Program Planner 2 (Community Engagement Consultant)

Community Engagement Consultant

Iowa Department of Education's mission is ensuring all students experience a world-class education. To accomplish our mission, we need talented, passionate people working together to build an excellent education system that empowers all students to achieve their full potential.

We are looking to find a highly qualified program professional to serve as a Community Engagement Consultant for the Course to College program in the Bureau of Iowa College Aid. This person will provide professional level program work by planning project activities, including developing and executing work plans for statewide implementation of the five program components : early awareness, college application campaign, FAFSA completion, college decision day, and summer transition. This position will also assist in the coordination of other community engagement programming and communications, including Course to College Corps AmeriCorps.

Your Responsibilities :

• Perform professional level program planning work as part of a comprehensive plan to assist community-based efforts to increase higher education attainment in the state.
• Provides planning assistance to the statewide Course to College Program in Iowa High Schools.

This includes :

Candidates are encouraged to include detailed information about their relevant experience in their application, or submit a cover letter and resume in addition to their application.

Hours : 8 : 00 A.M. 4 : 30 P.M., Monday Friday with the opportunity for hybrid remote work schedule after initial training period; some nights and weekends, occasional in-state and out-of-state travel.

A successful candidate will bring or have the ability and desire to learn : passion for accomplishing common goals in pursuit of public service, ability to work collaboratively within high-performing teams, ability to work independently, moving projects forward with minimal supervision, strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to interpret and break down highly technical language, and present information in an understandable manner, conflict resolution and interpersonal skills, desire to work with diverse teams and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications : experience with college access, youth development or educational program experience with or in K-12 schools or colleges.

Desirable Qualifications : experience in large-scale project implementation, experience in federal grant programs, experience leading workshops, presentations, or classes, experience with program operations relating to data, evaluation or compliance.

What's in it for you? Opportunities to make a widespread difference in the lives of students, their families, and Iowa communities, collaborative, positive work environment, talented and passionate work colleagues that will help you learn and grow, opportunities to collaborate with experts from around the country, employee discounts from a variety of vendors, competitive salary and benefits package.