Director, Education Policy - Los Angeles, CA, United States - Inner City Foundation

Description

ICEF Public Schools is a nonprofit charter school network serving communities in the South Los Angeles area for 25 years.

ICEF Public Schools operates seven high-quality, tuition-free, public charter elementary, middle, and high schools serving over 2,000 kids from TK-12th grade.

We are a college, career, and life-bound network working throughout ethnically diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Inglewood, CA.

Over 90% of the school population qualifies for free and reduced lunch programs, an average of 60% of students are Black, and 40% are Latinx/e.

ICEF's mission is to educate and empower courageous leaders to pursue their full potential in college, career, and life by providing a community that honors each student's unique identity, fosters academic excellence, nurtures healthy minds, and inspires critical thinkers.

Our primary focus at ICEF is a whole-child approach that fosters excellence among all scholars.

Under the guidance of the Managing Director of Operations, the Director of Public Programs will oversee ICEF's compliance and authorizer relations.

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven, detail-oriented individual to ensure ICEF meets all of its local, state, and federal compliance targets annually.

As a manager and individual contributor, with a team of four, the Director of Public Programs will work closely with organizational leadership and coordinate with other departments, such as Data, Finance, and Human Resources, to ensure all materials are submitted promptly and accurately.

Additionally, the Director of Public Programs will build expertise in federal and state programs and authorizer framework requirements to ensure the team regularly educates and prepares school and organizational leadership on various compliance requirements and audits and houses a well-codified set of calendars and documents.

This position reports to the Managing Director of Operations.

Benefits:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 403b Retirement Plan with up to 10% match
Problem-solving and navigating new federal and state program applications, reporting, and compliance.
Ensure federal and state program application and reporting deadlines are met, schools are executing on deliverables to meet public programs requirements
Monitoring (and similar audits) results in no findings.
Coordinate the information required for applications and reporting of various federal and state funding sources.
Ensure timely submission of applications and reporting of various federal and state funding sources.
Attend relevant training and identify other key stakeholders who may need to attend.
Support in preparing required federal and state program materials for School Advisory Council and other committee meetings.
Coordinate and prepare schools for Federal Program Monitoring audits or similar federal review processes.
Support schools in preparing for oversight visits, including providing project plans and calendars and collecting required documentation.
Coordinate required data and other information to draft new and renewal charter petitions.
Support the completion and submission of the annual Prop 39 application:
Coach the Public Affairs Manager in the submission of annual Prop 39 applications for District facilities.
Ensure ICEF schools comply with requirements as they pertain to reporting and district facilities.
Ensure ICEF schools are aware of District requirements and support in submitting materials.
Bachelor's degree or commensurate work experience (required)
~5-7 years of work experience, with 2-3 years of experience managing others
~Ability to break down complex projects into actionable goals, targets, and milestones, and can manage self and others to these
~ You are familiar with government agencies and interpreting federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines
~ Familiar with budgets and working with large data sets
~ Work independently and as part of a team, under deadlines, without close supervision; Well organized and have proven experience in data management, strategic planning, and project management.
~ Dependable, humble, have a sense of humor and a rock-solid commitment to ICEF's mission and the communities we serve

This position does have direct supervisory responsibilities and is likely to manage at least one, if not multiple, vendor relationships
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Training
Fingerprint Clearance

Full-time employees of ICEF Public Schools are entitled to Medical, Life Insurance, Dental and Vision plans, and various retirement programs offered by ICEF Public Schools.

Eligible employees will also be entitled to sick leave and vacation time in accordance with ICEF Public School policies.