This professional-level, exempt, full-time position reports to the Deputy Director. The Department of Education Director, in conjunction with executive management, plans, coordinates, and manages Chugachmiut educational programs, including day-to-day operations, as well as actively participates in strategic planning, grant development, and administration. This position manages educational and cultural programs including Head Start, and portions of Chugachmiut’s P.L. 102-477 Programs. The position is also responsible for department contracts, MOAs, grant management, and policy & budget development, including research, review, and advisement. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating all Department of Education staff.
• Coordination and supervision of programs offered by Chugachmiut’s education department, including workshops, presentations, and special educational events.
• Identification of trends and needs in education and design of programmatic responses, including preparation of program descriptions and narratives for grant applications.
• Development and nurturing relationships with other organizations to strengthen connections with Chugachmiut communities.
• Development of budgets for education programs and tracking to ensure that programs operate within financial parameters set for in the board-approved budget.
• Oversite of scheduling of education programs.
• Interpretation and compliance with relevant regulations, guidelines, and standards in cooperation with administrative staff.
• Participation in grant proposal planning, preparation, tracking, and compliance with reporting requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.
• Grants management 

Education Requirements:

• Master’s degree in education or a related field is required.
• Five to Ten years of experience as a full-time faculty in an institution of higher education: school systems or university level.
• Superintendent or Principal experience a plus
• Experience writing and administering grants or other external funding.
• Experience with Indigenous populations of students.
• Familiarity with working with non-traditional students.
• Experience with budget development and management.

Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills:

• Important personal qualities that will aid in meeting the position’s challenges include a high degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently, tempered by a cooperative spirit and the ability to take direction from the Executive Management team; flexibility; tact; patience; and organizational ability.
• Demonstrated leadership, supervisory, and organizational abilities.
• Ability to develop and present educational programs and workshops.
• Experience with Non-profit management.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel, MS Office Suite, and collaboration software user.

Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with one hour for lunch.  Chugachmiut maintains a drug and alcohol and non-smoking work environment.