Program Coordinator

Summary

Responsible for managing day-to-day operations of Tri-County Resources. Responsibilities include: budget management, on-going program operation, and staff management.

Job Specifications Department: 5199 - Tri-County Resources
Location: Montrose, Delta, and Ouray Counties
Wage Scale: 10
Reports to: Program Director
FLSA Status: Exempt
Revision Date: 2007-07-19T00:00:00
Contact Information

Contact information is unavailable at this time.

Desired Characteristics
Personality Traits
  • Empathetic
  • Good Listener
  • Objective
  • Ability to be effective in a crisis situation
  • Ability to implement healthy boundaries
  • Sense of humor
  • Can work independently yet be part of a team
Skills & Abilities
  • Public speaking including public presentations: Bilingual, verbal and written
  • Ability to facilitate groups
  • Strong verbal and written skills are a necessity
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Basic knowledge of budgeting
  • Grant writing and reporting experience
Previous Experience
  • 2 years in human services
  • Understanding of economic, cultural and racial diversity
  • Basic understanding of the legal system
  • Basic knowledge of domestic violence
  • Supervisory experience to include day to day supervision of staff, staff discipline and staff termination
  • Clinical experience to include goal planning with clients
Other
  • Computer skills to include: Word, basic internet and email, database input
  • Good self-care
  • Willingness to be on-call
  • Ability to collaborate with community partners
  • Ability to plan and execute meetings
  • Ability to plan and implement fundraising events
Full Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Employee must have regular attendance/punctuality, be able to cooperate with others, and be completely honest.

  1. Managing the Tri County Domestic Violence Program, including programming, staffing, budget, and development of funding resources.
  2. Supervise and support staff in a three county area, including hiring, training, performance support and feedback, discipline and termination.
  3. Managing the business aspects of the program, including preparing invoices for accounts payable, payroll management, and facility management and upkeep.
  4. Networking and relationship building with members of the community and clientele being served.
  5. Writing and reviewing grants and grant reports.
  6. Assessing client needs and providing short-term crisis counseling as needed.
  7. Providing for and monitoring training needs and requirements.
  8. Implementing and supporting program policies and procedures in a consistent manner.
  9. Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position is responsible for supervising program staff and volunteers. Supervisory responsibilities include assigning and scheduling work, providing initial and on-going training and performance feedback, conducting performance appraisals, conducting interviewing and making hiring decisions, conducting disciplinary discussions and making termination decisions.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year College or university and two years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS PREFERRED:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in human services; psychology, counseling or related field.
Experience: 2 or more years work experience in the human services field working with families and/or at risk youth; personal, family, or group counseling experience; 2 or more years supervision experience; 1 year or more work experience as the director of a non-profit.
Special Skills: Bi-lingual; budgeting experience; experience working with children, adults, or
families during challenging circumstances.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Must be able to read, analyze, and interpret general business practices, Hilltop policies and procedures, professional journals, technical guidelines, and governmental regulations. Must be able to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Must be able to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, staff, clients, customers, and the general public. Must be able to accurately and clearly provide direction to staff and clients.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Must be able to add and subtract two digit numbers, and to multiply and divide by 10’s and 100’s. Must be able to perform these operations using units of American money, weight measurements, volume measurement, and distance. Must be able to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY
Must be able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Must be able to interpret instructions that are furnished in a variety of formats including written, oral, diagram, and/or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
• Colorado Driver’s License with valid insurance

CLEARANCES
The following background checks are conducted by Hilltop Community Resources:
• Criminal background
• Child Abuse Registry
• Driving Record

EXPOSURE CATEGORY: [ 2 ] Job tasks involve no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissue, but employment may require unplanned category 1 exposure.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Mobility:
• Must be able to sit nearly 100% of the time.
• Stooping (bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist).
• Kneeling (bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees).
• Crouching (bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine).
• Reaching (extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction).

Dexterity:
• Handling (seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand or hands).
• Fingering (picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers).
• Feeling (perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips).

Lifting:
• Must be able to exert up to 20 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Communication:
• Must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word. Must be able to clearly communicate with others by way of the English language.

Hearing:
• Must be able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Must be able to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

Vision: Must have the following vision abilities:
• Close vision (clear at 20 inches or less).
• Far vision (clear at 20 feet or more).
• Depth perception (Three-dimensional vision. The ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are.)
• Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).
• Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors).
• Field of vision (observing an area that can be seen up and down or right or left while eyes are fixed in a given point).

Physical effort:
• Light work (light physical effort is required by handling objects up to 20 pounds occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently).

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Physical surroundings:
• Under normal circumstances 100% of time is spent indoors.
• The noise level is usually moderate.