Assistant Director (UT GUIDES 2025 Project Director)

Ut Guides 2025 Grant Manager

Provide leadership and direction for UT GUIDES 2025 grant activities, ensuring successful implementation and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. Develop annual targets, review and approve work plans, and monitor progress toward grant goals and objectives. Meet with district leadership in person and virtually and make regular site visits to partner schools. Collaborate with IPSI Directors and staff to ensure alignment of programming across grants.

Hire, train, supervise, motivate, and empower staff, ensuring clear communication and expectations. Provide ongoing coaching and feedback to direct reports, supporting their professional and personal growth. Conduct annual performance appraisals.

Manage annual budget of $4.3 million. Monitor spending, review / approve requests, and ensure grant expenditures are allowable and that progress is being made toward the required match / in-kind commitment. Collaborate with the IPSI business team to develop and manage contracts. Oversee the preparation of annual budgets and reports, ensuring required documents for the sponsor are completed accurately and on time.

Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with partners, including school districts, businesses, institutions of higher education, and community organizations. Lead communications among grant partners and manage contracts. Act as a liaison with community organizations to meet program requirements and division goals.

In collaboration with the external evaluator and IPSI data and research team, oversee all data collection and reporting on the grant, including the Annual Performance Report (APR) and Final Performance Report (FPR).

Represent IPSI / UT GEAR UP at national / statewide conferences, directors meetings, and other convenings. Inform stakeholders about GEAR UP outcomes and identify and create opportunities to share success stories.

Develop and implement actions to enhance project value. Troubleshoot challenges and determine actions with the team.

Other related functions as assigned.