Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) announces the opportunity to lead two employee centered grants over the next two years focused on advancing innovative Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility-minded practices, as the Employee Development Grant Manager.

LTCC received funding under two (2) California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Grant Programs. The Equal Employment Opportunity Innovative Best Practices Grant provides LTCC $200,000 over 2-years to implement staff and faculty onboarding and mentoring. The Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices Grant provides $300,000 over 2-years to create a cultural fluency teaching academy for faculty to implement equity-based practices in the classroom. This is a 24-month grant-funded position scheduled until June 2025.

LTCC recognizes that employees are vital to the college’s success and its ability to build community and serve students. Investing in the onboarding and ongoing professional development of classified staff, confidential employees, directors, faculty, and administrators is established as a top priority for the Board and Senior Leadership Team, as evidenced by the inclusion of specific strategies in the 2022-24 Superintendent/President and Board of Trustees Goals. These grants, totaling $500,000, are designed to help LTCC build and implement programs to support.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
After review, suitable applicants will be invited by phone or email on or around Thursday, August 10, 2023 to participate in a skills assessment. Successful candidates will then be interviewed by a committee of approximately 5 individuals; these interviews are tentatively scheduled for August 21, 2023. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee an interview. LTCC reserves the right to return to the applicant pool at any point during the recruitment process.

COMPENSATION:
Salary Range: Based on the duties reflected in the contract scope, it is recommended the salary be set at $79,000 annually in year one (2023-24) and include a five percent (5%) increase to $82,950 annually in year two (2024-25), for the duration of the grant-funded contract.

Benefits: Health and Welfare benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long term disability. Several plan options maintain a zero monthly premium cost from the employee and include full coverage of a gold-level medical plan that, on average, covers 80% of healthcare expenses for a standard population. LTCC also matches 25.37% of an eligible employee’s salary and contributes it into a CalPERS pension account for qualifying employees.

Work-Life Balance: This is an exempt position with work expectation of 40 hours per week or greater and 12 months per year. It is understood that the demands of the Employee Development Grant Manager position will require more than eight (8) hours a day or forty (40) hours per work week. It is a categorically-funded position pursuant to Education Code 87470.

This position may qualify for the telecommute pilot program, which allows employees the opportunity to telecommute for up to 20% of the work week.

LTCC provides a generous leave package including 17 paid holidays per year plus 18 days vacation (with the potential to reach 24 days through years of service) and 12 days sick leave per year. Furthermore, LTCC has made a commitment to full closures during holiday breaks and several weekends adjoining holidays to provide employees the ability to take advantage of holiday and vacation usage.

LTCC’s Commitment to Diversity
Our ideal candidate will share and participate in LTCC’s commitment to the values of diversity and equity while serving its ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student population. Lake Tahoe Community College is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the surrounding California and Nevada area.

Definition:
Under the direction of the Vice President of Academic Affairs and in consultation with the Director of Human Resources and the Superintendent/President, coordinate all aspects of the implementation of the LTCC Cultural Fluency Teaching Academy and the LTCC Onboarding and Mentorship Program for faculty and staff. This is a 24-month grant-funded position, July 2023 through June 2025.

Representative Duties:
Manage and oversee all aspects of the Culturally Responsive Pedagogy & Practices and the Equal Employment Opportunity Innovative Best Practices grants; including, but not limited to monitoring, tracking and recording all project progress, managing schedules for grant deliverables, monitoring budgets and expenditures, and ensuring that all project deadlines are met.

Plan, organize, develop, and pilot the Cultural Fluency Teaching Academy and the Onboarding and Mentorship Program, in alignment with the work plan developed in the grant applications. 

Communicate with administrators, faculty, and staff to coordinate activities and programs; resolve issues and conflicts to achieve positive solutions.

Coordinate, consult, and organize all grant design teams and advisory committees for the duration of the employment contract, take notes, follow-up on action items.

Draft progress reports and prepare invoices in alignment with budget and reporting requirements. Ensure that all expenditures and grant activities are in accordance with established grants requirements. Abide by grantors requirements to manage changes in scope, schedule and costs.

Oversee the design, creation, and implementation of a new employee onboarding program that covers key technical aspects of working at LTCC; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts of LTCC; and expectations for professionalism and collegiality in the workplace at LTCC.

Work with project consultants on various aspects of the grant programs, including requests for proposals, drafting scope of work, answering questions, coordinating and managing review and selection of consultants, drafting contracts, tracking progress, managing budgets and processing consultants’ invoices.

Provide program information and assistance to faculty, administrators, staff, and others regarding program development progress and engagement;

Identify existing datasets to use to report metrics related to the program’s success, and as outlined in the grant applications. Establish regular reporting systems and records.

Assist with the creation of materials, including manuals, handbooks, program applications, sample portfolios, and other print and media materials necessary to ensure the full implementation of the projects.

Coordinate communications to leadership, directors, faculty and staff to market the program. Draft project updates to keep the campus informed of progress on the grant projects.

Operate a computer and assigned software programs; operate other office equipment as assigned. Establish a shared file system to help coordinate and compile all project deliverables.

Attend and conduct a variety of meetings and presentations as assigned; serve on committees and attend trainings and conferences related to assigned activities. 

Other Duties:

Perform related duties as assigned.

Any combination equivalent to: Bachelor’s degree in related field and three years increasingly responsible experience or any satisfactory combination of experience and training, which demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the above duties. Experience managing projects with multiple components and entities, preferably grant-funded projects.

 

Must have evidence of sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students (E.C. 87360a).

Ability to:

Additional Requirement (Licensure/Certification):