Job Description
Job Description
Title:Drive to Succeed Coordinator
Qualifications:
•Do we want to include a minimum education? Any licensure?
•Demonstrated ability to effectively administer programs that coordinate work with parents, community groups and other agencies
•Strong leadership and communication skills
•Required criminal background check
•Meets USCIS I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
•Valid Ohio License
Reports To:Superintendent/Designee
Job Goal:The Drive to Succeed Program Coordinator is responsible for managing all aspects of the
ODPS/OTSO-funded driver education scholarship program within the assigned service area. This role oversees scholarship application processing, program marketing, reporting, and communication with applicants, families, driving schools, and state partners. The Coordinator ensures compliance with all grant requirements, maintains accurate records, and provides exceptional customer service to support eligible individuals in obtaining their driver education. This position plays a key role in promoting program awareness, ensuring timely reporting, and fostering strong community partnerships to maximize scholarship utilization and impact.
Performance Responsibilities:
1.Administer the Drive to Succeed scholarship program in compliance with ODPS/OTSO guidelines.
2.Review and process scholarship applications, ensuring applicants meet all eligibility requirements (age, residency, permit status, SNAP documentation, and orientation course completion).
3.Award scholarships on a first-come, first-served basis within the assigned service area and refer out-of-area applicants appropriately.
4.Collect and maintain signed agreements from scholarship recipients and parents/guardians committing to course completion.
5.Market the program within the assigned service area, create outreach materials with proper OTSO branding, and secure ODPS/OTSO approval prior to distribution.
6.Submit Requests for Purchase before publishing advertisements or incurring marketing expenses.
7.Maintain year-round oversight of the program, including timesheet documentation, Personnel Activity Reports (PARs), and payroll verification for grant-related work.
8.Provide exemplary customer service to applicants, families, driving schools, and ODPS/OTSO staff, including timely response to inquiries.
9.Prepare and submit monthly reports by the 15th, including data on applications, awards, completions, withdrawals, and financial expenditures.
10.Securely collect and store completion certificates and distribute program surveys to scholarship recipients.
11.Maintain and update a dedicated program webpage with eligibility information, applications, and secure document upload capability.
12.Build and manage relationships with participating driving schools and online driver education providers.
13.Purchase and track online education vouchers, ensuring 90% utilization before requesting additional vouchers.
14.Coordinate payment to driving schools after completion of classroom and behind-the-wheel training.
15.Represent the program by attending up to two mandatory ODPS/OTSO grantee meetings per year in Columbus.
16.Notify ODPS/OTSO of staffing changes affecting program administration.
17.Performs other duties as assigned by the superintendent/designee.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes, and Other Responsibilities
1.Ability to work effectively with others.
2.Ability to communicate ideas and directions clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
3.Organizational and problem solving skills.
4.Ability to generate correspondence independently.
5.Respects confidences shared by the staff and operates in a discreet manner in all related matters.
6.Performs other tasks and assumes responsibilities as the Superintendent directs.
Additional Working Conditions
1.Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.
2.Occasional operation of vehicle under inclement weather conditions
3.Occasional alternative/flexible hours/days.
4.Occasional travel.
5.Occasional interruption of duties by staff and/or telephone.
6.Occasional interaction with aggressive, disruptive, and unruly children, and may have to assist with behavior modification.
7.Occasionally required to assist and lift children with mobility and physical needs, and occasionally assist with getting children on and off transportation vehicles.
8.Supplemental contracts or compensation may be awarded by the district for additional duties and responsibilities, at their discretion.
Note: The above lists are not ranked in order of importance.
This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent supervisor, appointing authority.
Title:Drive to Succeed Coordinator
Qualifications:
•Do we want to include a minimum education? Any licensure?
•Demonstrated ability to effectively administer programs that coordinate work with parents, community groups and other agencies
•Strong leadership and communication skills
•Required criminal background check
•Meets USCIS I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
•Valid Ohio License
Reports To:Superintendent/Designee
Job Goal:The Drive to Succeed Program Coordinator is responsible for managing all aspects of the
ODPS/OTSO-funded driver education scholarship program within the assigned service area. This role oversees scholarship application processing, program marketing, reporting, and communication with applicants, families, driving schools, and state partners. The Coordinator ensures compliance with all grant requirements, maintains accurate records, and provides exceptional customer service to support eligible individuals in obtaining their driver education. This position plays a key role in promoting program awareness, ensuring timely reporting, and fostering strong community partnerships to maximize scholarship utilization and impact.
Performance Responsibilities:
1.Administer the Drive to Succeed scholarship program in compliance with ODPS/OTSO guidelines.
2.Review and process scholarship applications, ensuring applicants meet all eligibility requirements (age, residency, permit status, SNAP documentation, and orientation course completion).
3.Award scholarships on a first-come, first-served basis within the assigned service area and refer out-of-area applicants appropriately.
4.Collect and maintain signed agreements from scholarship recipients and parents/guardians committing to course completion.
5.Market the program within the assigned service area, create outreach materials with proper OTSO branding, and secure ODPS/OTSO approval prior to distribution.
6.Submit Requests for Purchase before publishing advertisements or incurring marketing expenses.
7.Maintain year-round oversight of the program, including timesheet documentation, Personnel Activity Reports (PARs), and payroll verification for grant-related work.
8.Provide exemplary customer service to applicants, families, driving schools, and ODPS/OTSO staff, including timely response to inquiries.
9.Prepare and submit monthly reports by the 15th, including data on applications, awards, completions, withdrawals, and financial expenditures.
10.Securely collect and store completion certificates and distribute program surveys to scholarship recipients.
11.Maintain and update a dedicated program webpage with eligibility information, applications, and secure document upload capability.
12.Build and manage relationships with participating driving schools and online driver education providers.
13.Purchase and track online education vouchers, ensuring 90% utilization before requesting additional vouchers.
14.Coordinate payment to driving schools after completion of classroom and behind-the-wheel training.
15.Represent the program by attending up to two mandatory ODPS/OTSO grantee meetings per year in Columbus.
16.Notify ODPS/OTSO of staffing changes affecting program administration.
17.Performs other duties as assigned by the superintendent/designee.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes, and Other Responsibilities
1.Ability to work effectively with others.
2.Ability to communicate ideas and directions clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
3.Organizational and problem solving skills.
4.Ability to generate correspondence independently.
5.Respects confidences shared by the staff and operates in a discreet manner in all related matters.
6.Performs other tasks and assumes responsibilities as the Superintendent directs.
Additional Working Conditions
1.Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.
2.Occasional operation of vehicle under inclement weather conditions
3.Occasional alternative/flexible hours/days.
4.Occasional travel.
5.Occasional interruption of duties by staff and/or telephone.
6.Occasional interaction with aggressive, disruptive, and unruly children, and may have to assist with behavior modification.
7.Occasionally required to assist and lift children with mobility and physical needs, and occasionally assist with getting children on and off transportation vehicles.
8.Supplemental contracts or compensation may be awarded by the district for additional duties and responsibilities, at their discretion.
Note: The above lists are not ranked in order of importance.
This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent supervisor, appointing authority.
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