Senior Grant Monitor
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- Central Office
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- Feb 13, 2025 Post Date
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The School District of Philadelphia is the cornerstone provider of public education in Philadelphia. For forward-thinking administrators and educators, opportunities abound. The 130,000 students entrusted to the District arrive at school every day with an extraordinary range of needs and aspirations. We are committed to delivering on their right to an excellent public school education, and we are particularly focused on ensuring every student has access to exceptional educational opportunities. Equity is our mandate.
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Job Summary
Performs advanced grant program research and analysis to ensure programs are operating efficiently and effectively in pursuit of their stated program outcomes and for accountability. Supports the development and execution of program review plans that includes complex analytical approaches, comparative program analysis with other large urban school districts,
qualitative organizational design reviews and analysis, quantitative data reviews for efficiency and effectiveness, and the application of business process analysis and design. Review programs for compliance with programmatic terms of the agreement, including all applicable federal laws, rules, guidance, and best practice models. Draw conclusions and recommendations and draft persuasive action plans for program improvement.
Essential Functions
- Apply research, investigative and analytical techniques to develop a written approach and plan for both periodic and comprehensive program reviews.
- Devise methods and standardized analytical tools and reporting formats to examine the operational and program performance of grant programs.
- Provides advice and technical assistance to superiors and colleagues on best practice review and analytical methods.
- Develop and use standard reporting templates to gather information from disparate sources to synthesize and summarize grant operations to include programmatic goals and objectives, financial and human resources, and program design to create the foundation for a comprehensive program review.
- Develop comprehensive program review plan that includes an analytical and research framework, field work, and report / recommendation components that may include implementation support.
- Review program operations to include employee job descriptions; goals and objectives as contained in the grant award; actual tasks performed by staff including work processes, program inputs, outputs and outcomes, to assess program efficiency and effectiveness.
- Review programming content, logic, and approach compared to requirements of the grant award and the needs of students.
- Contacts other large urban districts to survey programming, resources inputs, and program outcomes. Reviews existing internal and external studies. Incorporates reviews and analysis into program recommendations.
- Identify grant management best practices to continue to build on existing documentation of best practice guidance for grant programs, develop training plans and materials to support existing grant managers in the improvement of operations and outcomes, and deliver best practice training to existing and new grant program managers on a continuous basis.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- Six years of full-time, paid, professional experience which has included involvement with program research and analysis and report writing
OR - Master’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- Four years of full-time, paid, professional experience which has included involvement with program research and analysis and report writing.
OR - Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated knowledge of:
- research and analytical tools and techniques.
- organizational and business process design and theory.
- the methods and techniques used to review and analyze programmatic inputs and outputs.
- effective writing and reporting.
Demonstrated ability to:
- make correlations and connections between data points combined with other relevant and factual information.
- make logical inferences and/or conclusions when desired data points or factual information is incomplete or missing.
- synthesize multiple data points and information into clear, concise and understandable reports.
- exercise judgment and discretion in interpreting and implementing program goals and objectives.
- write persuasive conclusions and develop practical recommendations in a report format.
- design and coordinate training activities.
- use a personal computer.
- communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
