Management or related discipline

Five (5) years of workforce programs, contract/grant management or related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience

Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license with an acceptable driving history