About this role
Job title: Child Care Regional Program Specialist
About the Role Guidehouse is seeking a Child Care Regional Program Specialist to manage the submission, review, and approval of child care funding applications from states, territories, and tribes. This role serves as a regional liaison to assess grantee performance and compliance with federal regulations, and to support program operations nationwide. The position involves developing guidance and training materials, training staff and grantees, and analyzing data to inform improvements.
What You'll Do
- Manage submission, review, and approval of applications for child care funds by states, territories, and tribes, including preparing, reviewing, and managing correspondence to grantees for the purpose of assessing grantee performance and compliance with Federal regulations as a regional liaison for designated cycles.
- Prepare guidance, technical assistance resources, and other training materials to support program operations oversight of grantee implementation and administration activities.
- Train staff and grantees. Provide briefings and facilitate meetings and webinars for staff, leadership, grantees, and others.
- Collect and analyze data. Provide information and advice and prepare, update, track, monitor, and report on designated program operations and grantee implementation status, activities, issues, and accomplishments.
- Manage databases and spreadsheets to collect, compile, and analyze data. Develop recommendations for improvements in program operations as identified by data analysis.
- Prepare descriptive background and analytical reports, memoranda, and other types of written material on significant issues of legislative and operational concerns.