GRANTS PROGRAM MANAGER - 71586 - AUDIT

Executive Service

GRANTS PROGRAM MANAGER

Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development (PROWD)

Nashville, TN

Salary: $5050.00 Monthly

Closing Date: 09/25/2025

This position is designated as Hybrid

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a state agency established to promote workforce development and improve workplace safety and health throughout the state.

How you make a difference in this role:

Communicates belief in agency vision, sense of core purpose; understands how change happens. Makes good decisions combining analysis and judgement; engages input to establish shared ownership for best solutions. Establishes and maintains effective relationships with colleagues and agency customers. Can be counted on to hold things together under stress; stays balanced, does not become defensive.

Job Overview:

responsible for managing the Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development (PROWD) initiative ensuring that all grant requirements are met, supervising program staff, partnership development and management, overseeing strength-based services to participants and performing other duties as necessary to ensure that the program operates effectively and efficiently within the guidelines of the grant. The program will serve women PROWD program participants of the FCI Memphis low-security facility and minimum-security satellite camp during and after incarceration in Residential Reentry Centers and the general community.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead all grant activities to ensure requirements stated in the outcomes and goals are met 2. Collaborate with grant partners to implement grant components and ensure participants are gaining needed training, education, and job readiness skills for success upon release 3. Recruit and ensure training for Peer Support Specialists 4. Recruit employers that will engage with Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development to hire from training programs provided to participants through TN Board of Regents Facilities 5. Supervise and support case management staff that will recruit and collaborate with partners and service providers to support participants throughout the program 6. Assist in planning and implementation of quarterly coalition meetings to support and advocating for justice-involved citizens 7. Track and provide the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development-TN Office of Reentry staff with participant data and other reporting as required 8. Complete and submit monthly and quarterly reporting as required by Department of Labor and Bureau of Prisons

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors degree from an accredited institution of higher education or the equivalent in work or lived experience Experience in supervising employees and grant administration An understanding of workforce and/or economic development preferred Must possess and maintain a valid Tennessee drivers license and current auto insurance Must pass background/criminal history check with the US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Prisons Must be adaptable to changing programs, workforce needs, and areas of focus Candidates with lived experience in the justice system are strongly encouraged to apply

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.