DOL Restart Project Manager

Amity Foundation • El Segundo, CA

16d • $70,000 - $80,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Program Manager leads the implementation of the AmityWorks RESTART grant. This is a management role, and it is the position the Department of Labor requires each grantee to staff at 100% full-time — the person ultimately responsible for making the program work. Reporting directly to the Regional Administrator of Employment Services, the Program Manager guides the program from planning through follow-up, meets every performance target the grant sets, keeps the program in compliance with federal rules, manages the partners and subgrantees, and oversees day-to-day services. This includes directly supervising the Case Manager, who serves a caseload of up to 70 participants. Above all, this role turns the grant’s goals into real results: safer communities, lower rates of return to prison, and young adults placed on genuine pathways to stable, well-paying careers. It is a role for a builder who can stand up a new program, hold partners and data to a high standard, and keep participants at the center of every decision.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, public or business administration, workforce development, criminal justice, or a related field. An equivalent combination of relevant experience and education will be considered.
• At least five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in program management, workforce development, reentry, or social services, including at least two (2) years supervising staff.
• Demonstrated experience managing publicly funded programs and meeting performance and reporting requirements. Experience with federal grants (Department of Labor preferred).
• Working knowledge of WIOA and of workforce or reentry services delivered against measurable outcomes.
• Strong data-management skills and the ability to build systems that produce accurate, on-time reporting.
• Excellent partnership-building, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple partners and priorities.
• A genuine commitment to serving justice-involved young adults with dignity, and the ability to work effectively across diverse communities.
• Within six weeks of hire, obtain First Aid and CPR certification AND pass a physical examination and tuberculosis test from a health professional.
• Must have a valid California driver's license and be eligible for Amity vehicle insurance.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain confidential information.
• Ability to operate general office equipment.
• Ability to exercise an amount of empathy and understand the importance of role-reversal.
• Demonstrates skill in patience, active listening, and interest in diverse life stories.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a genuine enthusiasm for helping people.
• Demonstrates proper attitudes and techniques and techniques to residential students.
• As a condition of employment with Amity, a job offer will not be binding upon Amity until and unless Amity and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR†) obtain satisfactory results from its investigation into your background
• Faculty must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Frequently required to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Frequently sitting and typing for extended periods of time.
• Occasionally required to reach, walk, climb, pull, push, grasp, stretch, stoop.
• Frequently required talk, hear, see, and use repetitive motions.
• Frequently able to communicate verbally and in written form.
• Frequently able to use all types of vision, such as close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception, to complete daily tasks
• Required to wear comfortable and office appropriate clothes.
• Ability to change direction as priorities shift.
• Ability to thrive in an environment that requires one to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to professionally work under pressure with difficult or temperamental students & faculty.
• Ability to handle mental and emotional stress related to the position.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Experience with Registered Apprenticeship or on-the-job training, or with in-demand industries such as advanced manufacturing, transportation, information technology/AI, or the maritime and shipbuilding sector.
• Familiarity with the OMB Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) and with Department of Labor reporting systems.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) ability.
• Lived experience with, or deep understanding of, the reentry population and the communities served.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Amity’s day-to-day leader for the AmityWorks grant, dedicating 100% of work time to the project as the funder requires.
• Guide the program through all three phases of the 42-month grant: a three-to-six-month planning and start-up period, roughly two years of full implementation, and twelve months of participant follow-up.
• Build and manage the program work plan, timelines, staffing, and milestones so that enrollment, services, and outcomes stay on track.
• Make sure the program is delivered as approved — assessments, Individual Development Plans (each participant’s personalized roadmap), career coaching, training toward a credential, paid work experience, mentorship, supportive services, and follow-up.
• Ensure each young adult’s needs are reassessed at enrollment and every six months, as the grant requires.
• Own the program’s results and put simple, reliable systems in place to track and meet every performance goal: Education & employment — at least 75% of participants in school or working two quarters after they exit, and 70% four quarters after exit; Earnings — median earnings of at least $5,000 in the second quarter after exit (tracking part-time versus full-time work); Credentials — at least 80% of participants earning an industry-recognized credential; Apprenticeships — at least 10% of participants enrolling in a Registered Apprenticeship; Recidivism — a return-to-prison rate below California’s most recent state rate of 39.1%.
• Oversee accurate participant records, including WIOA co-enrollment and the secure collection and handling of personal information such as Social Security numbers, consistent with the grant’s data requirements and privacy safeguards.
• Prepare and submit accurate quarterly financial and performance reports to the Department of Labor (federal report ETA-9173), and combine the data reported by subgrantees into those submissions.
• Check data quality across the network and fix any problems before reporting deadlines.
• Coordinate and support the subgrantee network so every partner delivers services and reports data as agreed in their signed partnership agreements (MOUs/Letters of Commitment).
• Maintain strong working relationships with the grant’s required partners: the California Division of Apprenticeship Standards, criminal justice partners (such as county probation and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation), and state and local workforce development boards.
• Recruit and support employer partners in the target industries, expanding apprenticeship, on-the-job training, pre-apprenticeship, and paid work-experience opportunities for participants.
• Coordinate WIOA screening and co-enrollment with local workforce boards and American Job Centers and align training with what local employers are actually hiring for.
• Make sure training leads to jobs that people with records are legally allowed to hold and be licensed for — so participants never train for a career their record would bar them from.
• Directly supervise the Case Manager who serves a caseload of up to 70 participants — providing coaching, workload support, performance management, and professional development.
• Oversee the quality of the services participants receive: intake, assessment, personalized plans, career coaching, employability workshops, supportive services, and twelve months of follow-up.
• Ensure services for young adults are age-appropriate, trauma-informed, and centered on each participant’s goals.
• Help remove barriers to participant progress and build the referral network needed to keep young adults engaged and moving toward employment.
• Work with the finance team to monitor the grant budget and ensure spending is necessary, reasonable, and compliant with federal grant rules (the OMB Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200) and the terms of the award.
• Keep spending within the grant’s limits — no more than 15% of funds for supportive services (of which no more than 10% for direct needs-related payments) and no more than 5% for participant incentives.
• Maintain the records, controls, and written policies (for supportive services, needs-related payments, and incentives) that will stand up to a federal audit.
• Support the organization’s efforts to sustain effective practices after the grant ends and cooperate with any evaluation the Department of Labor conducts.
• The Program Manager directly supervises one Case Manager, who serves a caseload of up to 70 participants. The Program Manager supports the Case Manager’s hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance evaluation, and day-to-day direction, and ensures the caseload is served well and in line with grant requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager