Program Specialist 2 - Elementary, Early Learning, and Federal Programs (EELFP) division

Description GENERAL SERVICE JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Program Specialist 2 - Elementary, Early Learning, and Federal Programs (EELFP) division $42,444 - $56,676 annually Closes January 05,2024 The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) seeks to fill a Program Specialist 2 in the EEFLP division.
This full-time permanent position is based in Olympia, Washington.
This position may be eligible for partial to near full-time telework.
Telework is a combination of in-building and off-site days.
We encourage interested candidates to visit the OSPI website to gain insight into our agency.
About OSPI and our initiatives OSPI is the primary agency charged with overseeing public K–12 education in Washington state.
Working with the state's 295 public school districts and 7 state-tribal education compact schools, OSPI allocates funding and provides tools, resources, and technical assistance so every student in Washington is provided a high-quality public education.
At OSPI, we recognize that our employees are the key to the success of the agency.
We are committed to our work but value the balance with our personal lives.
We demonstrate our commitment to employees by providing an environment that stimulates professional growth and values them for their expertise.
OSPI is a great place to work and has several initiatives to help create a great working environment, including: We support a healthy work/life balance by offering flexible/alternative work schedules and mobile and telework options.
(Depending on job duties and work location.
) We have an Infant at Work Program that is based on long-term values of newborns and infant-parent bonding.
Eligible employees who are new parents or legal guardians can bring their infant (six weeks to six months) when returning to work.
(Depending on job duties and work location.
) We value and are actively involved in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within OSPI by way of cross-divisional, collaborative committee.
The focus of the committee includes employee engagement and education; reinforcing OSPI values; and maximizing the value of diversity and identifying strategies for inclusion.
Vision, Mission, and Values Vision: All students prepared for post-secondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement.
Mission: Transform K-12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators.
We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and supports that empower educators, families, and communities.
Values: Ensuring Equity, Collaboration and Service, Achieving Excellence through Continuous Improvement, Focus on the Whole Child Equity Each student, family, and community possesses strengths and cultural knowledge that benefits their peers, educators, and schools.
Ensuring educational equity: Goes beyond equality; it requires education leaders to examine the ways current policies and practices result in disparate outcomes for our students of color, students living in poverty, students receiving special education and English Learner services, students who identify as LGBTQ+, and highly mobile student populations.
Requires education leaders to develop an understanding of historical contexts; engage students, families, and community representatives as partners in decision-making; and actively dismantle systemic barriers, replacing them with policies and practices that ensure all students have access to the instruction and support they need to succeed in our schools.
Position Overview This position will provide essential program support to the Elementary, Early Learning, and Federal Programs (EELFP) division.
This position identifies needs, researches, directs and coordinates operations, and provides project management, website contribution, and legislative work across the EELFP division.
Key Responsibilities Policy and Legislative Support Collaboratively analyze and recommend appropriate policy direction, legislation, and divisional resource allocation.
Be the lead presenter at OSPI legislative meetings.
Communicate with EELFP leadership about policy issues, ensure bill analysis is complete, consistent with agency processes and expectations.
Facilitate, coordinate, and support the development of proviso funding reports, policy implementation plans, and legislative reports.
Build capacity of EELFP leadership and program staff on policy direction, development of legislation, delivering testimony, legislative report writing, and strategic resource allocation for the elimination of opportunity gaps.
Provide leadership and technical assistance to EELFP relative to: Legislative timelines; Legislative processes; Reporting requirements; State and federal funding and policy requirements; Resource allocation, and; Policy interpretation for EELFP staff and the field.
Communication and Website Maintenance Demonstrate and promote individual and group interpersonal skills including but not limited to listening for understanding, influencing, mediation, consensus building and collaboration.
Provide oversight to external communications for the division including OSPI and partner webpages, newsletters, webinars, and social media.
Provide copy editing for division proviso and legislative reports and other communications in alignment with agency policy and guidelines.
Serve as division-wide website contributor; website contributors are representatives of the agency and hold the primary responsibility of making day-to-day updates to the website.
Contributors must be trained in the content management system (CMS) before being granted access to edit the website.
Demonstrate responsibility for making day-to-day updates to division webpages, ensuring all content is compliant with OSPI Web Accessibility policy guidelines, Website Governance, and Style Guide.
Attend required trainings and meetings and actively participate in web team conversations and communications.
Provide backup support for other content contributors as needed.
Reviewing weekly Siteimprove reports and correcting accessibility issues, broken links, and other edits on webpages.
Manage content review process by leading and implementing division based processes and protocols for content review, ensuring content is approved by at least one other person within their department before posting.
Project Management Coordinate the annual OSPI Arts Show.
Communicate with external stakeholders is necessary.
Coordination of the art show activities, which will include pre-work of art selection for awards, displaying awards, etc.
Develop and implement strategic plan for annual events to advance the mission and activities of OSPI within the EELFP division.
Collaborate and coordinate with the fiscal team, other divisions, external partners, and other state agencies to ensure smooth event operation.
In collaboration with partners, lead the development of a timeline for activities.
Advance equity in state contracting by selecting minority and women owned businesses whenever possible.
Support OSPI's mission, vision, values, goals, Theory of Action, Vision of Excellent, and commitment to equity through partnering or combining efforts on specific initiatives to ensure completion.
Prepare an annual summary of accomplishments throughout each year.
Monitor project end dates and manage any related renewals in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
Arts Contract Manager Contract manager for all Art grants and contracts.
Be the contact person and contract manager for all art related contracts, which will include processing necessary paperwork to execute grants and contracts.
EGMS Serve as the lead for EGMS activities including grant development, management, and oversight for the division.
Be the subject matter expert (SME) for EGMS Provide training on EGMS to new staff.
Learning Standards Work Coordinate meetings for the Learning Standards, provide logistic support.
Monitor progress and work closely with the lead on the Learning Standards to ensure project is progressing as needed.
Review and analyze requirements and project need to identify appropriate planning and implementation of contracts, grants, and external communications; ensuring all align with agency requirements, required terms and conditions, and strategic goals.
Monitor project end dates and manage any related renewals in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
pdEnroller for the EELFP Division Lead for pdEnroller for the EELFP Division.
Facilitate pdEnroller approval.
Other duties as assigned Front desk coverage.
Assist with travel as needed.
Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education/experience Year for year experience may be substituted for education.
In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following: Experience in project management, or legislative work.
Experience in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Desired Qualifications: Experience training/mentoring adults.
Familiarity with OSPI policies and processes.
Maintains the highest standard of personal, professional, and ethical conduct.
Ability to adapt rapidly to changing circumstances.
Compensation The annual compensation for the full-time permanent position is $42,444 to $56,676 per year and depends upon experience, educational background and qualifications.
Geographic differentials may be applied based on work location of successful candidate.
Washington State offers a generous benefit package including health, dental and life insurance, retirement and an optional deferred compensation program.
Please visit Health Care Authority for information regarding health benefits and the Department of Retirement Systems for retirement plan information.
This is a general service position.
This position is not represented by a bargaining unit.
Application Process Those interested in this position must apply through Careers.
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Applications must include the following documents in MS Word and PDF format only: A letter of interest specifically addressing the qualifications listed in this announcement; A current résumé, and; A list of three or more professional references.
Please address any questions to: Sal Salazar, Human Resources Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction 600 Washington Street Southeast Olympia, Washington 98504-7200 360-725-6278: sal.
salazar@k12.
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OSPI is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from job seekers who will contribute to our diversity.
OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.
If you would like, please include your name and gender pronouns in your application, to ensure we address you appropriately throughout the application process.
Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may contact the human resource consultant listed in “Application Process.
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