Program Specialist, Couper-Owens Center for Community Schools

Location: Binghamton, NY Category: Professional Job Type: Full-time Temporary Posted On: Thu Nov 12 2026 Job Description:

Budget Title: Staff Assistant (SL-2)

Salary: $55,000 (full-time, temporary)

Summary of the position: Three (3) Resource Center Program Specialists are housed at Binghamton University as part of the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Technical Assistance Resource Center for the Rest of State (non-NYC) region of NYS. The purpose of the Resource Center is to provide ongoing support to all 21st CCLC subgrantees to improve the quality of their programs and, in turn, improve the academic, social and emotional outcomes of the students and the literacy of their families.

The Program Specialist will be supervised by the Resource Center Director. The Resource Center Program Specialists will assist the Director in implementing the program deliverables. This position requires understanding of educational and social systems and frameworks, as well as afterschool and expanded learning programming.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Organizing and implementing site visits, consultation, and TA for subgrantee sites.

• Supporting annual work plans and attainment of deliverables outlined in the plans.

• Monitoring implementation progress and assessing needs of programs statewide.

• Ensuring document compliance monitoring for each subgrantee.

• Ensuring subgrantees have support around use of the QSA tool.

• Collecting data from site visits to help inform needs assessment for professional development.

• Liaising with subcontractors.

• Supporting delivery of professional development.

• Supporting planning and delivery of four events each year designed to provide training and networking opportunities.

• Understanding and adhering to work plan outlined in collaboration with NYSED.

• Providing documentation needed for annual reporting requirements.

• Representing 21st Center Technical Assistance Resource Center as needed at meetings/events.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (or higher)

• A minimum of one (1) year programmatic and/or administrative experience in expanded learning opportunities programming during the past ten (10) years

Preferred:

• Experience with supervision.

• Experience with project management

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Additional Information:

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