Department Contact: Zaira Falliner, 575-571-5198, zfalline@nmsu.edu

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: The College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation has a job opening for a with the Dona Ana Head Start program. Visit the NMSU website https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/search for additional information.

Position Details

Position Title: Education and Disabilities Manager

College/Division: College of Hlth, Educ & Soc Trans

Department: 350450-DONA ANA HEADSTART PGM

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable): Las Cruces, Anthony, Vado, Berino

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: $59,965.78

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Contingent upon external funding

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: Some after hours and/or Saturdays may be required for recruiting events

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Coordinates the planning, development, and implementation of Head Start program and Early Head Start program.
• Implements strategic planning, including short-term and long-term goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures to provide comprehensive school readiness early childhood programs in the Dona Ana community.
• Collaborates with multiple university departments to provide hands on experiences for NMSU and DACC students in the those programs to improve overall learning.
• Collaborates with community agencies to provide training opportunities for parent participants to enrich their parenting and life skills.
• Monitors and evaluates operational effectiveness and effects improvement changes.
• Designs, implements, and evaluates organization to effectively accomplish the program goals.
• Provides advanced technical leadership and direction to staff, and community organizations.
• Identifies and solicits mainly state, and federal funding sources for programs.
• Provides leadership in planning, development, and implementation of strategies and initiatives for generating program resources.
• Oversees the supervision of personnel, which includes work allocation, training, promotion and enforcement of internal procedures and controls, and problem resolution.
• Finalizes annual grant documents for submitting to funding agencies, including comprehensive data analysis, integrating program data reports.
• Evaluates performance and makes recommendations for personnel actions.
• Motivates employees to achieve peak productivity and performance.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience: 
Associate's Degree + 8 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree + 6 years of relevant experience. Master's degree or higher preferred.

Equivalent Qualifications: 

Preferred Qualifications: 
CLASS Observer Certification (or ability to obtain). Ten or more years of high-quality early childhood teaching experience; Head Start experience preferred.

Experience designing curricula, education plans, or professional development systems. Bilingual or multilingual skills.

Special Certification/Licensure: 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.