Early Childhood Grant Specialist

POSITION OPENING: Early Childhood Grant Specialist

IN THIS ROLE: 

Join a mission-driven team dedicated to empowering early childhood education!

In this role, you will design and implement systems and processes to manage over $40M in local, state, federal, and foundation grants in the Early Childhood Unit including Early On, GreatStart Collaborative, GreatStart Readiness Preschool, and Help Me Grow. 

Your critical thinking and exceptional analytical and organizational skills will help us make a meaningful impact in early childhood education! 

WHAT WE NEED: 

• Provide leadership, oversight, design, and implementation of a grants management system to ensure compliance and accountability for local, state, federal and foundation funded projects.
• Facilitate training for internal staff regarding the implementation of the grants management system.
• Coordinate pre and post award aspects of funding by preparing work plans, budgets, narratives, and timelines.
• Provide leadership, oversight, design, and implementation of a consistent system to track and monitor the unit’s grant and operational budget to ensure compliance, resolve problems, and answer inquiries.
• Review and ensure proposals, expenditures, and financials of grant funded sub-recipients are complete, accurate and conform with procedures and regulations.
• Provide sub-recipients with technical assistance and support to ensure understanding of and compliance with Oakland Schools, MDE and other funder policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Perform data extraction and reporting to fulfill standardized and ad-hoc requests from Oakland Schools staff, MDE, local school districts, state and county governments, community-based organizations, and other OS departments.
• Design and implement a variety of financial and reporting templates to create consistency across programs, funders, and consultant staff.
• Create and facilitate monthly financial meetings with Early Childhood Director, finance, and other stakeholders to monitor and evaluate progress towards continuous improvement grant expenditures and reporting requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU NEED: 

• High school diploma or GED
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in an office setting; project management, grant tracking, and budgeting experience preferred
• Strong computer software skills including Google Applications and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience providing training and technical assistance regarding processes and policies.

WORK LOCATION:

Oakland Schools - Main Campus 

2111 Pontiac Lake Rd, Waterford, MI 48328

SALARY DETAILS: 

$24.80 - $ 28.75 hourly based on relevant prior work experience, with the potential to earn up to $30.96  after employment with Oakland Schools. 

Non - Exempt position / 12-month work year.

WHY WORK FOR OS? 

Aside from working with talented experts on important initiatives, when you join Oakland Schools, you’ll also get these great benefits:

Pension Plan

OS offers the opportunity to enroll in a pension plan to help support your financial stability.

Full Health Coverage

High quality, low-cost health insurance plans. Employer paid dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, and well-being benefits.

Wellbeing Program

OS utilizes a holistic approach to provide resources that support the wellbeing of our employees.

Professional Learning

OS provides various professional learning opportunities to advance your skill sets with education development.

Flexible Vacation Time

Experience built-in vacation, including time off for winter and spring break and generous leave time, so you can have a healthy work-life balance.

Other Perks

You’re eligible for preferred pricing on pet insurance, legal coverage for most of your legal needs, additional life insurance and access to the Student Loan Repayment Program (PSLF) for loan forgiveness in public service.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program

Working with Oakland Schools isn’t just meaningful - it’s financially rewarding! 

Oakland Schools qualifies as an eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance of your Direct Loans based on the following requirements of eligibility:

• after the individual has made the equivalent of 120 qualifying monthly payments under an accepted repayment plan, and
• while working full-time for an eligible employer (for a weekly average, alone or when combined, equal to at least 30 hours)

For additional information, please visit studentaid.gove/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/publicservice

WHO WE ARE: 

Oakland Schools (OS) is an Intermediate School District (ISD) focused on providing educational and technology services to local school districts in a cost-effective manner to provide students with a superior education. We also operate our Oakland Schools Technical Campuses (OSTC) and Virtual Learning Academy Consortium (VLAC). You will help students have the best learning experience possible through your work at OS! To learn more about us, visit https://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/about.

HOW TO APPLY: 

To apply, please use the Oakland Human Resource Consortium (OHRC) website. You will need to make an account on the OHRC website to apply. To access this application click the position title below:

Early Childhood Grant Specialist

Oakland Schools is a member of the OHRC. Once you create your account, you will be able to apply for positions within our district as well as positions available through other member districts. All applications must be completed on the OHRC website. Please do not email or fax application materials to Oakland Schools. 

POSITION DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted until February 9, 2026 or until position is filled.

For questions regarding this position, please contact recruiting@oakland.k12.mi.us

In accordance with state and federal law, Oakland Schools does not discriminate, nor permit discrimination, on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy or parental status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, height, weight, marital status, military service, veteran status, genetic information,  or any other legally protected status, in its educational programs and activities, employment, or enrollment. The District also provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For questions or complaints regarding unlawful discrimination or harassment, employees should contact the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Personnel Management and Labor Relations at (248) 209-2429 or HR@oakland.k12.mi.us. Students and others should contact the Civil Rights/Title IX Coordinator at (248) 209-2590 or Jacqueline.Zablocki@oakland.k12.mi.us. 

This job posting is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by a person so classified. Incumbents may be asked to perform additional duties as required by his/her supervisor.