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Program Manager 1-Social Services

Salary

$5,119.00 - $9,211.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

LDOE50691406-100625EL-EC

Department

Education-State Activities

Opening Date

10/07/2025

Closing Date

10/12/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

This position is located in Baton Rouge, LA**

Office of Early Childhood Operations

Job Focus Area

This role serves as the Budget Director for the entire Office of Early Childhood division. It is responsible for managing its multi-million dollar budget, ensuring legal and fiscal compliance, mitigating financial risk, and providing the strategic financial vision required to support early learning and development programs.

Applicants with the following experience are encouraged to apply:

+ Experience with LDE fiscal systems: eGMS, LaGov, Metastorm

+ Experience as a budget manager working with contracts and budget reconciliation involving local, state, and federal funds.

+ Experience analyzing, documenting, and escalating risks and issues identified during the day-to-day management of funding as well as providing mitigation strategies.

Minimum Qualifications

Seven years of experience in administrative services; public health, social services, or health services; OR

Six years of full-time experience in any field plus four years of experience in administrative services, public health, social services, or health services; OR

A bachelor’s degree plus four years of experience in administrative services, public health, social services, or health services; OR

An advanced degree in a social science field, public health, counseling, social work, rehabilitation services, business, public, or health administration, or Juris Doctorate plus three years of experience in administrative services, public health, social services, or health services.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Monitor daily and weekly expenditures against the multi-billion dollar annual budget, focusing on federal grant utilization and strategic resource deployment.

+ Track, analyze, and escalate financial risks and compliance issues identified in federal grant management, ensuring immediate mitigation strategies are in place.

+ Serve as the immediate financial resource and advisor to the Early Childhood Chief of Staff and executive leadership on urgent fiscal matters, risk exposure, and policy interpretation.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational, Promotional, or Job Appointment. The person hired for this position is expected to regularly report to the Baton Rouge office. Current permanent classified state employees may be required to accept a probationary appointment, if selected.

Career Progression: This position does not participate in a Career Progression Group.

Work Schedule: Work hours are Monday - Friday. Work hours will be determined.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

**Note regarding the advertised pay range: The maximum amounts listed are the maximum salary amounts a person can make over their career andnot the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire .

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Louisiana Department of Education – Human Resources

PO Box 94064

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

[email protected]

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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I understand that information on this application may be subject to investigation and verification and that any misrepresentation or material omission, including on my responses to supplemental questions, may cause my application to be rejected, my name to be removed from the eligible register, and/or subject me to disqualification from future job opportunities and/or dismissal from state service.

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Do you have experience building eGMS applications?

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+ No

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If you answered YES to the previous question, please describe your experience and reference the experience included in your application (not resume). If you answered NO to the previous question, enter "N/A".

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Do you have experience working in LaGov for procurement purposes?

+ Yes

+ No

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If you answered YES to the previous question, please describe your experience and reference the experience included in your application (not resume). If you answered NO to the previous question, enter "N/A".

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Do you have experience establishing and enforcing a systematic, division-wide reconciliation process to guarantee compliance and alignment across major funding sources and expenditures.

+ Yes

+ No

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If you answered YES to the previous question, please describe your experience and reference the experience included in your application (not resume). If you answered NO to the previous question, enter "N/A".

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How have you successfully reconciled conflicting priorities to shape a long-range financial plan for a multi-billion dollar budget with diverse funding streams (federal, state, local)?

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Are you a current employee of the Louisiana Department of Education? Please note - teachers and other employees of the school system are NOT considered employees of the LA Department of Education:

+ Yes

+ No

Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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