Department of Education

The Arizona Department of Education is a service organization committed to raising academic outcomes and empowering parents.

ESEA Consolidated Education Program Specialist

(Homeless Programs)

Job Location:

Address:  Foster, Refugee, and Foster Unit
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Posting Details:

Salary: $67,000 - $71,500 

Grade: 21

Closing Date: 02/25/26

Job Summary:

• Engage in leadership, coaching, and support for implementing and evaluating grant programs within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). This includes a high degree of collaboration with Local Education Agencies (LEAs) as well as other ADE program areas to design, develop, and support academic programming around the state, which supports federal programs.
• This leadership and grant program position, coaches LEA to build capacity in building and maintaining effective ESEA Programs. It requires a high degree of knowledge in grants, school leadership, and program monitoring and evaluation.
• This position also requires a diverse and broad understanding of all ESEA programs and associated programs like McKinney-Vento and Equitable Services.
• This position will also serve in special leadership and point of contact roles as assigned, and may serve as the state point of contact for any ESEA program, such as:

 21St CCLC
 Foster Care
 Homeless
 Equitable Services
 Monitoring
 Comparability
 Professional Development
 Rural Schools
 Expanding and closing schools

• Statewide and interstate travel is required for this position. This includes serving as a point of contact with local, state, or national committees, as approved by the Deputy Associate Superintendent (DAS).

The Arizona Department of Education currently utilizes a hybrid work environment, with up to two days of remote work (contingent upon business needs). Candidates should apply with an ability and willingness to work in-office up to five days per week as business needs necessitate.

Job Duties:

• Engage in comprehensive and collaborative performance management. Including but not limited to: Grant approvals, management, compliance and program monitoring activities for grants assigned to ESEA Consolidated Application, as well as other grant applications and planning tools such as: Title I-A, Title I-D, Subpart 2, Title II-A, Title III, RLIS, Title IV-A, Title V-B, McKinney-Vento.
• Collaborate with LEAs to ensure effectiveness with LEA-level planning tools and grants applications.
• Review planning tools and grant applications to ensure grantees are developing and implementing a compliant and effective program that is accessing and expending fiscal resources to provide equitable access to a high-quality education for all students.
• Review grant applications to ensure grant funds are appropriately budgeted and expended in accordance with grant program requirements, as well as state and federal law.
• Lead and participate in monitoring programs for compliance and effectiveness with the direction of the Director and DAS.
• Prepare and complete administrative and monitoring reports as well as provide grantees with guidance on state and federal budgeting and funding compliance in accordance with the Uniform System of Financial Records (USFR), Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), and OMB Uniform Grant Guidance (UGG) while providing exemplary customer service.
• Develop and provide differentiated professional learning opportunities, coaching, modeling, and technical assistance through face-to-face and virtual methods in collaboration with unit leadership, personnel, other ADE program areas, and/or external partners.
• Professional learning includes but is not limited to opportunities related to quality development of school and LEA planning through the Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA) and Integrated action Plan (IAP), state and federal, reporting, funding and coding, and general measures of compliance and effectiveness in relationship to the ESEA Consolidated grant application. This also includes Professional development on program effectiveness for all ESEA programs.
• Engage in a high degree of collaboration with ADE program areas to improve processes, procedures, communication, and services to the field and align internal processes with grants, specifically in state and federal budgeting and funding compliance.
• Work alongside the Director and DAS to develop, refine, and evaluate pr