Senior Coordinator, Workforce Development

About the role

The FoundationCCC’s Workforce Development Department (WDD) aims to ensure that all learners in California obtain the knowledge, skills, experiences, and networks needed to connect with meaningful work, expand career options, and increase economic and social mobility. WDD works in four primary areas: building capacity within K-12, college, apprenticeship, and workforce development systems to effectively serve learners and businesses; serving as employer-of-record for paid work experience; providing wraparound services; and developing work-based learning models, tools, and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Focus on WDD grants administration projects, bringing funding to awardees on behalf of state and local partner agencies.
• Support the execution of contracts with awardees.
• Maintain accurate records for grants administration projects.
• Support project management activities.
• Review grantee data for accuracy.
• Perform advanced review and validation of data within grants management databases and spreadsheets to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with submitted documentation, identifying and resolving discrepancies as needed with excellent attention to detail.
• Support project management for large-scale grant initiatives, including coordination of tasks in project management software, maintaining record keeping systems, managing and triaging emails received through general mailboxes, and supporting schedule coordination.
• Execute and coordinate clear and professional outreach efforts to grantees and payment recipients, partnering with senior project leads while proactively supporting communication, issue resolution, and process continuity.

Requirements

• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Human-centered customer service concepts and practices.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate strong judgment and decision-making skills, appropriately balancing independent problem-solving with timely escalation to management when needed.
• Practices ownership, takes accountability, and has the ability to project manage, prioritize tasks, and deliver quality products on time with limited supervision.
• Innovation, creativity, collaboration, and entrepreneurship are encouraged as employees work to achieve organizational goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in grants administration, preferably in a similar role.
• Experience with project management software and database management.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience with data validation and accuracy.

Skills

• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Human-centered customer service concepts and practices.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills.
• Project management experience.
• Data validation and accuracy.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, generous PTO, and paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Wellness offerings.
• CalPERS retirement program and optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer.

Pay

Budgeted Hourly Pay Range: $27.85 - $28.85

Schedule

Remote within California.