DOL Restart Project Manager

Job description

## ## ## Job Description Specification ## | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Title: | DOL RESTART Project Manager | Reports To: | Regional Administrator of Employment Services | | Job Number: | | Department: | Employment Services | | Position Number: | | Location: | LA | | FLSA Exemption Status: | Exempt | Supervises: | Yes | | Position Status: | Full Time, Accrual Level FT2 | Revised: | 8/10/26 | | | | | | ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## Job Summary: ## 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 ## ## Key Responsibilities: ## Grant Leadership & Implementation ## • 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. ## ## Performance, Data & Reporting: ## • 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. ## ## Partner, Subgrantee & Employer Management: ## • 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. ## Direct Service Oversight & Team Supervision: ## • 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. ## ## Fiscal & Compliance Oversight: ## • 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. ## ## Supervisory Responsibility: ## 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. ## ## ## Core Competencies: ## Beyond the qualifications below, the successful Program Manager will bring: ## • Trauma-informed, participant-centered leadership — keeping the dignity and goals of justice-involved young adults at the center of the work. ## • Cross-sector partnership management — building trust and results across workforce boards, justice agencies, employers, and subgrantees. ## • Data-driven decision-making — using performance data to spot problems early and keep the program on track. ## • Cultural humility and a commitment to equity for the communities and populations Amity serves. ## • Fiscal and compliance literacy — comfort managing a federal grant budget and rules. ## • Clear communication — the ability to translate complex requirements into simple, usable guidance for staff and partners. ## •Adaptability and problem-solving in the fast-moving environment of a brand-new program ## ## Education and Experience: ## Required: ## Education: 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. ## Experience: 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. ## Grant management